How much can one applicant receive?

$500,000 – $2,500,000 per recipient. The source states: “Level I up to $500,000; Level II up to $1,500,000; Level III up to $2,500,000”.

How much funding is available in total?

$35,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

FederalClosing soonFixed dateU.S. National Science Foundation

EDU Core Research

Award ceiling: $500,000 – $2,500,000
Closes: Oct 1, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-04

Awards $500,000 – $2,500,000 per recipient for unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Oct 1, 2026.

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Open to any applicantScience, Technology, Research & Development

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EDU Core Research awards $500,000 – $2,500,000 per recipient, open to unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Oct 1, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $35,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $2,500,000
Level I up to $500,000; Level II up to $1,500,000; Level III up to $2,500,000
Award floor: $500,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: May 15, 2026
Status: Closing soon
Eligible entities: 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: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: fundamental research on STEM education · Research on STEM Learning and Learning Environments · Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields · Research on STEM Workforce Development
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

$35,000,000

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

$2,500,000

Source wording: “Level I up to $500,000; Level II up to $1,500,000; Level III up to $2,500,000”

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Open to any applicant

Source field: entity types

industry

Science, Technology, Research & Development

Source field: industries

use

Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields, Research on STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Research on STEM Workforce Development, fundamental research on STEM education

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Not confirmed

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

When does it close?

Oct 1, 202624 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

4 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

fundamental research on STEM educationResearch on STEM Learning and Learning EnvironmentsResearch on Broadening Participation in STEM fieldsResearch on STEM Workforce 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.

What comparable notices state

113 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 113 of 353 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$500,000
Median$1,500,000
75th percentile$5,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

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

How much can one applicant receive?: $500,000 – $2,500,000 per recipient. The source states: “Level I up to $500,000; Level II up to $1,500,000; Level III up to $2,500,000”.
How much funding is available in total?: $35,000,000 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?: Oct 1, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: 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?: fundamental research on STEM education, Research on STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields, Research on STEM Workforce Development, as classified by the source.

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-04

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-03

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