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Astronomical Sciences (AST)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

NSF has released plans for allocating funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provides $3 billion in supplemental funding to NSF in the 2009 fiscal year. NSF's Important Notice about these plans is now available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/issuances/in131.pdf.

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Dear Colleague Letter

Dear Colleague Letter: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) (NSF 09-014) announces that NSF will compete the next cooperative agreement for the management and operation of NAIC.

Dear Colleague Letter: Providing Progress Update on Senior Review Recommendations can be found here.

PREST Program

The Program for Research and Education with Small Telescopes (PREST) Programs is no longer receiving Proposals.

The Senior Review

The report from the Senior Review can be found here.

For more information on the process and plans for the future, see http://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/ast_senior_review.jsp.

Programs and Funding Opportunities

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NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering Crosscutting
Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE)
Program for Research and Education with Small Telescopes (PREST)
University Radio Observatories (UROs)
University Radio Observatories Program (AST-URO)

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Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
(NSF  08-589) Posted July 24, 2008

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
(NSF  08-581) Posted July 3, 2008

Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education
(NSF  08-562) Posted May 13, 2008

University Radio Observatories Program
(NSF  08-543) Posted January 31, 2008

Management and Operation of the Virtual Astronomical Observatory
(NSF  08-537) Posted January 22, 2008


Upcoming Due Dates See All

Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education
(NSF  08-562) Full Proposal: August 3, 2009

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
(NSF  08-581) Full Proposal: October 14, 2009

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
(NSF  08-589) Full Proposal: October 22, 2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants
(NSF  05-608) Full Proposal: November 15, 2009


Discoveries See All

Eight thumbnail images and 2008 in Review 2008: Year in Review
A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities that made news last year
Released  March 13, 2009

Artist's conception of the Milky Way. New Galactic Distance Measurements Increase Milky Way's Mass and Rotation Speed
Galaxy is spinning faster and is 50 percent more massive than earlier studies indicated
Released  January 30, 2009

Photo of the  Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, Pocahontas County, W. Va. Magnetic Fields in Far Away Galaxies Observed to be 10 Times Stronger than those in Milky Way
Conventional theories of star and galaxy formation challenged
Released  November 12, 2008

Photo of Timothy Beers, professor of astronomy and physics at Michigan State University. Archaeology of the Stars
Michigan State researcher Timothy Beers studies the formation and evolution of stars born many billions of years before the Sun
Released  September 17, 2008




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