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Physics (PHY)

Special Announcements

Dear Colleague Letter: New Solutions to Create Integrative Data Management Infrastructure(s) for Research Across the Sciences (NSF 12-090)

MPS Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate - Graduate Research Supplements (AGEP-GRS) Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 12-021)

MPS/PHY: Advice to PIs on Data Management

NSF has published a revised version of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 11-1) that will require, in all proposals submitted , or due, on or after January 18, 2011, a supplementary document of no more than  two pages describing a Data Management Plan for the proposed research.  Fastlane will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing the Data Management Plan.  The Data Management Plan will be reviewed as part of the intellectual merit or broader impacts of the proposal, or both, as appropriate.   The goal is to provide clear, effective, and transparent implementation of the long-standing NSF Policy on Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results. 

Each Division within MPS has developed a set of information items to provide guidance to the communities served by that Division in preparing a Data Management Plan that will meet the goals of the NSF plan.  For more information on the policy and process click here.

For the NSF FAQs on this subject, click here.

Programs and Funding Opportunities

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CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)
Education and Interdisciplinary Research (EIR)
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS: Funding Opportunities
bullet Experimental Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
bullet Experimental Elementary Particle Physics  (EPP)
bullet Experimental Nuclear Physics
bullet Gravitational Physics
bullet NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
bullet Particle Astrophysics  (PA)
bullet Physics at the Information Frontier  (PIF)
bullet Physics of Living Systems  (PoLS)
Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - SSE & SSI (SI2-SSE&SSI) Crosscutting
THEORETICAL PHYSICS: Funding Opportunities
bullet Gravitational Theory
bullet Mathematical Physics
bullet NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
bullet Physics at the Information Frontier  (PIF)
bullet Physics of Living Systems  (PoLS)
bullet Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  (TAMOP)
bullet Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics
bullet Theoretical Nuclear Physics
bullet Theoretical Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

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Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF  13-542) Posted February 22, 2013

Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - SSE & SSI
(NSF  13-525) Posted December 19, 2012

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF  13-518) Posted November 21, 2012

Major Research Instrumentation Program:
(NSF  13-517) Posted November 20, 2012

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2
(NSF  13-509) Posted October 31, 2012


Upcoming Due Dates See All

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
(NSF  12-516) Full Proposal: March 5, 2013

Innovation Corps Teams Program
(NSF  12-602) Full Proposal: March 15, 2013

Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - SSE & SSI
(NSF  13-525) Full Proposal: March 19, 2013

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF  13-518) Letter of Intent: March 29, 2013, INSPIRE Track 1 Inquiries

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF  13-518) Full Proposal: May 13, 2013, INSPIRE Track 2 Full Proposals


News See All

cobalt atoms in an electronic structure map Dopants Dramatically Alter Electronic Structure of Superconductor
Released February 17, 2013
News From the Field
3D snapshot for an evolved Black Hole model Journey to the Limits of Spacetime
Released February 13, 2013
News From the Field
P. vortex One-two Punch Strategy Against Bacteria and Cancer
Released February 11, 2013
News From the Field
cultures of four types of cells Maglev Tissues Could Speed Toxicity Tests
Released January 24, 2013
News From the Field
Impact of NSF 04 - 034 (OISE Change in Procedures) on PHY researchers
Updated May 27, 2005

Discoveries See All

Image of the LHCb magnet. Strange B Meson Studies at LHCb Provide New Tools for Discovery
Physicists study rare particles to learn why the universe has more matter than antimatter
Released  March 28, 2011

Illustration of a double-stranded DNA in a synthetic nanopore revealed by molecular simulation. New Gene Sequencing Method Could Reduce Cost, Increase Speed
Researchers are developing a new kind of DNA sequencer that will make the dream of "reading" a person's genetic code for less than $1,000 a reality
Released  July 16, 2010

Photo of JILA's strontium atomic clock. Coping With Unusual Atomic Collisions Makes an Atomic Clock More Accurate
Researchers have figured out how to nullify collision effects and make the clock still more precise
Released  May 20, 2009

Image of the collision of a proton and antiproton. A Better Mass for the W Boson; Higgs Boson Given Less Space to Hide
Analyzing several years' worth of results from Fermilab's Tevatron collider, physicists come up with the most accurate measurement to date of the mass of the W boson, and narrow down the possible mass of the still undiscovered Higgs boson
Released  April 7, 2009

Illustration of a nanoscale experiment. Squeezing Noise Below Quantum Limits
Exquisitely sensitive microwave amplifier increases nano-scale measurement accuracy; could lead to quantum computing breakthroughs
Released  March 26, 2009




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