How much can one applicant receive?

Up to $600,000 per recipient. The source states: “Estimated funding total is $6,000,000 with an award ceiling of $600,000 per award.”.

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 is not required.

How demanding is the application?

Heavy, on the source's own classification.

OtherClosedU.S. National Science Foundation

Long Term Research in Environmental Biology

Awards Up to $600,000 per recipient for institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, closing Not stated.

Official page

Institutions of Higher Education Non-profit, non-academic organizations Other Legal Entity United StatesEducational and research activitiesScience and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Long Term Research in Environmental Biology awards up to $600,000 per recipient, open to institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity in United States.

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): $600,000
Estimated funding total is $6,000,000 with an award ceiling of $600,000 per award.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: Dec 10, 2020
Status: Closed
Eligible entities: Institutions of Higher Education · Non-profit, non-academic organizations · Other Legal Entity
Geography: United States
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Heavy
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

$600,000

Source wording: “Estimated funding total is $6,000,000 with an award ceiling of $600,000 per award.”

Who can apply?

entity

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

Source field: entity types

state

United States

Source field: states

industry

Educational and research activities, Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Evolutionary processes research, Extended time series data generation, Population and community dynamics, Research in ecology, Research in ecosystem science, Research in evolutionary biology

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Proposals may be submitted by non-profit, non-academic organizations (independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies) located in the U.S. and directly associated with educational or research activities, or by Institutions of Higher Education (two- and four-year IHEs, including community colleges) accredited in and having a campus located in the US. International branch campuses of US IHEs may be included with justification.

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When does it close?

Closedunknown deadline

No deadline date provided on this page.

What can the money be used for?

Research in evolutionary biologyResearch in ecologyResearch in ecosystem scienceExtended time series data generationPopulation and community dynamicsEvolutionary processes research

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: Heavy
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing is not 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 can one applicant receive?: Up to $600,000 per recipient. The source states: “Estimated funding total is $6,000,000 with an award ceiling of $600,000 per award.”.
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.
Who is eligible to apply?: Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity.
Which locations are eligible?: United States.
What can the funding be used for?: Research in evolutionary biology, Research in ecology, Research in ecosystem science, Extended time series data generation, Population and community dynamics, Evolutionary processes research, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is not required.
How demanding is the application?: Heavy, on the source's own classification.

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.