How much funding is available in total?

$6,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

OtherOpenFixedU.S. National Science Foundation

Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science

Per-recipient award not stated for federal agencies, federally funded research and development centers, institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations, closing Apr 14, 2027.

Official page

Federal AgenciesFederally Funded Research and Development CentersInstitutions of Higher Education Non-profit organizations Other Legal Entity Tribal Nations United States EducationResearchScience and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to federal agencies, federally funded research and development centers, institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations in United States, closing…

Record fields

Program pool (total): $6,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
Expected number of awards: 10
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Apr 14, 2027
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Jan 7, 2025
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Federal Agencies · Federally Funded Research and Development Centers · Institutions of Higher Education · Non-profit organizations · Other Legal Entity · Tribal Nations
Geography: United States
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

$6,000,000

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

Not stated

Source wording: “Expected number of awards: 10”

Who can apply?

entity

Federal Agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Tribal Nations

Source field: entity types

state

United States

Source field: states

industry

Education, Research, Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Cyberinfrastructure development, Data curation, Data integration and linking, FAIROS data portals, Open science capabilities, Research data commons, Research data management, Scientific communication and publication models

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Non-profit, non-academic organizations must be independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. directly associated with educational or research activities. IHEs must be accredited and have a campus in the US. International branch campuses of US IHEs require justification of benefit and why activities cannot be performed at the US campus. Tribal Nations must be federally recognized. Other Federal Agencies and FFRDCs must follow PAPPG Chapter I.E.2 guidance.

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

When does it close?

Apr 14, 2027225 daysfixed deadline

What can the money be used for?

Research data managementOpen science capabilitiesScientific communication and publication modelsFAIROS data portalsResearch data commonsData curationData integration and linkingCyberinfrastructure development

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: 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

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How much funding is available in total?: $6,000,000 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?: Apr 14, 2027.
Who is eligible to apply?: Federal Agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Tribal Nations.
Which locations are eligible?: United States.
What can the funding be used for?: Research data management, Open science capabilities, Scientific communication and publication models, FAIROS data portals, Research data commons, Data curation, Data integration and linking, Cyberinfrastructure development, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

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.