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Important information about NSF’s implementation of the revised 2 CFR

NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

Dear Colleague Letter

GEO EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education (GEO-EMBRACE)

Invites proposals from researchers hindered by teaching and mentoring loads, start-up packages, institutional infrastructure, or by lack of research support personnel. Proposals would be submitted to existing programs in the Geosciences Directorate.
Invites proposals from researchers hindered by teaching and mentoring loads, start-up packages, institutional infrastructure, or by lack of research support personnel. Proposals would be submitted to existing programs in the Geosciences Directorate.

Dear Colleagues:

The Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) is committed to addressing NSF’s goal to "increase both the involvement of communities underrepresented in STEM and enhance capacity throughout the nation" (NSF 22-068). GEO recognizes that diverse scientific talent performs innovative work across a broad spectrum of institutions of higher education. However, many individuals and institutions traditionally underserved by NSF face barriers to obtaining federal funding. These barriers may include high teaching loads, increased expectations for teaching, low or no start-up packages, and limited institutional infrastructure and research support personnel. To increase opportunities by addressing barriers, broadening participation, and promoting access to funding support, this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) and web portal calls attention and encourages submissions to existing NSF and GEO opportunities of potential interest to investigators as noted above.

Programs within GEO support projects that increase research capabilities, capacity, and infrastructure at a wide variety of institution types. Existing pertinent NSF and GEO opportunities are highlighted at this GEO-Education and Broadening Participation Incubator Web Portal. GEO especially encourages proposal submissions from principal investigators (PIs) who are from (i) historically excluded groups in GEO disciplines and/or (ii) non-R1 minority serving institutions (MSI), two-year colleges (2YC), primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI), and emerging research and masters level institutions (see Carnegie Classification and IPEDS). Interested PIs may seek guidance via GEO-EMBRACE@nsf.gov and are encouraged to engage directly with GEO Program Directors.

Sincerely,

Alexandra R. Isern
Assistant Director
Directorate for Geosciences

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