Programs | NSF - National Science Foundation

Programs: Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

This is a list of all the programs within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).

Key: Crosscutting | NSF-wide

Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST)

Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI)

Arecibo Observatory

Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG)

Astronomy Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (AST REU Sites)

Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI):

Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)

Education and Special Programs in the Astronomical Sciences (ESP)

Electromagnetic Spectrum Management (ESM)

Green Bank Observatory (GBO)

International Gemini Observatory

Mid-Scale Innovations Program in Astronomical Sciences (MSIP) (MSIP)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)

National Solar Observatory (NSO)

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF)

NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering

Spectrum and Wireless Innovation enabled by Future Technologies (SWIFT)

Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)

Vera C. Rubin Observatory

WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS (WoU-MMA)

Division of Chemistry (CHE)

Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP)

Disciplinary Research Activities

Chemical Synthesis (SYN)

Chemical Catalysis (CAT)

Chemical Theory, Models, and Computational Methods (CTMC)

Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms A (CSDM-A)

Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms B (CSDM-B)

Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI)

Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS)

Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP)

Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry (MSN)

Other Programs

Integrative Chemistry Activities (ICA)

Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF)

CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science

Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)

Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS)

Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS)

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI):

Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)

Molecular Foundations for Biotechnology (MFB)

NSF-DFG Lead Agency Activity in Electrosynthesis and Electrocatalysis (NSF-DFG EChem)

NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research in BIO, ENG & MPS (NSF-NIST)

Re-entry to Active Research Program (RARE)

Signals in the Soil

Division of Materials Research (DMR)

Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs: Biomaterials (BMAT), Condensed Matter Physics (CMP), Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN), Polymers (POL) (DMR-TMRP BMAT, CMP, MMN, POL)

Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs: Ceramics (CER), Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM), Solid State and Materials Chemistry (SSMC) (DMR-TMRP CER, EPM, SSMC)

Topical Materials Research Programs

DMR Centers and Teams

National Facilities and Instrumentation

Cross-Cutting Activities (Diversity, Education and International)

Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research (XC)

Cross Division/Directorate Funding Opportunities

Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS)

Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS)

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI):

Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering and Information (Q-AMASE-i)

Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Projects (IMR-MIP)

NSF/FDA SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE AT FDA

Semiconductor Synthetic Biology for Information Storage and Retrieval (SemiSynBio-II)

Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)

Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)

Disciplinary Research Programs

Special Research Programs

Training

Career Development

Research Institutes

Infrastructure

Other Special Research Programs Available to DMS Communities

Division of Physics (PHY)

Funding Opportunities in Physics

CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science

Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)

Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS)

Cracking the Olfactory Code (Olfactory)

Focused Research Hubs in Theoretical Physics (FRHTP)

Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC)

Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects (PHY)

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI):

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering

Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)

WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS (WoU-MMA)

Division of Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA)

Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI)

Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet)

ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)

CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science

Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI):

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office-National Science Foundation Academic Research Initiative (ARI)

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 2021

Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)

Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions:

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

Future Manufacturing (FM)

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)

Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps (DSC)

Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering

Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL)

Harnessing the Data Revolution: Coordination Hub (HDR Central)

Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)

Inclusion Across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES)

Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) (NSF INCLUDES)

Innovation Corps - National Innovation Network Teams Program (I-CorpsTM Teams) (I-Corps)

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS)

Joint DMS/NLM Initiative on Generalizable Data Science Methods for Biomedical Research (DMS/NLM)

Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)

Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) (MRSEC)

National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes

National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF)

NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program (I-CorpsTM Hubs)

NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research in BIO, ENG & MPS (NSF-NIST)

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering

NSF/FDA SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE AT FDA

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships

Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)

Semiconductor Synthetic Biology for Information Storage and Retrieval (SemiSynBio-II)

Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH)

Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks (SRS RNs)