How much funding is available in total?

$60,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Jun 1, 2027. Response date listed as Jun 01, 2027

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false per labelled field

OtherOpenFixedU.S. National Science Foundation

Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork

Per-recipient award not stated for institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations, closing Jun 1, 2027.

Official page

Institutions of Higher Education Non-profit organizations Other Legal Entity Tribal Nations Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations, closing Jun 1, 2027.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $60,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
Estimated funding pool is $60,000,000. No per-award cap found on this page.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Jun 1, 2027
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Dec 22, 2024
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Institutions of Higher Education · Non-profit organizations · Other Legal Entity · Tribal Nations
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
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

$60,000,000

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

Not stated

Source wording: “Estimated funding pool is $60,000,000. No per-award cap found on this page.”

Who can apply?

entity

Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Tribal Nations

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Antarctic research requiring USAP logistical support, Fieldwork to improve understanding of Antarctic region and global systems interactions, Fundamental research on Earth systems and biological, geochemical, and physical processes in Antarctic and Southern Ocean

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Proposals may only be submitted by: Non-profit, non-academic organizations directly associated with educational or research activities; U.S. accredited Institutions of Higher Education (two- and four-year, including community colleges); and Tribal Nations (federally recognized). International branch campuses of US IHEs may participate if justified.

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

When does it close?

Jun 1, 2027273 daysfixed deadline

Response date listed as Jun 01, 2027

What can the money be used for?

Antarctic research requiring USAP logistical supportFieldwork to improve understanding of Antarctic region and global systems interactionsFundamental research on Earth systems and biological, geochemical, and physical processes in Antarctic and Southern Ocean

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: No
Cost sharing is false per labelled field

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.

How much funding is available in total?: $60,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Jun 1, 2027. Response date listed as Jun 01, 2027
Who is eligible to apply?: Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Tribal Nations.
What can the funding be used for?: Antarctic research requiring USAP logistical support, Fieldwork to improve understanding of Antarctic region and global systems interactions, Fundamental research on Earth systems and biological, geochemical, and physical processes in Antarctic and Southern Ocean, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false per labelled field

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.