Deadlines for Key Funding Opportunities 

This program offers a joint, residential fellowship for the academic year.  The scholar will spend six months as an I Tatti fellow (from mid-July to mid-January) with their residency in Florence starting September 1.  They will spend the spring term in residence in Washington, D.C. as a Dumbarton Oaks fellow.

The fellowship focuses on exchanges and interactions between Italy and territories of the East Christian world, widely conceived, encompassing Byzantium and the post-Byzantine Greek world as well as North and East Africa, the Near East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, India, Russia, and contact zones between Eastern and Western Christianity.  This collaboration aims to support an early- or mid-career scholar whose work explores cross-cultural contacts in and beyond the late medieval and early modern Mediterranean through the study of art, architecture, archaeology, history, literature, material culture, music, philosophy, religion, and science.  Preference will be given to a project that draws upon the history and cultural patrimony of Italy as well as that of the East Christian world.

Economics

Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) are accepted anytime, with full proposals by invitation only. Focus: fundamental economics research in Science/Tech, Transportation, Caregiving, and Econ profession.

Energy & Environment

Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) are accepted anytime, with full proposals by invitation only. US focus; priority: energy resilience/governance, rate design, affordability, tech supply chains.

Causal Research on Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System

LOIs accepted anytime; full proposals by invitation only. Causal research on community safety/criminal justice in the US. Median budget ~$250K over 2-4 years. Priority to new/early-career researchers.

Research Grants

Applications are accepted anytime. Two non-obligatory priority areas: Future of Work and Liberalism

Charitable Donations

Applications are accepted anytime. Focus: Education, Health & Wellness, Environment & Habitat, Culture & Arts. One request per org per year.

Higher Learning

Applications are by invitation only. Focus: humanities in higher ed.

Social Responsibility Grants

Mandatory LOIs are accepted anytime, with additional materials by invitation only. Focus: art, culture, technology and the environment, with a particular emphasis on education in each of those areas.

EDU Core Research (ECR:Core)

Three research areas: STEM Learning & Learning Environments, Broadening Participation in STEM, STEM Workforce Development. Levels: I (≤$500K), II (≤$1.5M), III (≤$2.5M); 3–5 yrs.

Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grants

For early-career faculty. Cannot apply for both this and the Oct 28 Core Research LOI deadline in the same cycle.

Core Research Grants

Deadline for mandatory LOI. SPEI, FOW, SCD23 programs only; BSDMC/REI/III not accepting apps. ~15% of LOIs invited to full proposal. Invited proposal due 02/22/27.

National Grants

Annual application window (07/15–11/01). Focus area: leadership and employment skills for youth with disabilities. Typical grants are from $10K to $100K per year over one to two years.

Causal Research on the Impacts of K-12 School Policies

Deadline for mandatory LOI. Full proposals by invitation only due 01/31/27. Funds causal research on U.S. K-12 state policies.

Research Project (RP) and Existing Program Evaluation (EPE) Grants

Deadline for mandatory Letter of Intent (LOI) submission. Supports RP/EPE research on child cognitive/learning outcomes; up to $125k/yr for up to three years (new data) or <$100k over 1–1.5 yrs (existing data).

Grants

Deadline for mandatory LOI (01/01/27–01/31/27 window). Applications (if LOI approved) due 03/31/27. Focus: Education, Social Service, Healthcare, Civic & Cultural, Environmental.

Grants

Portal open 09/01 annually through 03/01 (midnight).

Drug-Free Communities Support Program - New Grants

Forecasted application deadline.

Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System

Next deadline Apr 2027; exact date not provided. Grants for up to $100K for assistant professors only.

Grants

Annual application window (05/01-07/15). For projects up to one calendar year. Exclusive priority area: child and youth welfare across a large geographic area.

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

For early-career, untenured asst. professors (≥50% tenure-track). No prior CAREER awardees. Max 3 competitions/PI. No co-PIs.

11/18/26 (Pre-proposal)
Early Feb 2027 (Invited full proposal)

12/15/26

Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Focus areas: advanced materials, quantum science, AI, autonomy, cybersecurity, computing, mathematics, aerospace systems, energy, and other foundational science and engineering topics.

RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research

Supports efforts to establish Centers of Excellence through competitive subawards to nongovernmental entities and consortia in the Gulf Coast Region. 

