Links
National Science Foundation
NSF Organization Chart
This is a great resource; you can click on any box to drill down and learn more about
what goes on inside NSF. You will very quickly learn how NSF is organized and what
it does by clicking on each box for an overview and then drilling down for specific
information on areas of personal interest.
NSF Organization List
Once you have an overview from the Organization Chart, this list is useful if you
want an overview of the internal structure within each of the Directorates and Offices.
It also provides contact information and acronyms.
Find Funding
Search NSF for funding opportunities.
Search Awards
Reading about funded awards is a great way to get a tangible idea of the sort of work
NSF supports. NSF program pages will provide a link to recently funded awards, but
you can also use this search function. While all information regarding proposals is
strictly confidential, abstracts of funded awards are available to the public. The
NSF webpage makes it possible to search awards by any information that is available
on the cover page or award abstract. You can search by PI name, institution, state,
funding program, key word…..
Merit Review at NSF
Merit Review Criteria: Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts - click on “Merit Review
Broader Impacts Criterion: Representative Activities” for examples of Broader Impacts..
A Guide for Proposal Writing
Standing Programs. See the NSF Organizational List for Standing Programs and Program
Officers in your subject area. You can easily get to these via the NSF Organization
list.
GEO – Focused Cross-Cutting and Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
ESE Environment, Society and the Economy
ETBC Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles
International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops
IRFP International Research Fellowship Program
MRI Major Research Instrumentation
“What Makes an MRI Proposal Fail, What Makes an MRI Proposal Competitive?”
Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
P2C2 Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change
REU Research Experiences for Undergraduates
REU Site List
Eco-DAS Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences
DISCO Dissertations Symposium on Chemical Oceanography
Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
CEDAR, GEM, and SHINE Postdoctoral Research
NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)