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Recently Posted:  Rapid Response Research Grants on Research about the Potential Threat of Debris Fields from the March 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami on the West Coast of North America.  See Dear Colleague Letter for details.

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Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Cyber-Enabled Sustainability Science and Engineering
(NSF  13-500) Posted October 3, 2012

Innovation Corps Sites Program
(NSF  12-604) Posted August 30, 2012

Innovation Corps Teams Program
(NSF  12-602) Posted August 28, 2012

NSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows
(NSF  12-601) Posted August 27, 2012

Ocean Acidification
(NSF  12-600) Posted August 16, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
(NSF  12-565) Full Proposal: October 19, 2012, Third Friday in October

Innovation Corps - Regional Node Program
(NSF  12-586) Full Proposal: October 19, 2012

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
(NSF  12-497) Full Proposal: October 30, 2012

Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience
(NSF  11-505) Full Proposal: November 2, 2012

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
(NSF  12-584) Full Proposal: November 8, 2012, Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation and Dissemination (PAID)

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News See All
Photo of yellow flowers of evening primrose in Ithaca, New York. Why We Need Insects--Even "Pesky" Ones
Released October 4, 2012
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Photo of three natural gas drilling rigs. Two NSF Sustainability Research Networks Are Each Awarded $12 Million
Released October 2, 2012
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Image of an ancient Siberian pine tree in central Mongolia. National Science Foundation Awards Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Released October 1, 2012
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Discoveries See All
Image of maple leaves on the ground with their fall colors. The Colors of Fall: Are Autumn Reds and Golds Passing Us By?
Climate change, land-use change, introduced pests and diseases altering fall foliage
Released  September 25, 2012

Photo of Acropora coral on NSF's Moorea Coral Reef LTER site. Tropical Reefs Surviving Environmental Stresses: Corals' Choice of Symbiotic Algae May Hold the Key
Corals that host fewer species of algae are less sensitive to disturbances
Released  August 29, 2012

Photo of a moose in the water on the shoreline of Isle Royale. From Lake to Land, in a Land of Lakes
Moose act as conduits of nitrogen between water bodies and the edges of lakes, ponds
Released  August 17, 2012

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