OtherOpenNational Science Foundation

Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education

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

Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education 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 entitled…

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
The page does not state funding amounts for either the total pool or per-award maximums.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: Mar 8, 2022
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: Not confirmed
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: “The page does not state funding amounts for either the total pool or per-award maximums.”

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

use

Deployment of NSF-sponsored facilities, Limited technician time for CIF, Minor upgrades for CIF, Planning for scientific field programs including experimental design, operational plans, and logistical support, Specialized facilities, instrumentation, and field support services for atmospheric sciences research, Travel for outreach for CIF

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

LAOF proposals are accepted by invitation only; applicants should contact the FARE program director. CIF is open to instrument and facility providers who will make their equipment available for community use.

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

The page does not state an application deadline. LAOF proposals are by invitation only; CIF requests proposals but no deadline is given.

What can the money be used for?

Specialized facilities, instrumentation, and field support services for atmospheric sciences researchPlanning for scientific field programs including experimental design, operational plans, and logistical supportDeployment of NSF-sponsored facilitiesLimited technician time for CIFMinor upgrades for CIFTravel for outreach for CIF

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: Not confirmed

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?: Specialized facilities, instrumentation, and field support services for atmospheric sciences research, Planning for scientific field programs including experimental design, operational plans, and logistical support, Deployment of NSF-sponsored facilities, Limited technician time for CIF, Minor upgrades for CIF, Travel for outreach for CIF, as classified by the source.

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.