SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant, offered by the Division of the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences' Paleoclimate Program, aims to provide a crucial baseline for present and future climate trends. This grant is for improving the understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes that influence long-term climate variability. Supported research includes observational and modeling studies of past climate drivers, along with developing new paleoclimate proxies and records. Competitive proposals will address specific [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This Health Research Initiatives Department is offering this grant to advance early-stage research into Alzheimer's disease (AD), Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD), and age-related cognitive decline. This funding opportunity is for the collection of pilot data supporting pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions addressing cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes across the disease spectrum, from pre-symptomatic to severe stages. This grant is for the purpose of enabling researchers to test promising treatments and [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This Build and Broaden grant, offered by the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate, aims to enhance fundamental research and build capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). Recognizing the national priority to grow the STEM workforce and the comparatively low grant submissions from MSIs, SBE seeks to broaden participation in SBE sciences. The grant supports research projects that increase student graduate training, improve principal investigator productivity, build institutional [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The National Institute on Aging (NIA) offers this grant to support cutting-edge clinical trials aimed at developing and implementing early to late-stage interventions. This grant is for studies focused on pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to address cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes associated with age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD). The initiative covers the full spectrum of disease stages, from pre-symptomatic to severe. Additionally, the [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant, offered by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), is dedicated to supporting bold and transformative projects that address systemic racism and advance racial equity within STEM education and workforce development. Proposals should leverage both fundamental and applied research, coupled with practical applications. A critical aspect is that projects must be led by, or developed in authentic partnership with, the individuals and [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The Service Enterprise Systems (SES) program offers this grant to support innovative research focused on optimizing decision-making for the design, planning, and operation of diverse service enterprises, including commercial, nonprofit, and institutional sectors. This grant is for the purpose of improving overall effectiveness and achieving significant cost reductions within these organizations. Funded projects should develop novel analytical and computational methodologies applicable to relevant real-world challenges. Key areas of [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The All of Us Research Program within the Office of the Director (OD) is offering grants to advance research in high-priority mission areas of various Institutes, Centers, and Offices. This specific R21 grant mechanism encourages investigators to develop new methods, models, and tools for analyzing data within the All of Us Research Programs Researcher Workbench. These innovative tools, once developed, will be made broadly available to the scientific [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant, offered by the Physical and Dynamic Meteorology (PDM) program, supports basic research in atmospheric physics and dynamics at sub-synoptic scales, encompassing processes relevant to climate change. Key research areas include severe and hazardous weather, aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions, atmospheric dynamics, and electricity. The program encourages diverse study types like theoretical, numerical, laboratory, and field-based research, alongside the development of new atmospheric measurement techniques. PDM emphasizes integrating education and [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant, offered by the Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) Program, is for supporting innovative research in advanced circuit and system hardware, signal processing techniques, and network architectures. Its purpose is to enable next-generation cyber-physical systems (CPS) by integrating computation, communication, and sensing with physical domains. The program invests in micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), diverse physical, chemical, and biological sensing systems, neurotechnologies, and related circuits. The goal is to [...]

SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program is offering this grant to foster bold, transformative approaches in STEM graduate education. This grant is designed to help master's and doctoral students acquire essential skills and competencies for diverse STEM careers. IGE supports projects that pilot, test, and validate innovative models, aiming to generate knowledge for broader adoption and enrich effective graduate education. The program addresses critical workforce development needs [...]