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Dear Colleague Letter

Global Centers Program Competition

Announces the scientific focus of the next round of the Global Centers Program—Bioeconomy.

Posted November 22, 2023
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Dear Colleague Letter

Future of International Research Collaboration Post COVID-19

Dear Colleagues: BACKGROUND International collaboration ensures the U.S. science and engineering (S&E) community enjoys access to expertise, facilities, data, and research sites across the globe. Keeping the U.S. engaged with global research is critical to the health of our S&E...
Posted October 1, 2020
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Dear Colleague Letter

Effective Practices for Data

Describes and encourages effective practices for managing research data, including the use of persistent identifiers for data and machine-readable data management plans.

Posted May 20, 2019
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

International Training and Education in Advanced Technologies (ATE-I)

Invites supplemental funding requests from current Advanced Technological Education awardees for short-term international education and training at vocational/technical schools and industrial institutions in Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

Posted April 16, 2019
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Standard Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under National Science Foundation and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Collaborative Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Science

Lists programs and guidelines for collaborative U.S.–Canada research in areas of artificial intelligence and quantum science.

Posted December 16, 2021
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Continuing Grant
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Research Coordination Networks: Fostering and Nurturing a Diverse Community of CI Professionals

Supports the creation of research coordination networks that advance and connect cyberinfrastructure professionals across all areas of science and engineering research and education.

Current But No Longer Receiving Proposals
Program

Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research

Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) is a USAID-funded competitive grants program that provides an opportunity to support scientists in developing countries who work with NSF, NASA, NIH, Smithsonian Institution, USDA, and USGS funded principal investigators (PIs) at U.S...
Cooperative Agreement
Dear Colleague Letter

NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) Program

Invites proposals to develop coalitions of academic institutions, nonprofits, for-profits, government entities and others to create regional “innovation ecosystems” — galvanizing use-inspired research, technology translation and workforce development.

Posted May 3, 2022
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe for NSF Awardees

Supplemental funding for current grantees for research visits to any identified, appropriate European Research Council-funded European research group, particularly for grantees who are early in their careers or who are still actively building their careers.

Posted March 10, 2022
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Supplemental Funding
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Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Pilot for the Allocation of High-Throughput Computing Resources (HTC)

Invites investigators to submit requests for access to High-Throughput Computing resources made available through the Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing project; open to current awardees and in regular proposal submissions to participating programs.

Posted February 24, 2022
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

International Collaboration Supplements in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes

NSF invites requests for supplemental funding from existing awardees of the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes program (NSF 20-503, NSF 20-604) to add a new — or strengthen an existing — international dimension to their award.

Posted February 16, 2022
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Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Joint NSF-JST Proposals to Advance Human-Centered Data for Disaster Resilience Research (HCDDRR)

Invites teams of U.S.-Japan researchers to submit proposals for advancing human-centered data and data-driven science and engineering for disaster resilience to either NSF or Japan Science and Technology Agency.

Posted April 14, 2023
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Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

NSF and NEH Collaborates with Canada's 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition

Invites projects on climate mitigation and adaptation for groups vulnerable to the changing climate. Brazil, Canada, Germany, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States are all consortium partners in this effort.

Posted June 9, 2023
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Supplemental Funding
Standard Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U)

Invites multilateral collaboration with the US, Ukraine, and Poland or Baltic countries in the global research community for support in scientific and engineering research, education and innovation.

Posted August 3, 2023
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Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India Collaborative Research Opportunities

Invites collaboration between U.S. and Indian research communities in semiconductor research, next generation communication systems, cyber-security, sustainability and green technologies, and intelligent transportation systems.

Posted August 18, 2023
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

Supplemental Funding Requests for National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) US-Ireland Student Mobility Program

Encourages supplemental funding requests for graduate students to pursue additional training at one of the Science Foundation Ireland’s Centres for Research Training.

Posted February 20, 2024
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

International Collaboration Supplements in Quantum Information Science and Engineering Research

Dear Colleagues: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has long supported research to advance quantum information science and engineering (QIS) from laboratory theory into practical reality and lay the foundations for the next century of quantum discovery. Building on this core...
Posted May 21, 2021
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Dear Colleague Letter

Leadership-Class Computing Facility Application Team Partners

Dear Colleagues: For almost four decades, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has played a leading role in provisioning advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) capabilities for our nation's researchers to advance science and engineering (S&E) discovery and innovation. Today, as part of a...
Posted January 26, 2021
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Program

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing...
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Dear Colleague Letter

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under the National Science Foundation and Czech Science Foundation Collaborative Research Opportunities

Invites collaborations between the U.S. and Czech research communities in the areas of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, plasma science and cybersecurity & privacy.

Posted April 25, 2023
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Cooperative Agreement
Program

BioFoundries to Enable Access to Infrastructure and Resources for Advancing Modern Biology and Biotechnology (BioFoundries)

Supports establishment of biofoundries to catalyze understanding of biological or bio-engineered systems, while ensuring broad access to technologies, training and education, and enabling rapid translation of basic discoveries.

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Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Nurturing Diverse, Skilled, Capable, and Productive Communities of CyberInfrastructure Professionals (CIP)

Mentoring requirements for Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation and Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure programs; encourages proposals to Research Coordination Networks which build CI professional networks.

Posted February 24, 2022
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Continuing Grant
Program

Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions:

The Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) and Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) funding opportunities support research by faculty members at predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs). RUI proposals support PUI faculty in research that engages them in their professional field(s), builds capacity for...
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