How much funding is available in total?

$56,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Who is eligible to apply?

Other Legal Entity, Predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs) - accredited colleges and universities including two-year community colleges. Applicant size limit: PUIs must have awarded 20 or fewer Ph.D./D.Sci. degrees in all NSF-supported fields during the combined previous two academic years.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false; no match is required.

OtherOpenU.S. National Science Foundation

Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions

Per-recipient award not stated for other legal entity, predominantly undergraduate institutions (puis) - accredited colleges and universities including two-year community colleges, closing Not stated.

Official page

Other Legal EntityPredominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs) - accredited colleges and universities including two-year community collegesNSF-supported fieldsScience and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to other legal entity, predominantly undergraduate institutions (puis) - accredited colleges and universities including two-year community colleges.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $56,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
Total estimated funding for the program across all NSF directorates. Funding is allocated within existing research and education program budgets and not held separately. Per-award caps are not stated; prospective PIs should contact program officers for specific award amounts.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: Jan 31, 2025
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Other Legal Entity · Predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs) - accredited colleges and universities including two-year community colleges
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

$56,000,000

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

Not stated

Source wording: “Total estimated funding for the program across all NSF directorates. Funding is allocated within existing research and education program budgets and not held separately. Per-award caps are not stated; prospective PIs should contact program officers for specific award amounts.”

Who can apply?

entity

Other Legal Entity, Predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs) - accredited colleges and universities including two-year community colleges

Source field: entity types

industry

NSF-supported fields, Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Collaborative research involving PUI faculty and students, Integration of research and undergraduate education, Research projects at undergraduate institutions, Shared research instrumentation, Visiting scientist opportunities at research-intensive organizations

Source field: use of funds

size limit

PUIs must have awarded 20 or fewer Ph.D./D.Sci. degrees in all NSF-supported fields during the combined previous two academic years

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Eligible PUIs must be accredited colleges and universities (including two-year community colleges) that award Associate's degrees, Bachelor's degrees, and/or Master's degrees in NSF-supported fields. The Ph.D./D.Sci. degree cap is cumulative over the previous two academic years. Proposals may be submitted by eligible PUIs for RUI projects or as ROA components (supplements to existing NSF awards, rebudgeting of existing awards, or collaborative proposals with ROA subawards). See Section IV.B of the solicitation for PI eligibility details.

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

When does it close?

Not statedunknown deadline

Posting date is January 31, 2025. No deadline information is provided on the page. Per the description, prospective PIs should contact NSF program officers to determine feasibility and timing of requests.

What can the money be used for?

Research projects at undergraduate institutionsCollaborative research involving PUI faculty and studentsShared research instrumentationIntegration of research and undergraduate educationVisiting scientist opportunities at research-intensive organizations

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; no match is required.

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?: $56,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?: Other Legal Entity, Predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs) - accredited colleges and universities including two-year community colleges. Applicant size limit: PUIs must have awarded 20 or fewer Ph.D./D.Sci. degrees in all NSF-supported fields during the combined previous two academic years.
What can the funding be used for?: Research projects at undergraduate institutions, Collaborative research involving PUI faculty and students, Shared research instrumentation, Integration of research and undergraduate education, Visiting scientist opportunities at research-intensive organizations, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false; no match is required.

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

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