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FEDERAL PROGRAMS
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ (703) 292-5111
GRANT/LOAN
Geosciences (CFDA No. 47.050) – Grants are available for
projects that strengthen and enhance the national scientific
enterprise through the expansion of fundamental knowledge
and increased understanding of the integrated Earth system
through the support of basic research in the atmospheric,
earth and ocean sciences. Major objectives include the
discovery of new knowledge of the atmosphere from the sun
to the Earth’s surface over the entire spectrum of physical and
chemical phenomena; a better understanding of the physical,
chemical, and biological character of the Earth and the
processes that govern its evolution; and increased insight into
the world’s oceans, their composition, structure, behavior,
and tectonics. Support also is provided for science and
technology centers, undergraduate Student research, facility
enhancement, instrumentation, and laboratory equipment;
and for research opportunities for women, minority, and
disabled scientists and engineers.
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA No.
47.075) – Program to contribute to the scientific strength
and welfare of the nation through the promotion of basic
research and education in the social, behavioral and economic
sciences and through monitoring and understanding the
resources invested in science and engineering in the United
States. Supported activities include research and education
in the following disciplines: anthropological and geographic
sciences; cognitive, psychological and language sciences;
economics, decision risk and management sciences; sociology,
political sciences; innovation and organizational change,
measurement methods and statistics, law and social science
and science and society. Other SBE grants build infrastructure,
and develop methods, support science and technology centers,
including climate change and science of learning centers,
and fund research workshops, symposia, and conferences.
Educational activities include awards to improve the quality
of doctoral dissertations in the behavioral and social sciences;
grants for graduate traineeships and postdoctoral fellowships;
and grants to promote K-12 education in the SBE sciences.
Support is also provided for junior faculty and mid-career
development opportunities, undergraduate student research,
and for research opportunities for women, minorities, and
the differentially abled. The Directorate also funds science
studies; studies of scientists and engineers, R&D funding
and expenditures, and educational attainment in science,
mathematics and engineering.
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