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Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) | NSF 25-527

Supports interdisciplinary, high-risk research that integrates intelligent technologies with natural and built environments to tackle critical challenges and enhance the quality of life in communities through collaboration with stakeholders.

Posted July 31, 2008
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February 20, 2025
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NSF Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering (BRITE) | NSF 25-512

Supports experienced engineering researchers by funding fundamental research that helps them pivot to a new field or direction or relaunch into active research after a hiatus.

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March 3, 2025
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Mathematical Foundations of Digital Twins (MATH-DT) | NSF 24-559

Supports foundational mathematical and statistical research on digital twins in applied science to harness science, technology and innovation to address society’s most pressing challenges.

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March 17, 2025
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NSF/CASIS Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology on the International Space Station to Benefit Life on Earth | NSF 25-513

Supports innovative biomedical engineering research using the unique microgravity environment of the International Space Station to advance fundamental understanding and technology development that benefits life on Earth.

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March 18, 2025
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NSF/CASIS Transport Phenomena Research at the International Space Station to Benefit Life on Earth | NSF 25-529

Supports research using the unique microgravity environment of the International Space Station to improve understanding and innovation in transport phenomena, nanoscale interactions and related manufacturing processes for benefiting life on Earth.

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April 10, 2025
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Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) | NSF 24-581

Supports research on engineered systems with a seamless integration of cyber and physical components, such as computation, control, networking, learning, autonomy, security, privacy and verification, for a range of application domains.

Posted July 31, 2008
Full Proposal Window
May 31, 2025
Proposal window June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
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ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE) | PD 24-110Z

Supports translational research and workforce development at the interface of fundamental plasma science and technological innovation.

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August 12, 2025
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Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) | PD 24-8084

Supports research that uses new computational and data science approaches to advance knowledge and accelerate discovery in science and engineering.

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September 15, 2025
Proposal window September 1, 2025 - September 15, 2025
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Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) | NSF 24-590

Supports investigators based at non-R1 institutions of higher education, including community colleges, who are working in engineering fields and have not yet received sufficient federal research funding.

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Full Proposal Deadline:
September 16, 2025
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Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH) | NSF 23-614

Supports the development of transformative advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities.

Posted July 31, 2008
Full Proposal Deadline:
October 3, 2025
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Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI) | NSF 24-569

Supports research collaborations between mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, engineers and social behavior scientists to establish innovative and principled design and analysis approaches for AI technology.

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October 10, 2025
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Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | NSF 23-520

Supports efforts to improve the adoption of cyberinfrastructure resources by the research community and integrate core literacy, skills in advanced cyberinfrastructure, and computational and data-driven methods into undergraduate and graduate education.

Posted July 31, 2008
Full Proposal Deadline:
January 15, 2026
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Biomedical Research Initiative for Next-Gen BioTechnologies - SynBio Control (BRING SynBio) | NSF 24-603

Supports projects aimed at advancing synthetic and engineering biology research and translating these findings into early-stage biomedical technologies through an NSF-NIH collaboration.

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Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS): Innovative Solutions to Sustainable Chemistry (CAS-SC) | NSF 22-111

Invites proposals focused on improving the efficiency with which resources are used to produce chemical products and materials, while reducing the use of hazardous substances and the generation of waste.

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Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) | NSF 22-632

The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). The program continues to emphasize integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for...
Posted July 31, 2008
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Next Generation Supply Chains | NSF 23-080

Invites proposals seeking to significantly advance our understanding of global supply chains and their ability to reliably and equitably to deliver goods and products under a wide variety of operating conditions, including disruptions and emerging threats.

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Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under the National Science Foundation and Czech Science Foundation Collaborative Research Opportunities | NSF 23-094

Invites collaborations between the U.S. and Czech research communities in the areas of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, plasma science and cybersecurity & privacy.

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Cyberinfrastructure, Data and Computation Opportunities for CMMI | NSF 23-017

Summarizes funding opportunities at NSF in the area of cyberinfrastructure that may be of interest to the civil engineering, mechanical engineering and manufacturing research communities.

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Rules of Life (RoL): Design and Engineering of Synthetic Cells and Cell Components (DESYN-C3) | NSF 18-071

Encourages proposals from scientists and engineers on the design of complex, synthetic biological components and cells.

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Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) | NSF 15-598

Supports the establishment of a Network Coordination Office; Computational Modeling and Simulation Center; and Post-Disaster, Rapid Response Research Facility to provide research infrastructure and education to the natural hazards engineering community.

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Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI) | NSF 22-594

The LEAP HI program challenges the engineering research community to take a leadership role in addressing demanding, urgent, and consequential challenges for advancing America’s prosperity, health and infrastructure. LEAP HI proposals confront engineering problems that are too complex to yield...
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Exploring Task-based Interactions between Human and Synthetic Actors | NSF 23-156

Invites EAGER proposals and supplemental funding requests for research into the performance of tasks that require physical interaction involving sensing between people and physical or virtual agents.

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Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem | NSF 23-521

Supports projects that deepen the integration of cyberinfrastructure professionals’ services into research, while fostering education, training and recognition that address CI workforce development needs.

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NSF Support for Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) during FY 2026-FY 2035 | NSF 24-117

Announces NSF plans to support NHERI operations from FY 2026 to FY 2035, providing the natural hazards engineering community access to research infrastructure, education and community outreach activities related to civil infrastructure.

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Joint National Science Foundation and United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Funding Opportunity: Supporting Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) | NSF 24-080

Invites proposals to a joint NSF-USDA collaboration to advance foundational research in agricultural robotics.

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