Focus areas:

1. Coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protection. Includes  solutions for safe and sustainable living in the coastal delta.
2. Coastal fisheries, wildlife ecosystem research & monitoring.
3. Offshore energy development. Includes technology to improve sustainable and safe development of energy resources.
4. Sustainable growth, economic and commercial development.
5. Observation, monitoring, and mapping 

Opportunity closes 10/31/27.

FY 2026 - 2028 Broad Agency Announcement

Supports research, education, outreach,
innovative projects not addressed through NOAA’s discretionary programs. Agency responsibilities:

• Understand changes in weather, ocean, earth systems, coasts
• Conserve / manage coastal &
  marine ecosystems, resources,
• Deliver valuable weather & water information 
• Support global commerce & transportation

Opportunity closes 9/30/28.

NSF 24-546: Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs

Supports research in all of the core scientific program areas supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). Areas of inquiry include:

• Developmental biology and the evolution of developmental processes
• Development, structure, modification, function, and evolution of the nervous system
• Biomechanics and functional morphology
• Physiological processes
• Symbioses and microbial interactions
• Interactions of organisms with biotic and abiotic environments
• Plant and animal genomics
• Animal behavior

NSF 25-540: National Science Foundation Translation to Practice-Explore (NSF TTP-E)

NSF TTP program focuses on real-world applications. Tailored solutions to specific problems faced by consumers, industries, and/or governments.

Successful outcomes of NSF TTP projects: accelerated product, process or service maturation; open-source projects; standards setting; patents; the realization of pre-commercial or commercial products, processes or services; and startup or small business formation.

TTP-E is a pilot track to translate basic research to practice.

• Requires an existing active NSF research award
• Provides extension of current NSF award period (up to two years)
• Supports high-risk, use-inspired research & initial translational activities

NSF 25-549: NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program

Proposers must have active or recent NSF award in relevant field, or have completed NSF Regional I-Corps Training with a letter of recommendation.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF 26-514: Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)

Research that fits within a single program and multidisciplinary research that spans more than one of these programs:

• Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices (EPMQD) 
• Circuits and Systems for Communications and Sensing (CSCS) 
• Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL) 

Proposers are strongly encouraged to email a one-page project summary to the cognizant program directors before submitting a full proposal.

NSF 26-515: Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)

Supports foundational research projects for civil, mechanical, and manufacturing innovation through the following programs:

• Advanced Manufacturing, Design, and Operations (AMDO) 
• Engineering for the Built Environment (EBE) 
• Intelligent and Interactive Dynamic Systems (IIDS) 
• Mechanics of Advanced Materials Systems (MAMS)

NSF 26-516: Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)

Supports foundational research projects that advance the frontiers of knowledge across all areas of the geosciences through the following programs:

• Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)
• Earth Sciences (EAR)
• Ocean Sciences (OCE)

Supports foundational engineering research for chemical, bioengineering, energy, and transport systems through the following programs:

• Chemical Process Systems (CPS)
• Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS) 
• Energy, Water, and Resource Engineering (EWRE) 
• Transport Phenomena (TP) program 

Interested in ambitious & transformative foundational research.

Supports foundational research in the chemical sciences.

Programs include:

• Chemical Catalysis (CAT)
• Chemical Measurement & Imaging, (CMI)
• Chemical Mechanism Function & Properties (CMFP)
• Chemical Structure & Dynamics (CSD)
• Chemical Synthesis (SYN)
• Chemical Systems & Solutions (CSS)
• Chemical Theory, Models & Computational Methods (CTMC)
• Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP)
• Macromolecular, Supramolecular, & Nanochemistry (MSN)

Supports multiple research programs in theoretical and applied mathematical sciences.

Programs include: Algebra and Number Theory, Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Combinatorics, Computational Mathematics, Foundations, Geometric Analysis, Mathematical Biology, Probability, Statistics, Topology, Mathematical Sciences Focused Research Groups, Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program, Mathematical Sciences Research Training Groups

Supports multiple materials research programs that advance fundamental understanding of materials, their properties, and their potential applications.

