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2025 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)

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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… 

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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… 

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Mathers Grant Awards Program - Spring 2026

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$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… 

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NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds (NQVL)

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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… 

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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… 

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2026 Catalyst Grants

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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.

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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… 

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2026 Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE)

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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… 

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National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)

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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… 

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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… 

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Scientific Infrastructure Support for Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research - 2026

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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… 

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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… 

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Energy Frontier Research Centers

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$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… 

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Integrated Data Systems & Services 2026

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Estimated Number of Awards: 3 to 9

The estimated number of awards in each Category is as follows: 1 to 2 (Category I), 1 to 2 (Category II), 1 to 5 (Category III). 

The type of award in each category is as follows: Cooperative Agreement (Category I and II), Standard Grant (Category… 

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 The primary goal of the IDSS program is to support national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables data- and artificial intelligence-driven research for many communities. The IDSS program supports foundational transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects… 

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Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program-2026

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IGE Awards (6 to 10 anticipated in FY 2021) are expected to be up to three (3) years in duration with a total budget between $300,000 and $500,000.

Description:

The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master's… 

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