NSF-NeTS Resource SiteBelow are some active NSF funding opportunities.
RESILIENT & INTELLIGENT NEXTG SYSTEMS – VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION (RINGS-VO)
The goal of this solicitation is to invite the submission of proposals to set up a Virtual Organization (VO) for the RINGS program
Due Date: August 1, 2022
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SPECTRUM INNOVATION INITIATIVE: NATIONAL RADIO DYNAMIC ZONES (SII-NRDZ)
The electromagnetic spectrum is an essential resource for many sectors of society and the economy. Commercial applications (e.g., wireless communication, navigation, and telemetry) compete for spectrum access with scientific activities (e.g., radio astronomy, earth observation, geospace sciences, and polar research) and other vital spectrum-dependent services (e.g., air traffic control). Ongoing technological progress has created a situation where each application, activity, and service seeks additional spectrum access. Potential benefits from additional spectrum access include faster communications, new astronomical and scientific discoveries, more energy-efficient cities, increased highway capacity and safety, and more accurate weather predictions.
Due Date: June 21, 2022
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RESEARCH COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITY IN EUROPE FOR NSF AWARDEES
This letter invites current NSF grantees to submit supplemental funding requests for research visits to any identified, appropriate ERC-funded European research group. NSF particularly encourages requests from NSF grantees who are early in their careers or who are still actively building their careers. Further, the letter gives instructions on how to submit supplemental funding requests and other relevant policies and requirements.
Due Date: May 27, 2022
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STRENGTHENING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE (SAI)
[Strengthening American Infrastructure] SAI focuses on how fundamental knowledge about human reasoning and decision-making, governance, and social and cultural processes enables the building and maintenance of effective infrastructure that improves lives and society and builds on advances in technology and engineering. Successful projects will represent a convergence of expertise in one or more SBE sciences deeply integrated with other disciplines to support substantial and potentially pathbreaking, fundamental research applied to strengthening a specific and focal infrastructure.
Due Date: May 5, 2022
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https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/strengthening-american-infrastructure-sai-1
NSF SCHOLARSHIPS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAM (S-STEM
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.
Due Date: February 20, 2023
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DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS (RET) SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) invites grantees with active CISE awards to submit requests for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements, following the guidelines in the REU Sites and Supplements solicitation (NSF 19-582).
Due Date: May 21, 2022
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DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER: SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUESTS TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON THE NSF-FUNDED PLATFORMS FOR ADVANCE WIRELESS RESEARCH (PAWR)
A solicitation for ” supplemental funding requests for active research awards to conduct experimental research on the NSF-funded Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR). “
Due Date: March 15, 2022
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COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH EXPANSION PROGRAM (CISE-MSI PROGRAM)
With this solicitation, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is continuing its support of research expansion for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). The goal of the CISE-MSI program is to broaden participation by increasing the number of CISE-funded research projects from MSIs and to develop research capacity toward successful submissions to core CISE programs.
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IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI PROGRAM)
The goals of the HSI program are to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.
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INCLUSION ACROSS THE NATION OF COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED DISCOVERERS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (NSF INCLUDES)
In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research. As such, when responding to this solicitation, even though proposals must be submitted to the Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate/Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), once received, the proposals will be managed by a cross-disciplinary team of NSF Program Directors.
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COMPUTER AND NETWORK SYSTEMS: CORE PROGRAMS, LARGE
CISE’s Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education projects that take a system-oriented approach to the development of novel computing and networking technologies, or to the enhancement of existing systems in any of several dimensions, or that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies.
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CISE COMMUNITY RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE (CCRI)
The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community Research Infrastructure (CCRI) program drives discovery and learning in the core CISE disciplines of the three participating divisions [Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), Computer and Network Systems (CNS), and Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)] by funding the creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure. This research infrastructure will specifically support diverse communities of CISE researchers pursuing focused research agendas in computer and information science and engineering.
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INCLUSION ACROSS THE NATION OF COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED DISCOVERERS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
This is a request for proposals for that ” represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research.” Note that the date I’ve posted is for a required “Letter of Intent” not a full proposal.