Programs include:

• Biomaterials
• Ceramics
• Condensed Matter and Materials Theory
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Electronic and Photonic Materials
• Metals and Metallic Nanostructures
• Polymers
• Solid State and Materials Chemistry

Supports foundational astronomical sciences research and instrumentation focused on exploring space and advancing fundamental understanding of the universe. Supports 3 research programs in astronomical sciences: 

• Astronomical Sciences Core Research
• Astronomical Sciences Technology & Instrumentation
• Astronomical Sciences Innovations

Supports research programs at the frontiers of discovery in physics that enables understanding of the fundamental aspects of nature at all scales.

Core programs include:

• Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - Experiment (AMO-E)
• Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - Theory (AMO-T)
• Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment (EPP-E)
• Elementary Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology - Theory (EPP-T)
• Gravitational Physics (GP)
  Integrative Activities in Physics (IAP)
• Nuclear Physics - Experiment (NP-E)
• Nuclear Physics - Theory (NP-T)
• Particle Astrophysics - Experiment (PA-E)
• Physics of Living Systems (PoLS)
  Plasma Physics
• Quantum Information Science (QIS)

Cross-cutting programs include:

• Advanced Physics Instrumentation (API)
• Focused Research Hubs in Theoretical Physics (FRHTP)
• Physics at the Information Frontier (PIF)

Supports international multilateral research partnerships that address urgent global challenges by leveraging diverse expertise from countries outside the U.S., focusing on advancing effective multilateral collaborative research.

PD 24-8084: Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) 

Division of Chemistry

• Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP)
• Chemical Structure and Dynamics (CSD)
• Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods (CTMC)

Supports projects harnessing computation & data to advance knowledge above and beyond the goals of the participating individual programs. Proposals should enable and/or utilize the development and adaptation of advances in research and infrastructure in computational and data science. Program encourages research that pushes the envelope of science and engineering through computation and data. Proposals may address topics that enable interactions among theory, computing, experiment, & observation.

Supports high-risk theoretical mathematics, physics and computer science projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis. 

Supports solutions to emerging conservation issues and ocean protection in support of island nations. Provides $20,000 grants with a quick turnaround time.

Funding restricted to projects in countries with Blue Prosperity Coalition partnerships (the Azores, Bermuda, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuat)

Applications reviewed on a monthly rolling basis.

Department of Energy (DOE)

FY27 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) from the DOE Office of Science

See notes

Deadlines vary by subprogram. Some programs allow for a pre-application phase with a short whitepaper. There are more than 60 subprogram areas listed in FOA DE-FOA-0003665 under the domains Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy and Nuclear Physics, and Isotope R&D Production.

Dear Colleague Letter: Advancing Research at the intersection of Biology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)

Applications are made through active NSF funding opportunities; applicants should explicitly link and describe how project advances priorities named in this letter.

Dear Colleague Letter: Encouraging Mid-scale Research Infrastructure in Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Applications are made through active NSF funding opportunities; applicants should explicitly link and describe how project advances priorities named in this letter.

Program advances scientific community datasets to enable innovation using artificial intelligence (AI) and other methods. Goal is to increase value that can be derived from existing scientific datasets by leveraging novel methods and artificial intelligence (AI). 

AI Infrastructure Hubs connect researchers to new compute infrastructure that leverages contributions from state governments, research institutions, industry, & philanthropy. Accelerates AI-enabled discovery across science & engineering.

NASA's Biosphere research area focuses on research that provides foundational knowledge on interactions between and within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, along with changes to their biogeochemistry and biodiversity.

Dear Colleague Letter:
Supplemental Funding Requests to Support Super Intelligence (SI) Innovation in the Presidential SI Challenge

Note: The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently been replaced with Super Intelligence (SI) in a recent Executive Order.

Invites supplemental funding requests from current awardees in the STEM Education (EDU) and Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Directorates to support the Presidential SI Challenge. Projects must support engagement & experiential learning opportunities for participants (students, educators, schools). The aim is to reach various education ecosystems (local, state, regional).

Team Science Accelerator

11/9/26 LOI

7/1/27 Proposal

Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Team Science Accelerator is a two-year pilot program to help faculty adopt team science structures with the goal of amplifying impact, accelerating science, and solving big challenges. The Letter of Intent is due 11/9/26. Finalists selected in February 2027. Mandatory in-person finalist workshop 6/21-6/23. Finalists submit full proposals by 7/1/27. 

