Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is listed as false.

OtherOpenU.S. National Science Foundation

Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact

Per-recipient award not stated for business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Not stated.

Official page

Business Individual Nonprofit Other Legal Entity Public Agency Tribal Government Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field…

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 funding amounts stated on the page.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: May 9, 2025
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Business · Individual · Nonprofit · Other Legal Entity · Public Agency · Tribal Government · Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
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

Not stated

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

Not stated

Source wording: “No funding amounts stated on the page.”

Who can apply?

entity

Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

demographic

early-career researchers, researchers from groups and regions that have historically participated at disproportionately low rates in science, mathematics, and engineering

Source field: demographics

use

Conference Grants, Research on scientific communication and outcomes, Research on the social and structural mechanisms of scientific discovery, Research on the societal benefits of scientific activity and evidence-based policy making, Standard Research Grants and Collaborative Research

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'" but no such clarification is provided in the page text. The program encourages proposals from early-career researchers and from underrepresented groups in STEM.

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

No deadline date provided on the page.

What can the money be used for?

Research on the social and structural mechanisms of scientific discoveryResearch on scientific communication and outcomesResearch on the societal benefits of scientific activity and evidence-based policy makingStandard Research Grants and Collaborative ResearchConference Grants

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 listed as 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.

Who is eligible to apply?: Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility".
What can the funding be used for?: Research on the social and structural mechanisms of scientific discovery, Research on scientific communication and outcomes, Research on the societal benefits of scientific activity and evidence-based policy making, Standard Research Grants and Collaborative Research, Conference Grants, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is listed as 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.