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Combinatorics

Federal funding opportunity PD-18-7970 from U.S. National Science Foundation.

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes September 22, 2026

Posted
March 29, 2018
Closes
September 22, 2026
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
47.049
Category
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Archives
October 26, 2028

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 47.049 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$1.6B
FY2025 obligated
$1.7B
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$593.2M
Awards in window
8,633

Top recipients: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., Associated Universities Inc, California Institute of Technology, Florida State University, Cornell University

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026

Synopsis

The Combinatorics program supports research on discrete structures and includes algebraic, enumerative, existential, extremal, geometric, and probabilistic combinatorics, including graph theory. Conferences Principal Investigators should carefully read the program solicitation "Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences" (link below) to obtain important information regarding the substance of proposals for conferences, workshops, summer/winter schools, and similar activities. Conference proposals must be submitted at least six months in advance of the conference, and in the same fiscal year (which begins October 1) if possible.

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