Due Dates:
Letter of Intent – October 4, 2021
Full proposal – January 25, 2022
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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES – EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH (HBCU – EIR)
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Excellence in Research (HBCU-EiR) program was established in response to direction provided in the Senate Commerce and Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Report (Senate Report 115-139), and is built on prior and continuing efforts by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to strengthen research capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This report provided guidance to NSF to establish the HBCU Excellence in Research program “to provide opportunities for both public and private HBCUs, particularly for those who have not been successful in larger NSF Research & Related Activities competitions, in order to stimulate sustainable improvement in their research and development capacity” (https://congress.gov/congressional-report/115th-congress/senate-report/139/1). EiR supports such capacity building by funding research projects aligned with NSF’s research programs. The program aims to establish stronger connections between researchers at HBCUs and NSF’s research programs.
Important Dates:
Letter Intent – July 28, 2022
Full Proposal – October 5, 2022
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These are some past funding opportunities.
JAPAN-U.S. NETWORK OPPORTUNITY (JUNO)
In this program, NSF and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) of Japan have agreed to embark on a collaborative research program to address compelling research challenges associated with programmable networks for next generation core and beyond 5th Generation/6th Generation mobile networks (beyond 5G/6G). Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has been a particularly successful area of research interest and commercial innovation over the last decade.
Read More Here: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/japan-us-network-opportunity-juno
DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER: ENABLING SECURE AND TRUSTWORTHY CYBERSPACE (SaTC) CISE-SBE INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS
A new Dear Colleague Letter has been released inviting interdisciplinary EAGER proposals. See https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21122/nsf21122.jsp . Proposals are due Dec 10 2021, but an approval letter from a program officer is required before you can submit. Submitting in response to that DCL does *not* count against the limit of the number of proposals that can be submitted against other NSF solicitations.
Read More Here: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21122/nsf21122.jsp
AN NSF-WIDE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
AN NSF-WIDE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education …
National Science Foundation Update Upcoming Due Dates – Computer/Information Sciences (CISE) Update 06/26/2021.
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: July 26, 2021
Program Guidelines: NSF 20-525
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COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (CISE) RESEARCH INITIATION INITIATIVE (CRII)
The NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks to award grants intended to support research independence among early-career academicians who specifically lack access to adequate organizational or other resources. It is expected that funds obtained through this program will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists (or equivalent) in their first three years in a primary academic position after the PhD, but not more than six years after completion of their PhD for proposals submitted in 2021,and not more than five years after completion of their PhD for proposals submitted after 2021. Applicants for this program may not yet have received any other grants or contracts in the PI role from any department, agency, or institution of the federal government, including from the CAREER program or any other program, post-PhD, regardless of the size of the grant or contract, with certain exceptions as noted below. Serving as co-PI, Senior Personnel, Postdoctoral Fellow, or other Fellow does not count against this eligibility rule. Importantly, the CRII program seeks to provide essential resources to enable early-career PIs to launch their research careers. For the purposes of this program, CISE defines “essential resources” as sufficient funds for 48 months of graduate student support. Faculty at undergraduate and two-year institutions may use funds to support undergraduate students, and may optionally use the additional RUI designation (which requires inclusion of a RUI Certification and RUI Impact Statement) — see https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5518 for additional information. In addition, submissions from all institutions may use funds for PI salary, postdoctoral scholars, travel, and/or research equipment.
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CNS CORE
The CNS Core program deals with all aspects of computer and network systems. Society’s reliance on such systems has grown dramatically in the last decade. At the same time, both the resources from which those systems are built—computing, storage, communication networks, and software—and the way those resources are organized and distributed have continued to evolve rapidly. Therefore, the science of understanding and designing networked computing systems is of critical importance.
Current and future systems need to satisfy various common and purpose-driven requirements. Common system requirements include security, reliability, manageability, usability, and sustainability, as well as cost-effectiveness and fitness for purpose. Depending on the context, other requirements may include performance, privacy preservation, scalability, responsiveness, and survivability.
The CNS Core program supports innovative research that considers technology trends and emerging challenges, while emphasizing a system focus and awareness of the types of requirements mentioned above. The CNS Core program recognizes the interdependency and blurring of boundaries among computing, storage, and networking (sub)systems and the research associated with them. As such, specific sub-programs are not called out. It is not the intent of the CNS Core program to reduce the scope of the research areas covered by the division. Rather, the intent is to encourage cross-fertilization among areas of CNS research.
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https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cns-cns-core-cns-core
INCLUSION ACROSS THE NATION OF COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED DISCOVERERS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
This is a request for proposals for that ” represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research.” Note that the date I’ve posted is for a required “Letter of Intent” not a full proposal.
Due Dates:
Letter of Intent – October 4, 2021
Full proposal – January 25, 2022
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beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/inclusion-across-nation-communities-learners-underrepresented-discoverers
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