OtherOpenRollingU.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Atmosphere Cluster

Per-recipient award not stated for business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (open to any type of entity), closing Rolling — no fixed deadline.

Official page

Business Individual Nonprofit Other Legal Entity Public Agency Tribal Government Unrestricted (open to any type of entity)Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Atmosphere Cluster does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (open to any type of entity), accepting applications on a rolling basis.

Record fields

Program pool (total): Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
No specific funding amounts stated for the Atmosphere Cluster. The page mentions specific programs with limits (e.g., MRI up to $4 million, MSRI-1 under $20 million, MSRI-2 between $20-$100 million) but these are separate solicitations, not amounts for this cluster itself.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Rolling — no fixed deadline
Deadline type: rolling
Opens: Sep 26, 2024
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Business · Individual · Nonprofit · Other Legal Entity · Public Agency · Tribal Government · Unrestricted (open to any type of entity)
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: Not stated
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

Not stated

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

Not stated

Source wording: “No specific funding amounts stated for the Atmosphere Cluster. The page mentions specific programs with limits (e.g., MRI up to $4 million, MSRI-1 under $20 million, MSRI-2 between $20-$100 million) but these are separate solicitations, not amounts for this cluster itself.”

Who can apply?

entity

Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted (open to any type of entity)

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Analytical measurement techniques, Chemical, physical, and dynamical processes in the atmosphere, Fundamental studies of atmospheric processes, Modeling, observations, laboratory and field experiments, Research on clouds, weather, climate, air quality, and water cycle

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

The page states applicant types are "Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled 'Additional Information on Eligibility'". The page encourages proposals from all institutions, including Minority Serving Institutions, Emerging Research Institutions, and EPSCoR jurisdictions.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

No fixed deadlineRollingrolling deadline

The page states "Proposals to the AC are welcome at any time. However, the following solicitation in support of specific atmospheric science and community efforts has a target date or deadline."

What can the money be used for?

Fundamental studies of atmospheric processesChemical, physical, and dynamical processes in the atmosphereResearch on clouds, weather, climate, air quality, and water cycleModeling, observations, laboratory and field experimentsAnalytical measurement techniques

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: Not stated
No cost sharing or match requirements stated. The labelled field indicates "Cost sharing: false"

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

When is the application deadline?: This programme accepts applications on a rolling basis and states no fixed closing date. The page states "Proposals to the AC are welcome at any time. However, the following solicitation in support of specific atmospheric science and community efforts has a target date or deadline."
Who is eligible to apply?: Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted (open to any type of entity).
What can the funding be used for?: Fundamental studies of atmospheric processes, Chemical, physical, and dynamical processes in the atmosphere, Research on clouds, weather, climate, air quality, and water cycle, Modeling, observations, laboratory and field experiments, Analytical measurement techniques, as classified by the source.

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.