Funding Opportunities
Here we list grants, awards and other funding opportunities available to data science researchers, scientists and scholars. Check back regularly to find out about the latest funding news in data science.
References
Current Listings
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: August 26, 2021 (Last Thursday in August, Annually), January 27, 2022 (Last Thursday in January, Annually)
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: February 03, 2021 (Annually), August 03, 2021 (Annually)
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: September 20, 2021; Third Monday in September, Annually Thereafter
Past Listings
Geoinformatics (GI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: August 15, 2021; August 15, Every Other Year
NSF’s Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS) Program, two tracks available (Infrastructure and Core Research)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: January 13, 2022, HNDS-R only; February 03, 2022, HNDS-I only
Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: December 08, 2021
Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: February 16, 2021; November 10, 2021; November 10, 2022
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Oct 1, 2020 – Sept 30, 2021 (SMALL, MEDIUM, and EDU projects); Jan 21, 2021 – Jan 29, 2021 (LARGE proposals)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Academic Research Program (NARP)
Department of Defense
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Closing Date: Sept 30, 2021 (white paper); Dec 31, 2021 (proposal if requested)
EarthCube: Developing a Community-Driven Data and Knowledge Environment for the Geosciences
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: March 02, 2021 (Full Proposal)
NSF-Simons Research Collaborations on the Mathematical and Scientific Foundations of Deep Learning (MoDL)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: March 20, 2020 (Letter of Intent required); April 30, 2020 (Full Proposal)
Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research (FW-HTF)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: March 09, 2020
Human Networks and Data Science – Infrastructure (HNDS-I)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
FHWA 2020 Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Broad Agency Announcement
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Closing Date: Jan 29, 2020
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: November 25, 2019 (multiple windows/rounds)
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC): Research Core Program
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Nov 14, 2019
Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Oct 30, 2019 (Letter of Intent), Jan 31, 2020 (Full Proposal)
Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Sept. 9, 2019 (MEDIUM projects), Oct 31, 2019 (SMALL projects)
Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: June 25, 2019 (Prelim Proposal), January 27, 2020 (Full Proposal)
EHR Core Research (ECR): Building Capacity in STEM Education Research Synopsis 1
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Jun 07, 2019
Real-Time Machine Learning
National Science Foundation and DARPA
Closing Date: Jun 06, 2019
Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (FY20 Air Force Submission) – Topic 19: (AFOSR) Machine Learning and Physics-Based Modeling and Simulation
Department of Defense – Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Closing Date: June 03, 2019 (White Paper), September 13, 2019 (Final Submission)
Data Science for Discovery in Chemical and Materials Sciences
Department of Energy – Office of Science
Closing Date: May 15, 2019
Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-world Novelty (SAIL-ON)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Closing Date: May 10, 2019
Growing Convergence Research
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: May 08, 2019
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering – Frameworks (I-DIRSE-FW)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: May 07, 2019 (Full Proposal)
Real Time Machine Learning (RTML)
National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Closing Date: May 1, 2019
Planning for New Signals in the Soils (SitS)-Themed NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRCs)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Apr 17, 2019
Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Apr 08, 2019 or November 01, 2019
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase I (HDR TRIPODS Phase I)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: March 25, 2019 (Letter of Intent), April 24, 2019 – May 08, 2019 (Submission Window)
Department of Defense Advanced Computing Initiative (ACI) Fiscal Year 2019
Department of Defense
Closing Date: March, 25 2019 (Concept Paper), May 31 2019 (Full Proposal)
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering – Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Jan 28, 2019 (Letter of Intent), June 19, 2019 (Full Proposal)
Enabling Access to Cloud Computing Resources for CISE Research and Education (Cloud Access)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Dec 20, 2018 (Prelim Proposal), Feb 19, 2019 (Full Proposal)
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Nov 26, 2018 (Letter of Intent), Jan 25, 2019 (Full Proposal)
NSF/NSFC Joint Research on Environmental Sustainability Challenges
National Science Foundation (NSF) & National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Closing Date: Oct 22, 2018
Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering and Information (Q-AMASE-i)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: Sep 17, 2018 (Letter of Intent), Nov 5, 2018 (Full Proposal)
Scalable Cyberinfrastructure to Accelerate Data-Driven Science and Engineering Research
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Closing Date: June 20, 2018

