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Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Federal funding opportunity 22-639 from U.S. National Science Foundation.

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Posted
October 1, 2022
Closes
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Award floor
$202,000
Program funding
$2,000,000
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
47.050
Category
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 47.050 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$1B
FY2025 obligated
$1B
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$190.5M
Awards in window
4,528

Top recipients: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of California San Diego, Earthscope Consortium Inc., Texas a & M Research Foundation

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026

Synopsis

The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualified early career investigators to carry out an independent research program. The research plan of each Fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of AGS disciplines. These disciplines include Atmospheric Chemistry (ATC), Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics (CLD), Paleoclimate (PC), and Physical and Dynamic Meteorology (PDM) in the Atmospheric Sciences, and Aeronomy (AER), Magnetospheric Physics (MAG), Solar Terrestrial (ST), and Space Weather Research (SWR) in the Geospace Sciences. The AGS-PRF program supports researchers (also known as Fellows) for a period of up to 24 months with Fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential and provide them with experiences in research that will broaden perspectives, facilitate interdisciplinary interactions, and help establish them in leadership positions within the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences community. Fellowships are awards to individual Fellows, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

Who can apply

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: - AGS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship proposals are submitted to NSF directly by individuals who meet the eligibility criteria described below. Each individual (also referred to as proposer) must identify one or more scientific mentor(s) and host institution(s) in the proposal. Activities supported by the AGS Fellowship program may be conducted at any appropriate U.S. host institution as defined in the Program Description. *Who May Serve as PI: An individual is eligible to submit a proposal to the NSF AGS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship program if all the following criteria are met: Individual eligibility criteria:

OR OR Fellowship location criteria: