Funding Opportunities

  New Solicitations   

 

20 May 2020
 
accepting proposals between November 4, 2019 and April 21, 2020
 
various deadlines 
 
03 Dec 2019 
13 Jul 2020
 
STEM at the Poles! Research Experiences for Formal and Informal Educators in the Polar Regions
Educator Application Deadline: Monday, 7 October 2019; Researcher Application Deadline: Monday, 14 October 2019
 
Stressing the System - Managing a Complex Arctic Crisis -- due 7 October 2019
 
Accepted anytime (up to $4000)
 
NSF International Research Experiences for Students  (IRES)
     Various tracks due September  2019     
 
White papers required.  Proposals accepted anytime 
 
Deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1, Nov 1
 
CISE-OCA, MPS, OIA-EPSCoR
 

  Past Opportunities    (many are annual calls) 

 
Indigenous Initiatives Fellow, Arctic Funders Collaborative
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Application deadline: 27 March 2019
 
Pre-Application March 13, 2019
Full Proposal: May 17, 2019
 
NSF Midscale Research Infrastructure DCL 
Pre-proposal due February 19, 2019
Invited full proposal due May 20, 2019
LOI due February 08, 2019
Preliminary Proposal due March 11, 2019
Full Proposal due August 02, 2019
 

 

NCAR CESM Polar Modeling for Early Career Scientists
12-16 August 2019
Boulder, Colorado
Application deadline: 8 March 2019
 
apply by Feb 15, 2019
 
Application deadline: 1 March 2019
 
pre-proposals due on March 7, 2019
online seminar will be held on January 15, 2019, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm ET
 
April 22-26, 2019 IDeas Lab 
 
EPSCOR Track IV 
Due March 13, 2018
 
due February 14, 2019  due March 4, 2019
 

NSF Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet)

LOI  December 21, 2018
Full Proposal February 28, 2019
 

 

NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program -- Navigating the New Arctic is a FY19 focus area
LOI  window November 26, 2018 - December 6, 2018; Full proposal February 6, 2019
 
EPSCOR Track II 
LOI required November 26, 2018;  full  January 25, 2019

NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2019-2005813. 2019 Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise Program

Due Jan 16, 2019  
 
Due December 21, 2018
  • CubeSat sensors for investigating littoral ocean & atmosphere dynamics
  • Sustained observations of marine biodiversity for improved understanding of marine ecosystem responses to changing environmental conditions
Due January 18, 2019
  • Advanced sensor technology
  • Autonomous profiling floats for investigating tropical pacific biogeochemistry
  • Improve arctic operational forecasts
  • Arctic Observing System simulation experiments using year of polar prediction data (Arctic OSSE)
  • New approaches for data assimilation to improve operational ocean prediction
  • Autonomous mapping
Dear Colleague Letter: Support for Engaging Students and the Public in Polar Research
Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL), deadline of November 7, 2018.
Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12), deadline of November 14, 2018.
Improving Undergraduate Science Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE:EHR), solicitation for the 2019 fiscal year (deadlines vary).
 
Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering and Information  (Q-AMASE-i) -- LOI September 17, 2018, Full Proposal  November 5, 2018
 
Climate Program Office FY 2019 Announcement -- LOIs Deadline: September 10, 2018 | Full Proposals Deadline: November 20, 2018 
 
"NSF 2026 Idea Machine" -- proposing the next Big Ideas for future investment
 
Field Research Opportunity Available: Transnational/Remote Access to Research Stations (INTERACT
Due 12 October 2018

 

ONR Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (for tenured or tenure-equivalent university PIs)  
$3m over 5 years range - ideal for unique observing campaign or a big data effort
Information Webinar - Webinar - July 10, 2 PM EDT July 10, 2018
White Papers deadline:  August 17, 2018 
Full proposal deadline: January 18, 2019 
https://basicresearch.defense.gov/Programs-Workshops/Vannevar-Bush-Faculty-Fellowship/    
 
Belmont Forum 
July 16, 2018
 
Accepted anytime
 
or Jan 16, 2019
 
 
Calls for proposals that "identify potential future research areas that go beyond NSF's Big Ideas, require a convergence approach, cross internal and/or external organizational and disciplinary boundaries, and advance the progress of science as articulated in NSF's mission."
 A 2-page prospectus is due by October 15, 2018 for FY2019 funding. 
 
