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The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards postdoctoral fellowships to recent recipients of doctoral degrees to conduct an integrated program of independent research and professional development that address scientific questions within the scope of EAR's disciplinary portfolio. The program supports researchers for a period of up to two years with fellowships that can be taken to an eligible host institution. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential and provide them with research experience, mentorship, and training that will help establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. Postdoctoral fellows should pursue research in directions or with tools that will diversify the expertise they gained during their doctoral studies and research. The fellowship should also enable broadening of the fellow’s professional network. For these reasons, applicants are strongly encouraged to seek opportunities outside of their doctoral institution and their organization at the time of submission. Fellowships will include participation in a professional development program that emphasizes development of mentoring skills.
Funding Opportunity Number: 25-500. Assistance Listing: 47.050. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ST. Award Amount: $2.8M total program funding.
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Search similar grants →Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification). *Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -For-profit organizations: U.S.-based commercial organizations, including small businesses, with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education and a passion for innovation. -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of sub-awards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus. - Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) and NSF-funded FFRDCs, are ineligible as primary host organizations. Any federal agencies or federally funded centers, facilities or institutes are ineligible as primary host organizations. Foreign organizations are also ineligible as primary host organizations *Who May Serve as PI: <div class="WordSection1"> To be eligible to submit a proposal to the EAR-PF Program an individual must, as of the full proposal deadline, meet all the following criteria: <ul> <li>Be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident (i.e., have a "green card") at the time the proposal is submitted.</li> <li>Have earned the doctoral degree (PhD), or expect to have earned the doctoral degree prior to the required start date of the fellowship.</li> <li>Not have worked for more than a total of 24 full-time-equivalent months in positions that require the doctoral degree by the EAR-PF deadline date.</li> <li>Not have submitted concurrently the same project to another program at NSF.</li> </ul> </div> By signing and submitting the proposal, the fellowship candidate is certifying that they meet the eligibility criteria specified in this program solicitation. Willful provision of false information in this request and its supporting documents or in reports required under an ensuing award is a criminal offense (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001). Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) is sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). IUSE: EDU promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt evidence-based practices, and lay groundwork for institutional improvement.
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) - Targeted STEM Infusion Projects (TSIP) is a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) that funds STEM capacity-building initiatives at tribal colleges and universities. TSIP supports targeted projects that strengthen STEM education infrastructure, curricula, and student engagement at institutions serving Native American communities. Eligible applicants include accredited tribal colleges and universities in the United States. Awards support faculty development, laboratory improvements, and curriculum enhancement. Deadlines are typically in the spring; applicants should consult the NSF TCUP program page for current solicitation details and award amounts.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office issued solicitation DARPA-PA-25-07-02 for the Compositional Learning-And-Reasoning for AI Complex Systems Engineering (CLARA) program on February 10, 2026. CLARA aims to develop high-assurance AI systems that tightly integrate machine learning (ML) and automated reasoning (AR) through hierarchical composition of Bayesian models, neural networks, and logic programs. The program seeks to create a theory-driven, highly reusable, scalable foundation for high-assurance AI by merging machine learning's speed and flexibility with automated reasoning's verifiability and logical explainability. Technical Area 1 (TA1) focuses on developing new high-assurance ML/AR composition approaches including theory, algorithms, and open-source software implementations. Technical Area 2 (TA2) creates a software composition library to integrate validated TA1 tools into a common framework. Application domains include course-of-action planning, multi-condition medical guidance, supply chain and logistics, autonomous systems and command & control, wargaming, and science and technology design. Awards are expected to be executed by June 9, 2026. Proposals must be submitted via the DARPA BAA Tool at baa.darpa.mil.
The DARPA CLARA program seeks to create high-assurance AI by tightly integrating machine learning with automated reasoning. Rather than the current industry approach of loosely coupling ML with reasoning as an afterthought, CLARA funds research into deep compositional integration that produces AI systems with strong logical explainability and computational tractability. The program targets applications in autonomous systems, command and control, kill web operations, supply chain logistics, wargaming, and medical, financial, and legal domains. TA1 funds development of new high-assurance ML/AR composition approaches including theory, algorithms, and open-source code. TA2 builds a software composition library that integrates validated TA1 tools into a common framework. All software deliverables must use permissive open-source licenses. The program is managed by Benjamin Grosof in DARPA's Defense Sciences Office. Solicitation DARPA-PA-25-07-02 was published February 10, 2026, with full proposals due April 17, 2026 (extended from April 10 via Amendment 1).
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf. Purpose of Program: Two Department of Education (Department) programs fund this competition: the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (TA&D) program and the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (PD) program. The purpose of the TA&D program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing technical assistance (TA), supporting model demonstration projects, disseminating useful information, and implementing activities that are supported by scientifically based research. The purposes of the PD program are to: (1) Help address State-identified needs for personnel--in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education--to work with children with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the skills and knowledge--derived from practices that have been determined through research and experience to be successful--that are needed to serve those children. Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities--State Technical Assistance Projects To Improve Services and Results for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind and National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.326T. Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-082118-001. Assistance Listing: 84.326. Funding Instrument: CA,G. Category: ED. Award Amount: Up to $2.1M per award.