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Physics | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Understanding the fundamental workings of the universe — from tiny quantum particles to the largest galaxies. View image credit & caption We support explorations of matter, energy and time and how they interact to shape the physical world.
NSF support for physics research has led to one pivotal achievement after another, from the breathtaking first image of a black hole to discovering how a tissue's microscopic geometry affects the spread of cancer.
Numerous physicists whose careers were launched or supported by NSF have gone on to win the Nobel Prize for groundbreaking discoveries, such as revealing the strange nature of quantum entanglement and the first detection of gravitational waves rippling across space-time. Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences We support fundamental and applied research across all areas of physics.
Our programs focus on areas such as: We support research on the interaction of matter and energy at extremely small scales — where particles can behave like waves, and waves like particles. Particle and nuclear physics We support research on the tiny fundamental particles that form matter and the way they interact to form the physical world.
Atomic, molecular and optical physics We support research on atoms and molecules and how they interact with light. We support research on plasma: the fundamental state of matter thought to make up 99% of the visible universe. We support research on the general theory of relativity and the nature of space and time.
Physics of living systems We support research on the fundamental physical building blocks and how they interact to form the diversity of life. We support research on the origin, evolution and fate of the universe. Learn more about NSF support for physics We support research centers, user facilities, laboratories and instruments that accelerate discovery, spark the imaginations of students and address societal challenges.
Our facilities include: IceCube Neutrino Observatory NSF's IceCube Neutrino Observatory is an enormous and unusual telescope: a grid of thousands of sensors embedded in a cubic kilometer of ice deep in the Antarctic ice sheet that allows it to detect tiny, elusive neutrinos — the least understood particles in the Standard Model of particle physics.
NSF supports two particle physics detectors — ATLAS and CMS — at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. LHC is the most powerful particle accelerator ever constructed, making it the premier facility in the world for research in elementary particle physics. Learn more about the Large Hadron Collider Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory LIGO is the most sophisticated detector of its kind ever created.
In 2015, mere days after its advanced instruments were switched on, LIGO detected gravitational waves for the first time, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity.
Quantum information science Podcast: The future of quantum computing Quantum computing: Expanding what's possible NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory speeds into the design phase View lesson plans, activities and multimedia for K–12 audiences that focus on exploring matter, energy and time.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program 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 recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Programs is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). These programs provide non-dilutive funds for use-inspired research and development of unproven, leading-edge technology innovations that address societal challenges. NSF funds broadly across scientific and engineering disciplines and does not solicit specific technologies.
Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program invites innovative multidisciplinary and multisector investigations focused on convergent research and education activities in wildland fire. It supports research that can inform risk management and response, adaptation, and resilience across infrastructures, communities, cultures, and natural environments. Relevant topics include developing novel materials and methods for retrofitting existing buildings and remediating buildings following wildfire and smoke events.