SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The Cultural Anthropology Program offers Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants to support basic scientific research by U.S. university students. This grant is for advancing understanding of human social and cultural variability through empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated studies. Proposals should focus on theory-testing or expanding anthropological knowledge, not primarily applied policy or clinical practice. Research priorities include socio-cultural drivers of environmental change, system resilience, conflict, economy, [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant, offered by The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Program, is dedicated to advancing our understanding of atmospheric behavior. Its purpose is to explore regions from the middle atmosphere through the thermosphere, ionosphere, and exosphere, focusing on their coupling, energetics, chemistry, and dynamics at both regional and global scales. The program investigates how these processes are influenced by perturbations propagating from the lower atmosphere, [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant, offered by the Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program, supports transformational, interdisciplinary research focusing on geochemical processes and their biological interaction within terrestrial Earth’s surface environmental systems. It funds field, laboratory, theoretical, and modeling studies across all scales. Research areas include inorganic/organic geochemical processes, the role of life in Earth’s geochemical cycles, and surficial biogeochemical systems, considering environmental/human impacts. It also covers low-temperature aqueous geochemistry, geomicrobiology, and [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant is for organizations to develop and implement a program, such as a forum or workshop series, aimed at strengthening the identity and leadership of Japanese International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni. Coinciding with IVLP’s 70th anniversary in Japan, the initiative seeks to foster a stronger sense of USG alumni identity and highlight their contributions to the U.S.-Japan partnership. The program should connect alumni, empower them with [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is offering the THRIVE Health Systems Strengthening NEXT (HSS NEXT) cooperative agreement. This grant aims to increase the resilience of the Rwandan health system by optimizing resources to sustain quality services and achieve equitable health outcomes for all Rwandans. It aligns with USAID's Vision for Health System Strengthening 2030, focusing on equity, quality, and resource optimization. The activity will specifically [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The Engineering Directorate's CBET program is offering this grant to support foundational engineering research in thermal transport processes. This grant is for projects that develop new fundamental knowledge or integrate existing principles from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat/mass transfer. It seeks transformative proposals enhancing basic understanding, predictability, and application of thermal phenomena. Key focus areas include convection, biological heat transport, micro/nano-thermics, thermal solutions for climate change, quantum technology [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This NSF CBET grant is for advancing fundamental scientific knowledge in combustion and fire systems. The program aims to improve energy conversion efficiency, enhance energy security, enable cleaner environments, and boost public safety. Research focuses on creating predictive capabilities for designing and optimizing practical combustion devices and mitigating fire effects. Key outcomes include developing broad-based experimental, theoretical, and computational tools, fostering clean and efficient power generation, reducing combustion-generated [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant is for organizations to train women entrepreneurs in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The U.S. Department of State, via its U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, offers this open competition for the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program. AWE, a collaboration between the Department of State and Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management, empowers women with business skills. It utilizes DreamBuilder, an online training program developed [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics Program offers this grant to advance fundamental engineering research related to chemical reactions, systems engineering, and molecular thermodynamics. This grant is for designing and optimizing chemical reactors, producing specialized materials, and fostering sustainable chemical manufacturing. It supports the development of advanced optimization and control algorithms, molecular modeling, and fundamental thermodynamic studies for complex chemical processes. Research should focus on enhancing [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant is for supporting fundamental research and training in evolutionary and ecological processes, spanning populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. The Division of Environmental Biology encourages proposals that elucidate principles explaining life's diversity and its environmental interactions over space and time, utilizing diverse approaches like field studies, lab work, theoretical modeling, and synthesis. Submissions are directed to core clusters including Ecosystem Sciences and Systematics and Biodiversity Sciences. The [...]