Biological Sciences

A federal assistance program listed on Grants.gov by U.S. National Science Foundation. The listing number stays the same from one funding round to the next, so this page is the one to watch between announcements.

Funding history

Open opportunities under this listing

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)
  Open 23-598 · closes October 20, 2026
• Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)
  Open 26-512 · closes November 4, 2026
• National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)
  Open 25-540 · closes November 17, 2026
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
  Open 24-573 · closes January 26, 2027
• GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)
  Open 24-527 · closes February 8, 2027
• Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
  Open 24-598 · closes February 8, 2027
• Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
  Open 22-603 · closes March 1, 2027
• Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)
  Open 26-506 · closes March 2, 2027
• NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)
  Open 24-586 · closes April 6, 2027
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows
  Open 24-528 · closes April 13, 2027
• Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)
  Open 25-533 · closes April 14, 2027
• EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
  Open 24-588 · closes June 1, 2027
• Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
  Open 22-586 · closes July 28, 2027
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
  Open 23-601 · closes August 18, 2027
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
  Open 26-504 · closes September 28, 2027
• Plant Biotic Interactions
  Open 20-576
• Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)
  Open 23-580
• Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core)
  Open 26-517
• National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program
  Open 25-549
• Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)
  Open 23-578
• Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)
  Open 14-579
• Long Term Research in Environmental Biology
  Open 21-544
• Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities
  Open 24-540
• Plant Genome Research Program
  Open 24-547
• Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science
  Open PD-24-7414

Recently closed

• Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs (IOS)
  Closed 24-546
• Division of Environmental Biology (core programs) (DEB)
  Closed 24-543
• Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB)
  Closed 24-539
• Major Research Instrumentation Program
  Closed 23-519 · closed before November 16, 2026
• NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative
  Closed 22-622 · closed before October 27, 2026
• U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
  Closed 24-597 · closed September 8, 2026
• National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)
  Closed 26-505 · closed May 14, 2026
• NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research in BIO, ENG & MPS
  Archived 11-066 · closed February 18, 2026
• Developing Country Collaborations in Plant Genome Research (DCC-PGR)
  Archived 04-563 · closed February 18, 2026
• Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM)
  Closed 25-538
• Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)
  Closed 25-534
• Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB)
  Closed 25-509
• Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI)
  Closed 24-599
• Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
  Closed 24-594
• Data Science Corps (DSC)
  Closed 24-560
• Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
  Closed 22-521