National Science Foundation
Geosciences
Key facts
- Open now
- 25 grants
- Type of help
- Project grant
- Typical award
- Range Low: $3,435 Range High: $60,150,814 Average: $265,967
Open now
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) · Due Oct 20, 2026 · 12 days left
- Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 27 days left
- National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) · Due Nov 17, 2026 · 40 days left
- Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support · Due Jan 11, 2027 · 95 days left
- Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure · Due Jan 21, 2027 · 105 days left
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) · Due Jan 26, 2027 · 110 days left
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 · Due Feb 8, 2027 · 123 days left
- GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) · Due Feb 8, 2027 · 123 days left
- NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) · Due Feb 16, 2027 · 131 days left
- Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) · Due Mar 1, 2027 · 144 days left
- Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) · Due Mar 2, 2027 · 145 days left
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows · Due Apr 13, 2027 · 187 days left
- Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) · Due Apr 14, 2027 · 188 days left
- EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) · Due Jun 1, 2027 · 236 days left
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) · Due Jul 28, 2027 · 293 days left
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) · Due Aug 18, 2027 · 314 days left
- Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core) · Due Oct 5, 2076 · 18260 days left
- National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program · Due Oct 6, 2076 · 18261 days left
- Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) · Due Oct 7, 2076 · 18262 days left
- Infrastructure Cluster (AGS-IC) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Ocean Drilling Program · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships · No deadline listed: see the official notice
What it pays for
To strengthen and enhance the national scientific enterprise through the expansion of fundamental knowledge and increased understanding of the integrated Earth system through the support of basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
26 awards to Tennessee groups since 2016. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $2M | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $2M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | $1.6M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $999K | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $788K | 2020 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $779K | 2023 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | $680K | 2022 |
| The University of the South | Sewanee, Franklin County | $620K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $595K | 2016 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $543K | 2025 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | $520K | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $482K | 2020 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 20 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | Regents of the University of Michigan | $348K | 2024 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | Vanderbilt University | $217K | 2023 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | Vanderbilt University | $107K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Illinois | $66K | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | The Regents of the University of Michigan | $60K spent that year | 2025 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $59K | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | Vanderbilt University | $56K spent that year | 2024 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | $53K | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | Bowling Green State University | $49K spent that year | 2025 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | University of Southern California | $20K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $18K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Illinois | $15K | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).