How much funding is available in total?

$150,000,000 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 is false per the labelled fields.

OtherOpenU.S. National Science Foundation

MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)

Per-recipient award not stated for institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations, closing Aug 20, 2076.

Official page

Institutions of Higher Education Non-profit, non-academic organizations Other Legal Entity Tribal NationsAll US statesScience and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem) does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations in All US states, closing Aug 20, 2076.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $150,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
The estimated funding of $150,000,000 represents the total program funding. Individual award amounts are not specified on this page.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Aug 20, 2076
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: Aug 17, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Institutions of Higher Education · Non-profit, non-academic organizations · Other Legal Entity · Tribal Nations
Geography: All US 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

$150,000,000

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

Not stated

Source wording: “The estimated funding of $150,000,000 represents the total program funding. Individual award amounts are not specified on this page.”

Who can apply?

entity

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

Source field: entity types

state

All US states

Source field: states

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Foundational chemistry research through multiple programs including Chemical Catalysis, Chemical Measurement and Imaging, Chemical Mechanism Function and Properties, Chemical Structure and Dynamics, Chemical Synthesis, Chemical Systems and Solutions, Chemical Theory Models and Computational Methods, Chemistry of Life Processes, and Macromolecular Supramolecular and Nanochemistry

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Eligible non-profit, non-academic organizations must be independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. directly associated with educational or research activities. IHEs must be accredited and have a campus in the US. Tribal Nations must be federally recognized. Special instructions apply for international branch campuses of US IHEs.

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

When does it close?

Aug 20, 207618251 daysunknown deadline

Response date listed as Aug 20, 2076, which appears to be a data entry error (year 2076 is not plausible). The posting date is Aug 17, 2026.

What can the money be used for?

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 the labelled fields.

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?: $150,000,000 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?: Aug 20, 2076. Response date listed as Aug 20, 2076, which appears to be a data entry error (year 2076 is not plausible). The posting date is Aug 17, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity, Tribal Nations.
Which locations are eligible?: All US states.
What can the funding be used for?: Foundational chemistry research through multiple programs including Chemical Catalysis, Chemical Measurement and Imaging, Chemical Mechanism Function and Properties, Chemical Structure and Dynamics, Chemical Synthesis, Chemical Systems and Solutions, Chemical Theory Models and Computational Methods, Chemistry of Life Processes, and Macromolecular Supramolecular and Nanochemistry, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false per the labelled fields.

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.