Iceland Fulbright (master and PhD students)
deadline October 9, 2018
(If interested, please contact Jeanne Sokolowski  Director, Office of National Fellowships)
 
April 2, 2018 - January 16, 2019
July 2 for FY18
 
Proposals accepted anytime
 
Proposals accepted anytime
 
January 01, 2019 - January 22, 2019
Closed Solicitations 
 
Track 1 – conferences -- Proposals accepted anytime
Track 2 -- Letter of Intent - July 27, 2018;  Full proposal – Sep 19, 2018
 
LOI - June 18, 2018
Full proposal - Sep 7, 2018
 
DOE FY 2018 Continuation of Solicitation for the office of science financial assistance program
https://science.energy.gov/~/media/grants/pdf/foas/2018/SC_FOA_0001820.p...
Sept 30, 2018
 
Track  I: IRES Sites -- September 11, 2018
Track II: Advanced Studies Institutes -- September 18, 2018
Track III: New Concepts in International Graduate Experience -- September 25, 2018 
 
Letter of Intent - July 16, 2018;  Full Proposal -  Sep 17, 2018 
 
Due September 11, 2019
 
Applications close 09/17/2018
 
Iceland Fulbright (masters and PhD s​​tudents)
deadline October 9, 2018
(If interested, please contact Jeanne Sokolowski  Director, Office of National Fellowships)
 
Application of SmallSat and Commercial Imagery to Arctic Science
Polar Geospatial Center, National Science Foundation
21-22 May 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Application deadline: 30 Mar 2018
 
2018 Arctic Science Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
9-13 October 2018, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2018
 
Arctic Futures Institute - Portland Maine -- June 18-22
Register May 15th
 
April 13, 2018 -- 2-page Research Concept Outline due
May 29, 2018
 
extended to February 7, 2018
 
February 2, 2018
 
February 5, 2018
 
Letter of Intent – December;  Full Proposals - February 6, 2018
 
February 14, 2018
 
AGU Voices for Science  Policy Track & Media/Public Communications Track
February 15, 2018 (Applications considered on a rolling basis)  
 
 
2018 CESM Polar Modeling Workshop (August 13-17, 2018 )
Enabling US Early Career Researchers to Advance Polar Science using High Performance Computing and Earth System Modeling
March 9, 2018
 
March 15, 2018 
 
NSF INFEWS - Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems
“Outreach” Visit to UNH -- March 22 (contact Michelle.Gregoire@unh.edu EPSCOR)
 
 March 16, 2018
 
Undergraduate and Graduate students
due: March 23, 2018
 
begin on 3/1/2018 until filled
 
Rif Field Station: Call for applications for 2018
Melrakkaslétta and Raufarhöfn, Iceland
2 April 2018
 
NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) - Data and Software: Data Infrastructure Building Blocks and Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation
 April 18, 2018
 
 
Letter of Intent – December;  Full Proposals - February 6, 2018
 
Track I: IRES Sites (IS)  -- September 11, 2018
Track II: Advanced Studies Institutes (ASI) -- September 18, 2018
Track III: New Concepts in International Graduate Experience (IGE) -- September 25, 2018
 
September and January
 
 February 15, 2018
 
 due January 14, 2018
 
October 20, 2017 (annually) 
 
March 14, 2017 (annually)
 
September 15, 2018 (annually)
 
Development and Implementation Tier -- December 12, 2017 (annually) 
Exploration and Design Tier -- Proposals accepted anytime
 
November 6, 2017 
 
Preliminary Proposals – September;  Full Proposals - April 
 
Due Oct 31, 2017 (annual?)
 
Released Sept 27, 2017; Due Dec 15, 2017
Annual solicitation
 
 
 
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA #N00014-17-S-B016)
Annual solicitation
 
September
 
Inquiries – July; White papers – August; Proposals – January
 
White papers – July; Full Proposals November
 
Due Feb 1, 2018
 
Mar 20, 2018 
 
Pre-application – December
Full proposal – February
 
Pre-application – December
Full proposal – March