Funding Opportunities (Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences)

State and federal funding opportunities available in agricultural sciences.

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The College Grants and Contracts Office has responsibility for processing proposals and awards for sponsored programs for all faculty/staff in the College of Agricultural Sciences. This includes proposals and awards in support of Research, Extension, and Undergraduate Education. The Office is responsible for providing administrative assistance with policies and procedures concerning sponsored programs. It serves as the liaison between faculty and the Office of Sponsored Programs. Other responsibilities include processing of Confidentiality Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, and distribution of funding opportunities.

NSF - Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)

Full Proposal due October 8, 2021

NSF - Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs

October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021 - SMALL Projects - Proposals Accepted Anytime beginning October 1st, 2020; October 28, 2020 - November 12, 2020 - MEDIUM Projects; October 28, 2020 - November 12, 2020 - OAC Core Projects

NSF - General Social Survey (GSS) Competition

Proposals due August 17, 2020

NSF - Sociology

Proposals due August 17, 2020

NSF - Security and Preparedness (SAP)

Proposals due August 17, 2020

NSF - Political Science (PS)

Proposals due August 17, 2020

NSF - Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)

Proposals due August 14, 2020

NSF - Disaster Resilience Research Grants (DRRG)

Letter of Intent due August 14, 2020; Proposals due September 15, 2020

NSF - Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER):

Proposals due August 14, 2020

NSF - NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program (I-CorpsTM Hubs)

Proposals due August 13, 2020

NSF - Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)

Proposals due November 18, 2020

NSF - Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA): Future Research Directions for the Engineering Research Community

Proposals due August 12, 2020

NSF - Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

Proposals due August 11, 2020

NSF - Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)

Proposals due August 5, 2020

NSF - Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science

Proposals due September 30, 2020

NSF - Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)

Proposals due August 4, 2020

NSF - Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Competition

Proposals due August 4, 2020

NSF - Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)

Application dates vary, see page for details

NSF - Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)

Proposals due August 3, 2020

NSF - Civic Innovation Challenge

Proposals due August 3, 2020

NSF - Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Full proposals due August 3, 2020

NSF - Perception, Action & Cognition (PAC)

Proposals due August 3, 2020

NSF - Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards

Proposals accepted anytime

NSF - Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI)

Letter of Intent due July 15, 2020: Full proposal window September 1-15, 2020

NSF - Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (DISES)

Proposals due November 16, 2020

NSF - Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)

Preliminary Proposal due July 7, 2020; Full Proposal due September 8, 2020

NSF - Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)

Full Proposal due August 3, 2020

NSF – Dear Colleague Letter on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Proposals due ASAP

NSF - Principles and Practice of Scalable Systems (PPoSS)

Planning grants only due April 6, 2020; Planning grants and LARGE grants due January 25, 2021

NSF - Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB)

Proposals accepted anytime.

NSF - Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs

Full proposal windows Small projects: October 31 - November 14, 2019 Medium projects: September 7 - September 14, 2020 Large projects: September 16 - September 23, 2020

NSF - Division of Environmental Biology (Core Programs) (DEB)

Proposals accepted anytime

NSF - Geography and Spatial Sciences Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards

Full proposals accepted anytime

NSF - Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB)

Proposals accepted at anytime.

NSF - Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (IIBR)

Proposals accepted anytime.

NSF - Infrastructure Capacity for Biology (ICB)

Proposals accepted anytime.

NSF/NIFA - Plant Biotic Interactions

Proposals accepted anytime.