Priority areas: lunar/Mars science, astrobiology, sample analysis, robotics, AI, quantum sensors. Facilities must serve broad research community, not individual projects.

ROSES-2025: C.2 Solar System Science

Support investigations to ascertain content, origin, & evolution of the Solar System and the search for life’s origin, evolution, distribution, and future in the universe.

In addition to hypothesis-driven science, proposals are also solicited for:

• Development of laboratory analytical instruments that improvs accuracy, resolution, or sensitivity of measurements
• Analysis of planetary data (e.g., mission, ground-based)
• Software tool development & dissemination: facilitate use of existing datasets, enable future investigations.

PD 24-8084: Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)

Division of Astronomical Sciences

• Astronomy and Astrophysics 
• Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation

11/15/26

Annually: 11/15

Supports projects harnessing computation & data to advance knowledge above and beyond the goals of the participating individual programs. Proposals should enable and/or utilize the development and adaptation of advances in research and infrastructure in computational and data science. Program encourages research that pushes the envelope of science and engineering through computation and data. Proposals may address topics that enable interactions among theory, computing, experiment, & observation.

Supports project that develop measurable advances in technology that directly enable end-to-end connectivity and quality-of-service for mission-critical information exchange among widely dispersed naval, joint, & coalition forces

PD 24-8084: Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)

Division of Physics:

• Plasma Physics program

11/16/27

Annually, third Monday in:

• November

Supports projects harnessing computation & data to advance knowledge above and beyond the goals of the participating individual programs. Proposals should enable and/or utilize the development and adaptation of advances in research and infrastructure in computational and data science. Program encourages research that pushes the envelope of science and engineering through computation and data. Proposals may address topics that enable interactions among theory, computing, experiment, & observation.

11/17/26

5/18/27

Annually, third Tuesday in:

• November
• May

NSF TTP program focuses on real-world applications. Tailored solutions to specific problems faced by consumers, industries, and/or governments.

Successful outcomes of NSF TTP projects: accelerated product, process or service maturation; open-source projects; standards setting; patents; the realization of pre-commercial or commercial products, processes or services; and startup or small business formation.

TTP-T projects start with use-inspired research and initial translational activities. Then further mature the ideas, iterate and improve solutions, and lower barriers to effective translation of research from lab to practice.

TTP-P supports translational efforts that demand one or more partnerships for technology development and deployment. Success in these projects require strategic partnerships with stakeholders beyond U.S. institutions of higher education, such as industry partners, government entities, philanthropies, international organizations, other groups associated with large-scale production and distribution.

US Department of Transportation (DOT)

Office of Hazardous Material Safety Research Initiative - Broad Agency Announcement

11/18/26

Supports research that advances scientific, technical, engineering, and policy solutions to prevent incidents & enhance safety during transportation of hazardous materials. Proposals are to address a core topic area(s):

• 26HM-ESS - Efficient Safety Standards
• 26HM-SST - Safe Energy Storage Technologies
• 26HM-IPG - Innovative Packaging
• 26HM-RER - Risk Reduction for Emergency Response
• 26HM-RTS - Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

ROSES-2025: B.7 The Heliophysics Low-Cost Access to Space

11/20/26

Supports development & application of innovative instruments, technologies, and flight investigations that can be accomplished using sounding rockets, high-altitude balloons, and airborne platforms

Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval

11/30/26 

Annually: 11/30

Supports innovative research to develop, demonstrate, integrate, test, evaluate, & deliver technologies that process and exploit multi-source, multi-domain classified, open source, non-traditional source data to improve Battlespace Awareness, derive decision quality information, and automate analysis/decision processes. Deadline is for white paper submission. Full proposal by invitation only.

Strategic Priorities

12/1/26

5/3/27

Annually, first weekday in:

• December
• May

Supports research that focuses on impacts of solid waste management, circular & sustainable materials management, and mitigating environmental risk. 

Priority Areas:

1. Climate Change Impacts/Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2. Emerging Contaminants
3. Advancing Materials Circularity & Recycling

Deadline is for Pre-Proposals (2-pages). Full proposal by invitation only.

12/1/26

Annually: 12/1

Supports research on integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery / usage, & community creation.

