The Geotechnical Engineering and Materials (GEM) Program offers this grant to support fundamental research in soil and rock mechanics and dynamics, focusing on physical civil infrastructure systems. It funds research aimed at improving geologic materials’ properties through various processes and explores traditional areas like foundation engineering, earth structures, and geoenvironmental engineering. Emphasis is placed on sustainable geosystems and emerging fields like bio-geo engineering. The grant also covers geotechnical aspects of geothermal energy and encourages advanced computing for major advances. This funding aims to address Grand Challenges such as restoring urban infrastructure and providing access to clean water, promoting knowledge dissemination and technology transfer for broader societal benefit. Excluded are most natural hazards system-level research, nuclear facilities, bridges, pavements, and natural resource exploration.
Opportunity ID: 359516
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | PD-17-1636 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Geotechnical Engineering and Materials |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.041 — Engineering |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Archive Date: | Jun 07, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | The Geotechnical Engineering and Materials Program (GEM) supports fundamental research in soil and rock mechanics and dynamics in support of physical civil infrastructure systems. Also supported is research on improvement of the engineering properties of geologic materials for infrastructure use by mechanical, biological, thermal, chemical, and electrical processes. The Program supports the traditional areas of foundation engineering, earth structures, underground construction, tunneling, geoenvironmental engineering, and site characterization, as well as the emerging area of bio-geo engineering, for civil engineering applications, with emphasis on sustainable geosystems. Research related to the geotechnical engineering aspects of geothermal energy and geothermal heat pump systems is also supported. The GEM program encourages knowledge dissemination and technology transfer activities that can lead to broader societal benefit and implementation for provision of physical civil infrastructure. The Program also encourages research that explores and builds upon advanced computing techniques and tools to enable major advances in Geotechnical Engineering. The program supports relevant research topics that address the emerging areas of geotechnical engineering and the Grand Challenges to “restore and improve urban infrastructure” and “provide access to clean water” described in the following reports: Research focused on natural hazards, such as earthquakes, windstorms, tsunamis and landslides should be submitted to the Engineering for Natural Hazards (ENH) Program (PD 15-7396), unless the research is directed at fundamental soil/rock behavior at the micro level, rather than behavior of systems such as foundations or levees. The GEM program does not fund research that is more appropriate for mission oriented federal agencies, such as research related to nuclear power plants, bridges, pavements, and other transportation structures. Research on natural resource exploration or recovery is not supported by this Program. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Program Desccription PD-17-1636 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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