The Geotechnical Engineering and Materials (GEM) Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking proposals for fundamental research in soil and rock mechanics, as well as research on improving the engineering properties of geologic materials for infrastructure use. The program supports research in areas such as foundation engineering, earth structures, underground construction, tunneling, geoenvironmental engineering, and site characterization, with emphasis on sustainable...
The National Science Foundation's Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) program is seeking applications for grants to support fundamental research and expand scientific knowledge about the Earth's magnetosphere, its coupling to the atmosphere and solar wind, and the development of predictive models. The goal is to advance the physical understanding of the large-scale organization and dynamics of the geospace environment through observations, theory, and realistic models. The program is open to...
The National Science Foundation's Geophysics Program is seeking applications for grants to support basic research in the physics of the solid earth. The program encourages a wide range of laboratory, field, theoretical, and/or computational studies that explore the composition, structure, and processes of the Earth from its surface to its deepest interior. Key research areas include understanding geohazards, crustal and lithospheric structure and dynamics, mantle composition and evolution,...
The National Science Foundation is seeking applicants for the Geophysics Program, which supports basic research on the physics of the solid earth to explore its composition, structure, and processes. The program funds laboratory, field, theoretical, and computational studies on topics such as seismicity, Earth's magnetic and gravity fields, geodynamics, and the properties and behavior of Earth materials. Key objectives include expanding scientific knowledge about the integrated Earth system...
The Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) program from the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports fundamental research to develop new paradigms for the design, development, and integration of advanced engineering material systems. The program seeks proposals that creatively integrate theory, processing/manufacturing, data/informatics, experimental, and/or computational approaches with rigorous engineering design principles. Key objectives include enabling the accelerated design and...
The National Science Foundation's Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry (GG) Program is seeking grant proposals for fundamental research on geochemical processes in terrestrial Earth's surface systems and the interaction of geochemical and biological processes. The program supports field, laboratory, theoretical, or modeling studies of these processes and related mechanisms at all spatial and temporal scales. Key objectives include advancing transformational and cutting-edge research, as...
The National Science Foundation's Petrology and Geochemistry Program is seeking applicants for basic research on the formation of planet Earth, including its accretion, early differentiation, and subsequent petrologic and geochemical modification via igneous and metamorphic processes. Proposals may address the petrology and high-temperature geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals, mineral physics, economic geology, and volcanology. Proposals focused on the development of...
The National Science Foundation's Petrology and Geochemistry Program is seeking grant proposals for basic research on the formation of planet Earth, including its accretion, early differentiation, and subsequent petrologic and geochemical modification via igneous and metamorphic processes. Proposals may address the petrology and high-temperature geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks, mineral physics, economic geology, and volcanology. The program also invites proposals focused on the...
The National Science Foundation's Marine Geology and Geophysics program supports fundamental research on all aspects of the geology and geophysics of the ocean basins, margins, and the Great Lakes. Key areas of focus include the structure and tectonic evolution of ocean systems, the genesis and chemical evolution of marine sediments, ocean circulation patterns and paleoclimates, and the interactions between continental and marine geologic processes. This opportunity is open to unrestricted...
The Mechanics of Materials and Structures program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), supports fundamental research in mechanics related to the behavior of deformable solid materials and structures under internal and external actions. The program emphasizes transformative advances in experimental, theoretical, and computational methods, including proposals related to material response, structural response, and the intersection of materials and structures. Proposals that explore...