Three awards classes:

1. Elements: Small groups to create & deploy robust services.
2. Framework Implementations: Large teams to develop / apply services for common research problems.
3. Transition to Sustainability: Groups to execute sustainability plans for existing CI.

Targeted Grants to Math+AI Institutes – 2027

One-time call to support established institutes / centers to specifically address AI challenges. Funding for general area of Math+AI. Supports workshops and initiatives that help researchers evaluate recent AI-assisted results applying the standards used by the math community, learn and use new tools, share perspectives and shape collective standards for AI use.

Utilizing the Full Power of Empire AI

New program to fund six to 12 proposals through a competitive open call to the Empire AI research community.

Supports cutting-edge mathematics and basic science research, drawing on advanced computational power of the Empire AI.

ROSES-2025: A.14 Atmosphere

NASA’s Atmosphere research area focuses on changes in atmospheric composition & structure which affect air quality, weather, and critical constituents. 

12/2/26 pre-preposal

7/27/27 full proposal

(Biennial opportunity)

Supports research from large, interdisciplinary teams with transformative, research agendas with disruptive innovations in computer and information science and engineering.

Potential topic areas: 

• Fundamentally new intelligence architectures 
• Rigorous theories of how systems learn
• Neuroscience-inspired approaches to learning & reasoning
• Intelligence embodied in the physical world 
• Transformative next-generation communication and networking
• High-risk, high-reward areas that no single discipline could pursue alone

ROSES-2025: D.4 Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks

Supports coordinated efforts in fundamental theory & computational techniques for advances in astrophysics that extend beyond the scope of individual investigator projects.

The goals of the TCAN program include strengthening theoretical and computational astrophysics in the United States by uniting researchers in collaborative networks: 

• Crossing institutional & geographical boundaries
• Advancing training of future theoretical and computational scientists workforce 

ROSES-2025: A.16 Cryosphere

NASA's Cryosphere research area supports investigations of Earth’s ice, including the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, glaciers, & sea ice in the Arctic and Southern Oceans, that are based on satellite and airborne remote sensing.

Program seeks to improve understanding of cryospheric processes, link the cryosphere to the global Earth system, and/or advance predictive capabilities.

Silcon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1

The objective of this program is to advance scientific & technological maturity of silicon carbide cladding for nuclear fuel rods for future use in commercial light water reactors.

Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)

Supports innovative concepts that address hard GEOINT problems which align to the following technical domains:

1. Foundational GEOINT
2. Advanced Phenomenon
3. Analytic Technologies

ROSES-2025: A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science

Supports projects that advance the goals & objectives of NASA's Earth Science Division by conducting unique research to investigate:

1. Unforeseen or unpredictable Earth system events and opportunities that require a rapid response
2. Novel ideas of potential high merit and relevance for ESD science to advance Earth remote sensing that have not otherwise been solicited by NASA in the past three years

Supports Long-Range S&T Projects that offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operations. Technology areas that ONR is pursuing are provided at the ONR website.

Solid Waste Management Grant

The Solid Waste Management Grant Program supports qualified organizations that provide technical assistance and training to rural communities. Supports efforts to reduce &  eliminate pollution of water resources.

FY 2027 University Center for High-Speed Aerothermoelasticity

1/8/27 Whitepaper 

4/2/27 Full Proposal

Supports establishment of a university-led Center for High-Speed Aerothermoelasticity. Funding is $2.75 M per year for three years ($8.25 M) with possible extension to five years ($13.75 M).

Fellows-to-Faculty – 2027

Supports early career scientists by facilitating transition into tenure-track faculty positions. Three year faculty research grant. Fellows engage with community of investigators, receive mentoring & peer support.

1/15/27 Concept Outline

6/1 Full Proposal

Supports research that advances understanding of biota & physical systems operating in the Antarctic region and adjacent seas.

Research needs to be performed in Antarctica and requires logistical support from U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP)

1/15/27

6/1/27

Annually: 1/15 & 6/1

Supports research that advances understanding of biota & physical systems operating in the Antarctic region and adjacent seas. Encompassing terrestrial, marine, cryospheric, atmospheric, and space settings.

Research is conducted in laboratory, through modeling, and using theoretical work.

Type of work funded:

• Projects using existing samples, data, and models
• Development of new instrumentation and observing technologies
• Workshops, conferences, and Research Coordination Networks (RCN)

Supports new research professor positions filled by scientific software-focused researchers who have a strong track record of leadership in scientific software development.

