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2025 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Award Info:
Awards to support Track 1 (Institutional Capacity Building) projects may not exceed $1,000,000 total over a maximum duration of 6 years. Awards to support Track 2 (Implementation: Single Institution) projects may not exceed $2,500,000 total over a maximum duration of 6 years. Awards to support Track…
Description:
The main goal of the S-STEM program is to enable low-income students with academic ability, talent or potential to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program seeks to increase the number of academically promising low-income students who graduate with a S-STEM…
Mathers Grant Awards Program - Spring 2026
Award Info:
$600,000-700,000 over three years, including 10% indirect costs
Description:
The Mathers Foundation welcomes research in immunology, microbiome, genomics, structural biology, cellular physiology, neuroscience and more. Plant biology research and oceanography-related research, space exploration, global warming, Covid-19, medical imaging technology, electrical engineering technology…
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds (NQVL)
Award Info:
This solicitation pertains to the Design and Implementation development phases of the QSTD projects part of the NQVL program. QSTD:Design awards may be funded at a level up to $2,000,000 per year for up to two years. QSTD:Implementation awards may be funded at a level up to $10,000,000 per year for…
Description:
While this solicitation lays out the vision for the entire NQVL program that includes Quantum Science and Technology Demonstration (QSTD) projects, support for enabling technologies through Transformative Advances in Quantum Systems (TAQS), as well as a central coordination hub, only proposals for…
2026 Catalyst Grants
Award Info:
Budgets can include equipment (up to $500,000 total), faculty salary & benefits (up to $200,000 annually), scientific personnel expenses, supplies, travel, and publication costs.
Description:
Catalyst for Discovery Program Grants are intended to support fundamental chemical research at institutions in Texas aimed at solving significant problems for the benefit of humankind. The level of support is calibrated to reduce barriers to discovery and provide flexibility in the manner of experimentation…
2026 Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE)
Award Info:
Each award will be for 24 months. The budget for Year 1 should be up to a maximum of $500,000 and the budget for Year 2 should be up to a maximum of $1,000,000, for a total budget of up to $1,500,000 per award.
Description:
The goal of the Safe-OSE program is to catalyze meaningful improvements in the safety, security, and privacy of the targeted OSE that the OSE does not currently have the resources to undertake. Funds from this program should be directed toward efforts to enhance the safety, security, and privacy characteristics…
Young Investigator Grants 2026
Award Info:
This grant is open to applicants at institutions throughout the contiguous United States. This is a two-year grant for a total of $125,000, with half the grant award being paid out each year.
Description:
To encourage a commitment to breast cancer research, Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists who are in the early stages of their careers, including post docs, whose current proposal is focused on breast cancer, to apply for funding for the Young Investigator Grant.
Energy Frontier Research Centers
Award Info:
$3,000,000 to $4,500,000 per award per year ($12,000,000 to $18,000,000 per award for a 4-year period). Average award size is expected to be $4,000,000 per award per year after the first year of operations.
Description:
The DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces a re-competition of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) program and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications from multi-disciplinary teams will be required to propose discovery science and use-inspired basic research…
Scientific Infrastructure Support for Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research - 2026
Award Info:
Topic Area 1: University Research Reactor Upgrades (RU) Infrastructure Support • Approximate total available funding: $2,500,000 in FY 2026. • Approximate number of awards: 3 to 5. • Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $0 - $1,500,000. • Minimum cost share required: Cost Sharing is not…
Description:
The goals of this NOFO include: (1) Supporting, maintaining, or enhancing an institution’s capacities to attract and teach high quality students interested in nuclear energy-related studies; (2) building an institution’s research or education capabilities; and (3) enhancing an institution’s…
National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)
Award Info:
The NQNI program will support awards funded at different levels as motivated by the proposed activities. Individual NQNI Sites may be funded at a level between $500,000/year and $2,000,000/year, for up to 5 years. The budget of each proposed Site is expected to be commensurate with the associated…
Description:
The NQNI solicitation establishes a competition for a network of university user facility Sites. The selection of user facility Sites will be based on their technical capabilities and instrumentation (specifically, fabrication, characterization, and expertise) to address current and anticipated user…
FY2026 Research Opportunities in Accelerator Stewardship and Accelerator Development
Award Info:
Please see the funding opportunity for more details, including eligibility and application information. Total funding is $15,000,000, with $7,500,000 in FY 2026 funding and $7,500,000 in outyear funding contingent on congressional appropriations.
Description:
Applications are sought to conduct (1) cross-cutting use-inspired basic R&D to advance the state-of-the-art in accelerator science and technology; (2) collaborative R&D that strengthens domestic suppliers of accelerator technology. The research funded through this opportunity is expected…