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Coronavirus Information
NSF encourages you to take extra precautions to protect yourselves and your families against COVID-19. If you are an NSF employee looking for guidance, please visit InsideNSF. If you are a member of the public, please visit cdc.gov.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the research community has faced unprecedented challenges that have tested the people and infrastructure that make up the U.S. scientific research enterprise. Despite these difficulties, you have continued doing the scientific work that creates opportunities, spurs innovation, and improves quality of life for individuals, families and communities across the U.S. The U.S. National Science Foundation plays a unique role in supporting the undergraduate, graduate students, postdocs, and early career faculty who represent the future of science, engineering, and STEM Education in the U.S. This support will remain a top priority for NSF as we seek to recover from the pandemic. This includes support for individuals as well as institutions that serve members of historically underrepresented groups. NSF continues to offer opportunities that can help bolster early-career researchers, students and others in the scientific enterprise who may be in a difficult situation due to the pandemic. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your NSF program manager should you be in need of assistance.
Federal Guidance on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Coronavirus.gov
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- What the U.S. Government is Doing
- Guidelines for Opening Up America Again
NSF Plan for Workplace Safety
NSF Guidance
- NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-21-20
- Important Notice No. 146 - NSF Letter to Community Regarding COVID-19
- Impact on Existing Deadline Dates
- Impact on Solicitations
- NSF Guidance on the Effects of COVID-19 on Human Subjects Research
- NSF Guidance on the Effects of COVID-19 on Vertebrate Animal Research
- NSF Guidance for Major Facilities and Contracts Regarding COVID-19
- NSF Guidance on Construction Project Re-baselining due to COVID-19 Impacts
- Guidance for Mid-Scale Projects on Supplemental Funding Requests due to COVID-19 Impacts
- NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-26 (Archived)
- NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-20 (Archived)
- NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-17 (Archived)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on NSF Guidance
- FAQs Relating to NSF's Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-26 for NSF Proposers and Awardees and NSF Major Facility Cooperative Agreement Recipients
- FAQs on COVID-19 Financial Stewardship from the Award Cash Management Service (ACM$) 2020 Webinar
- FAQs About the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for NSF Panelists
- FAQs About the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for NSF Proposers and Awardees (Archived)
- FAQS About the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for NSF SBIR and STTR Grantees (Archived)
- FAQS About the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for NSF Major Facility Cooperative Agreement Recipients (Archived)
- FAQs About the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for REU Sites, RET Sites, IRES Sites, and Similar Activities (Archived)
Research on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Dear Colleague Letter on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — RAPID (Archived)
- Dear Colleague Letter: Research Experiences for Undergraduates Supplemental Funding in Computer and Information Science and Engineering
- Dear Colleague Letter: Request for SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposals Addressing COVID-19 (Archived)
- NSF Coronavirus RAPID Awards
- NSF awards rapid response grants to support coronavirus (COVID-19) research
Coronavirus Factsheets (COVID-19)
- Utilizing NSF-funded Research in the Fight Against COVID-19
- Harnessing Computing Power to Fight COVID-19
Blog Posts (COVID-19)
- RAPID responders: How NSF support is enabling the fight against COVID-19 in real time
- Small business, big impact: How NSF-funded startups are joining the fight against COVID-19
- Why are supercomputers so important for COVID-19 research?
- NSF Supporting Research to Address Coronavirus Disease
- Once Considered Too High-Risk, Supercomputer Simulations of 'Wiggling and Jiggling' Atoms Could Help Stop Coronavirus
- Yesterday's research, today's innovation
- 7 ways to help your kids with math homework
- Seven NSF-supported STEM resources that are perfect for at-home learning