Funding Opportunities pursuant to the Big Ideas
February 8, 2019
In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research.
Since 2017, NSF has been building a foundation for the Big Ideas through pioneering research and pilot activities. In 2019, NSF will invest $30 million in each Big Idea and continue to identify and support emerging opportunities for U.S. leadership in the Big Ideas that serve the Nation’s future.
The list below reflects the current Funding Opportunities pursuant to the Big Ideas.
Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier
- Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier – Core Research (FW-HTF)
NSF 19-541
Full Proposal Deadline: March 6, 2019
Growing Convergence Research
Harnessing the Data Revolution
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps (DSC)
NSF 19-518
Submission Window Dates: January 28, 2019 – February 14, 2019 (UPDATED)
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering – Idea Labs (I-DIRSE-IL)
NSF 19-543
Preliminary Proposal Due Date: March 4, 2019 (UPDATED)
Full Proposal Deadline: June 19, 2019
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Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Frameworks (I-DIRSE-FW)
NSF 19-549
Full Proposal Deadline: May 7, 2019 -
Harnessing the Data Revolution: Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase I
NSF 19-550
Letter of Intent Due: March 25, 2019
Full Proposal Window: April 24-May 8, 2019
Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)
NSF 19-537
Preliminary Proposal Due Date: February 19, 2019
Full Proposal Deadline: May 20, 2019 (by Invitation only)
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 (Mid-scale RI-2)
NSF 19-542
Letter of Intent Due Date: February 14, 2019 (UPDATED)
Preliminary Proposal Due Date: March 11, 2019
Full Proposal Deadline: August 2, 2019 (by invitation only)
Navigating the New Artic
- Navigating the New Artic (NNA)
NSF 19-511
Full Proposal Deadline: March 4, 2019 (UPDATED)
- Dear Colleague Letter: Stimulating Research Related to Navigating the New Artic (NNA)
NSF 18-048 (archived)
NSF 2026
NSF INCLUDES
- Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES): NSF INCLUDES Alliances
NSF 18-529
Full Proposal Deadline: April 2, 2019
Quantum Leap
- Enabling Quantum Leap: Quantum Idea Incubator for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QII-TAQS)
NSF 19-532
Letter of Intent Due Date: January 7, 2019
Preliminary Proposal Due Date: February 22, 2019
Full Proposal Deadline: May 24, 2019
Understanding the Rules of Life
- Understanding the Rules of Life: Epigenetics
NSF 18-600
Full Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2019
- Understanding the Rules of Life: Building a Synthetic Cell
NSF 18-599
Preliminary Proposal Due Date: December 28, 2018
Full Proposal Deadline: May 13, 2019
Windows on the Universe
- Windows on the Universe: The Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (WoU-MMA)
PD 18-5115
Full Proposal Window – see PD for details
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