Physical Oceanography
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- PD-98-1610
- Agency
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National Science Foundation
- Applications due
- Award size
- $250,000 or more
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 47.050 Geosciences
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Science Foundation seeks applicants for grants supporting Physical Oceanography research, with applications due February 17, 2027. The program is unrestricted in applicant eligibility and carries no stated cost-share requirement.
The Physical Oceanography Program funds basic research on ocean structure and movement, transport processes, interactions between physical structure and biological and chemical processes, and ocean interactions with the atmosphere, solid earth, and ice. The program operates under the Geosciences assistance listing (CFDA 47.050), which historically awards grants ranging from $24 thousand to $775 thousand, with several exceeding $500 thousand.
The Division of Ocean Sciences, which administers this program, has obligated $2.27 billion across 2,527 awards since the Geosciences program's inception in 1991. Project Grants comprise 97% of awards within the parent program, with Cooperative Agreements representing the remaining 3%. Recent program activity shows 182 awards issued in 2026 through October, down from 1,234 awards in 2022, reflecting moderation in overall portfolio grant activity.
Investigator-initiated proposals are accepted across multiple earth and ocean science disciplines. The program's broader context includes related standing opportunities in Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (due December 15, 2026) and Marine Geology and Geophysics with ongoing application windows.
Synopsis
The Physical Oceanography Program supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure and movement of the ocean, with the way in which it transports various quantities, with the way the ocean's physical structure interacts with the biological and chemical processes within it, and with interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, solid earth and ice that surround it.
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