Updated institutional eligibility for LEAPS-MPS program
In February 2025, the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education released the first phase of the redesigned Carnegie Classifications.
In light of this redesigned classification, the eligibility criteria for institutions applying to the NSF solicitation 25-535: Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences have changed. This solicitation is now open to institutions not currently classified in the category "Research 1: Very High Spending and Doctorate Production."