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Broad Agency Announcements | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Broad Agency Announcements A new way to fund your research at NSF The U.S. National Science Foundation has started issuing broad agency announcements, or BAAs, as a new form of funding opportunity.
By using BAAs, NSF is seeking to engage new communities of scientists and engineers, including those who may be working beyond institutions of higher education, such as in industry, nonprofits and other organizations. What is a broad agency announcement? A BAA is a type of funding opportunity used by NSF to invite proposals for research and education across science and engineering.
At NSF, BAAs are broad in their scope, focusing on advancing science and increasing knowledge instead of the development of specific products. NSF can choose to fund proposals as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts or other arrangements; each BAA will specify the award type and who can apply based on their organization. When NSF releases a new BAA, it appears on SAM.
gov . A BAA provides information on the funding opportunity and instructions on how to apply. Proposals submitted in response to a BAA undergo the same rigorous merit review process as other proposals to NSF.
Supporting innovation at speed and scale Expanding NSF opportunities to new partners Funding announcements are available to a broad set of stakeholders, including scientists and engineers in academia; industry; nonprofits; state, local and tribal governments; civil society; and communities of practice. More flexible funding arrangements Alternative funding arrangements like contracts or other arrangements offer broader opportunities.
A simpler way to apply for funding A streamlined application and submission system together make it easier to apply to NSF, while reducing administrative burden. When is NSF using broad agency announcements? Credit: National Science Foundation NSF is currently piloting the use of BAAs as an alternative approach to fund use-inspired research and innovation.
Expand research opportunities to new communities, including industry and nonprofit partners who may be less familiar with NSF. Broaden participation in NSF-funded research with new teams and partnerships that support NSF’s strategic objectives .
NSF is also starting to use BAAs to provide funding through contracts or other types of funding arrangements — reducing the administrative burden on organizations that do not normally seek out federal assistance grants. Who can apply to NSF’s broad agency announcements? See guidance in the section below on the programs that are currently using BAAs, which organizations are eligible to apply, and how to apply to them.
SAM. gov registration and Unique Entity Identifiers Before you apply to an NSF BAA, you must register in SAM. gov and have a Unique Entity Identifier, or UEI.
Allow yourself adequate time to finalize these items before you apply to the BAA. To begin the registration and UEI process, visit SAM. gov .
Videos on how to use SAM. gov How to get a Unique Entity Identifier How to filter by federal organization on SAM. gov Saved searches and notifications on SAM.
gov Questions about an NSF broad agency announcement are to be directed to nsf-solicitation@nsf. gov . Introducing BAAM: A streamlined way to apply for NSF funding NSF's Broad Agency Announcement Management site lets individuals and organizations apply to its BAAs using a simple application process.
It's intended to save time and effort — letting proposers focus more on developing their ideas and less on the nuts and bolts of applying.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and for-profit companies. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) is funded by NSF. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). Supports basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequences, or evolution of the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, activities, and dynamics as well as their interactions with environmental and social processes across a range of scales. This includes research on socio-environmental systems and human-environmental interactions, which can encompass aspects of polycentric governance and common pool resources. The program has a new Transdisciplinary REsearch in Environmental Social Science (TREES) track for integrating social and environmental science.
Mathematical Biology Program is a grant from NSF that funds research in applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological and life sciences. The program supports projects across all areas of mathematical sciences that demonstrate strong integration between mathematics and biology. Successful proposals must show mathematical innovation, biological relevance and significance, and rigorous interdisciplinary methods. Projects may include development of new mathematical theories, methodologies, and computational tools aimed at advancing the life sciences. Eligible applicants are typically academic researchers and institutions. Award amounts and deadlines vary by submission cycle.
The UKRI Policy Fellowships 2025, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, offer 18-month placements for academics to co-design research with UK government and What Works Network host organizations. Awards range from £180,000 to £280,000 and support three fellowship tracks: core policy fellows, Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellows, and What Works Innovation fellows. Applicants must hold a PhD or equivalent research experience, be based at a UKRI-eligible UK organization, and possess relevant subject matter or methodological expertise. Government-hosted positions target early to mid-career academics, while What Works fellowships welcome all career stages. Fellows work directly with policymakers to bridge academic research and policy development on pressing national and global challenges. The application deadline is July 15, 2025.
The Smart Data Research UK Fellowships provide up to £200,000 per project for researchers using smart data to address real-world challenges across the United Kingdom. Funded by UKRI through Smart Data Research UK, this program supports up to ten projects lasting 18 months, with start dates by February 2026. Applicants must be based at eligible UK organizations and demonstrate strong data skills with a compelling research question aligned to one of four SDR UK themes: productivity and prosperity, health and wellbeing, sustainability, or communities and places. Researchers at all career stages may apply, with early career researchers particularly encouraged. Projects may use smart datasets from SDR UK's six national data services or combine smart data with administrative and survey data sources.
NSF's new AI Datasets solicitation puts up to $100 million behind a specific bet: that the bottleneck in AI-for-science is not models but data. Here is how the three award tiers work — Flagship up to $5M, Impact up to $2M, Planning up to $200K — who is eligible, why voluntary cost sharing is banned, and how to build a proposal that survives review before the November 4, 2026 deadline.
Read articleOn July 22, 2026, NSF announced $83 million in Integrated Data Systems and Services awards and launched a companion program, Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery, offering up to $100 million in $2M-$5M awards. Together they fund the least glamorous and most decisive part of the AI-for-science stack: the data. Here is what each program funds, who won the first round, how the two fit the Genesis Mission, and the concrete strategy for research teams that missed the first cohort.
Read articleNSF's Growing Convergence Research program (NSF 24-527) offers up to $1.2 million in a two-year Phase I and up to $2.4 million more in a three-year Phase II — $3.6 million across five years — with a $16 million pool funding just 6 to 10 projects and a February 8, 2027 deadline. But GCR is not a bigger version of an interdisciplinary grant. It funds a specific team architecture, and the proposals that lose are usually the ones that mistake multidisciplinary collaboration for convergence. Here is what NSF actually means by convergence, how the two-phase gate works, and how to build a team that survives the Phase I review.
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