The aim is to stimulate the development and maintenance of core scientific software infrastructure in academic environments through creating a new, long-term, faculty-level career path.

Multidisciplinary research, education, workforce dev. Focus: cybersecurity, privacy, trustworthy AI, critical infrastructure. Awards up to $1.2M over 4 years.

Subsequent annual deadlines: Last Monday in September, Last Monday in January

The goal is to increase collaborative contacts between accomplished, active mathematicians in the United States.

Funding based on the quality and significance of applicant’s previous research and impact travel support will have on future research, both for the applicant and the applicant’s graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows.

NSF 25-543: Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)

2/4/27

Annually:

• First Thursday, February
• Second Thursday, September

Supports research & education projects to develop new knowledge in all aspects of computing, communications, and information science and engineering

Future CoRe programs: Algorithmic Foundations (AF), Communications & Information Foundations (CIF), Computer Systems Research (CSR), Computing Education Research (CER), Cyber-Physical System Foundations & Connected Communities (CPS), Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET), Human-Centered Computing (HCC), Information Integration & Informatics (III), Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS), Robust Intelligence (RI), Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF)

2/8/27

Annually: Second Monday in February

Convergence research is a critical mechanism for solving vexing research problems that stem from complex scientific challenges. Two primary characteristics:

• Driven by specific & compelling problem. Generally inspired by the need to address a specific challenge or opportunity, whether it arises from deep scientific questions or pressing societal needs.
• Deep integration across disciplines. Knowledge, research communities, & languages integrate as experts from different disciplines pursue common research challenges. New frameworks can emerge from sustained interactions across multiple communities.

Super Intelligence/Machine Learning Innovation to Advance NOAA's Earth System Science and Support Hazard Resilience

Supports research that accelerates innovation in NOAA's Earth system science and informs hazard resilience decision making through the application of Super Intelligence/Machine Learning (SI/ML).

Priority Areas

1. Multi-annual to decadal prediction
2. Hazard resilience decision-support information
3. Extreme heat predictions and preparedness.

2/11/27

Next: 2/10/28

Supports foundational and transformative research to advance design, engineering, & fabrication of computational technology that leverages wave interactions for computation, signal processing, & information transmission. Wave-Based Computing (WBC) can use multiple physical architectures, such as free-space, waveguides, metasurfaces, and plasmonic structures.

3/2/27

Annually:

• First Tuesday, September

• First Tuesday, March

Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) program supports strong, sustainable, and secure open-source ecosystems (OSEs). Ecosystems built around existing open-source products, tools, artifacts. Goal: transform research results into widely used technologies. 

Three tracks:

• Track 1: Scoping & planning. Supports organizations without experience building developer & user communities. 
• Track 2: Establishing & expanding. Supports building governance for robust OSEs that meet emerging societal needs.
• Track 3: Improving safety, security, & privacy. Addresses vulnerabilities in open-source products. Risks are technical (e.g., code flaws.) or socio-technical (e.g., supply chain weakness, poisoned machine learning models).

NSF 26-503: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service

4/3/27

Annually: 4/3

Supports AI and cybersecurity education and workforce development. CyberAI refers to using AI in cybersecurity and providing security and resilience for AI systems.

Tracks:

• Scholarship Track: Service programs with integrated AI and cybersecurity components (CyberAI)
• Innovation Track: Enhance preparation of AI and/or cybersecurity professionals.

5/3/27

Annually: First Monday in May

Supports interdisciplinary research that underpin mathematical & engineering foundations behind development of digital twins and synthetic data in biomedical applications. A particular focus is on digital, in silico models used in evaluation of medical devices and relevance of developed models in addressing emerging challenges.

Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)

Program seeking innovative research to develop a capability to continuously orchestrate command and control (C2) processes in an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operational environment through distributed workflow execution. Program is particularly interested in approaches to orchestrate the execution of distributed workflows that adhere to maintaining flexibility, while adapting to a dynamic operational environment.

Subsequent deadlines: 6/15/28, 5/21/29

Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement (HR001126S0011)

Deadline for mandatory abstract submission; full proposals by invitation only. Focus: AI, cybersecurity, privacy, resilient software, computing systems, complex systems modeling.

