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Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD-EN)

Supports creating a network of professionals to implement evidence-based best practices and resources that improve diversity, equity and inclusion within the geosciences.

Full Proposal Target Date
April 26, 2024
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NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board Administrative Support Office

The NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a community-inspired and community-serving large scale research facility enabling ocean science research. It consists of an integrated network of instrumentation arrays, distributed in various coastal and global ocean locations that collect, archive, and...
Full Proposal Deadline:
June 10, 2024
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Chemical Oceanography

Supports research on ocean chemistry and the role of oceans in global geochemical cycles. Focus areas include chemical composition, speciation and transformation; internal cycling; and chemical exchanges with other Earth system components.

Full Proposal Target Date
August 15, 2024
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Physical Oceanography

Supports research on the structure and movement of oceans, how quantities are transported, how the ocean's structure interacts with biological and chemical processes within it, and the interactions between the ocean, atmosphere, climate and ice.

Full Proposal Target Date
August 15, 2024
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Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (BoCP)

Supports design and implementation projects studying functional biodiversity in the context of unprecedented environmental change. Projects must integrate cellular, organismal, ecological, evolutionary, geological or paleontological approaches.

Full Proposal Deadline:
September 5, 2024
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Paleo Perspectives on Present and Projected Climate (P4CLIMATE)

Much can be learned about the climate system using existing historical observations and models of current climate, but those records and models do not reflect the range of climate behavior on multi-decadal to millennial time scales, or capture tipping points...
Full Proposal Target Date
October 21, 2024
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Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (OCE-PRF)

Supports independent postdoctoral research on any topic supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences and provides professional development with a focus on developing mentoring skills to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in STEM.

Full Proposal Target Date
November 8, 2024
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Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)

Supports research, research coordination networks and conferences that integrate ecological and evolutionary approaches with genomic, physiological, structural, developmental, neural or behavioral understanding of organismal responses to climate change.

Full Proposal Deadline:
November 19, 2024
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Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI)

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...
Full Proposal Deadline:
December 2, 2024
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Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support

Supports the procurement, conversion, enhancement or annual operation of ocean, coastal, near-shore and Great Lakes facilities used for research and education.

Full Proposal Target Date
January 10, 2025
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Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination

Supports development of instrumentation with broad applicability to ocean science research that enhances the observational, experimental or analytical capabilities of the ocean science research community.

Full Proposal Target Date
February 17, 2025
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Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)

Supports opportunities for scientists and engineers at the associate professor rank (or equivalent) to substantively enhance and advance their research program through synergistic partnerships.

Full Proposal Window
March 3, 2025
Proposal window February 1, 2025 - March 3, 2025
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Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)

Supports renewal awards for active Long-term Ecological Research sites.

Full Proposal Deadline:
March 6, 2025
Standard Grant
Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under National Science Foundation (NSF) and US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Collaborative Research Opportunities

Dear Colleagues: SCOPE The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Research Cooperation. The MOU provides an overarching framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and Israeli research...
Posted June 9, 2020
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NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research

Introduction The National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shared interests in a variety of basic and applied scientific and engineering fields. This program is designed to facilitate collaborative research and educational activities among...
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OCE Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (OCE REU Sites)

Supports research and mentoring experiences for undergraduate students to broaden participation in the ocean sciences.

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Dear Colleague Letter

Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplement Opportunity

This activity is designed to enhance the professional development of science educators through participation in new or on-going NSF-funded research projects. GEO encourages current grantees to identify talented teachers for participation in this opportunity.

Posted February 11, 2022
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Dear Colleague Letter

Advancing Research in the Geosciences Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Invites proposals to existing NSF programs focused on advancing understanding of geoscience with artificial intelligence or machine learning.

Posted January 20, 2023
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Standard Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Conference Proposals on Clean Energy Topics

Invites conference proposals to initiate new collaborations that will advance clean energy technologies and increase their use to benefit the economy, to ensure social justice and to serve the public good.

Posted May 16, 2023
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Dear Colleague Letter

Emerging Mathematical Tools applied to Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease

Encourages proposals that enhance our knowledge of pathogen transmission dynamics through novel technologies, such as remote sensing, precision treatment and mathematical or computational models, including artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Posted March 15, 2024
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Dear Colleague Letter

Innovative Use of Scientific Collections (IUSC)

Encourages proposals that foster innovative and diverse uses of collections and/or associated digital data for novel research, education and training applications within and across STEM.

Posted March 18, 2024
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Standard Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Research Coordination and Planning Opportunities for the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Encourages proposals for workshops, research coordination networks, and Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to assemble teams of geoscientists and computer scientists working on geosciences-themed artificial intelligence research.

Posted November 19, 2020
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Dear Colleague Letter

NSF-Swiss NSF Lead Agency Opportunity

Invites U.S.-Swiss collaborations at the intersection of the Swiss National Science Foundation’s three research divisions and participating NSF programs.

Posted January 27, 2023
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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.

Posted February 27, 2023
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Dear Colleague Letter

Advancing Research in the Geosciences Using Legacy Scientific Ocean Drilling Cores

Invites submission of proposals using existing International Ocean Discovery Program and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Ocean Drilling Program and Deep Sea Drilling Project cores for fundamental research and training.

Posted March 15, 2023
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