Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Funding history
Awards made under this listing across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.6B
- FY2025 obligated
- $1.7B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $1.2B
- Awards in window
- 9,597
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 September 2026
Open opportunities under this listing
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)
- Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
- Geometric Analysis
- Topology
- Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants
- Applied Mathematics
- Plasma Physics
- National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)
- Computational Mathematics
- Statistics
- Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
- Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC)
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
- Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program
- GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
- EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)
- Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)
- NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows
- Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)
- EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences
- NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF)
- Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes
- NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems
- National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program
- MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)
- MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)
- MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)
- MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)
- MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci)
- Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)
- Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities
- National Facilities
- Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research
- Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science
- Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering
Recently closed
- Division of Materials Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)
- Major Research Instrumentation Program
- Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences
- NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative
- Mathematical Biology
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI)
- WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS
- Analysis
- Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs
- ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE)
- Combinatorics
- Foundations
- Probability
- U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
- Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences
- National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)
- Foundations for Digital Twins as Catalyzers of Biomedical Technological Innovation
- NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research in BIO, ENG & MPS
- Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM)
- Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)
- Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)
- Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB)
- Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI)
- Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
- Data Science Corps (DSC)
- Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning (AIMing)
- Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (MS-FRG)
- Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs
- Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs: No Deadline Pilot
- Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
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