NSF 22-586: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

For early-career, untenured asst. professors (≥50% tenure-track). No prior CAREER awardees. Max 3 competitions/PI. No co-PIs.

Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) # HR001126S0015

Soliciting proposals any time that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems for national security applications.

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Foundations of Trusted Systems

Seeking innovative research in technologies and techniques to establish trusted foundations for hardware and software that enables secure, resilient and affordable Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) and Cyber technologies (C4I and Cyber Technologies) information processing systems.

Deadline for white paper submission. Full proposals by invitation only.

• Subsequent white paper deadline: 9/4/28
• BAA open until 12/4/28

PD 24-8084: Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)

Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation

Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems

9/15/27

(9/15 annually)

Supports projects harnessing computation & data to advance knowledge above and beyond the goals of the participating individual programs. Proposals should enable and/or utilize the development and adaptation of advances in research and infrastructure in computational and data science. Program encourages research that pushes the envelope of science and engineering through computation and data. Proposals may address topics that enable interactions among theory, computing, experiment, & observation.

Division of Chemistry

• Chemical Catalysis (CAT)
• Chemical Mechanism, Function, and Properties (CMFP)
• Chemical Synthesis (SYN)

9/30/27

(9/30 annually)

Supports projects harnessing computation & data to advance knowledge above and beyond the goals of the participating individual programs. Proposals should enable and/or utilize the development and adaptation of advances in research and infrastructure in computational and data science. Program encourages research that pushes the envelope of science and engineering through computation and data. Proposals may address topics that enable interactions among theory, computing, experiment, & observation.

Supports education of technicians for high-technology fields that drive the nation's economy. Involves partnerships between academic institutions (grades 7-12, IHEs), industry, and economic development agencies to improve the education of science and engineering technicians.

Strongly recommended that projects be faculty-led and required that courses and programs are credit-bearing, although materials developed may also be used for incumbent worker education.

Division of Materials Research

10/15/27

(10/15 annually)

Supports projects harnessing computation & data to advance knowledge above and beyond the goals of the participating individual programs. Proposals should enable and/or utilize the development and adaptation of advances in research and infrastructure in computational and data science. Program encourages research that pushes the envelope of science and engineering through computation and data. Proposals may address topics that enable interactions among theory, computing, experiment, & observation.

PD 24-8084: Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) 

Division of Chemistry

• Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI)
• Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS)
• Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN)

Division of Mathematical Sciences

10/31/27

(10/31 annually)

Supports projects harnessing computation & data to advance knowledge above and beyond the goals of the participating individual programs. Proposals should enable and/or utilize the development and adaptation of advances in research and infrastructure in computational and data science. Program encourages research that pushes the envelope of science and engineering through computation and data. Proposals may address topics that enable interactions among theory, computing, experiment, & observation.

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Foundation Research

Whitepapers should be submitted via email to the TPOC identified in the topic proposed against.

Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA) 24-01

Fund scientific and technical projects across science and engineering disciplines that significantly improve a capability to the Department’s operational environment and the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE).S&T is interested in receiving these research concept types:

• Type I (Near-Term Component): Projects & activities that focus on gaps identified by DHS components
• Type II (Foundational Science): Enduring research that results in more actionable data sets, knowledge products, standards, and peer-reviewed publications to support scientific endeavors
• Type III (Future Needs and Emerging Threats): Exploring solutions to problems presented by emerging science that can become a future threat or strength

The Frontier Grant

The program has three focus areas:  Vibrant Economies; Local Resiliency; and Community Opportunity.

This program is not a limited submissions program, but it will award institutions no more than one grant per year.  The program accepts applications on a rolling basis throughout the year, but it does not wait until all applications are in to make decisions.  The program tends to run out of grant funds before the year has ended.  Faculty who are interested in pursuing on behalf of FSU a Duke Energy Foundation grant are encouraged to submit an application in January (or as early as possible) of the year they would like to win the grant to maximize their chances of being awarded.  

The Concept Outline is to be submitted by June 10, 2024, and every first Monday of May thereafter

(quantum sensing and imaging in biomedical research and health science)

Focus areas: women and children’s health, safety, and welfare; animal welfare and beneficial human/animal interaction; and early intervention and addiction prevention