How much funding is available in total?

$40,000,000 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: false

OtherOpenFixedU.S. National Science Foundation

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes

Awards $1,500,000 – $6,500,000 per recipient for institutions of higher education, multi-institutional consortia, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, closing Mar 14, 2029.

Official page

Institutions of Higher EducationMulti-institutional consortiaNon-profit, non-academic organizationsOther Legal Entity Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes awards $1,500,000 – $6,500,000 per recipient, open to institutions of higher education, multi-institutional consortia, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, closing Mar 14, 2029.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $40,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $6,500,000
Award floor: $1,500,000; Award ceiling: $6,500,000; Estimated total funding: $40,000,000 for approximately 8 awards
Award floor: $1,500,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Mar 14, 2029
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Jul 19, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Institutions of Higher Education · Multi-institutional consortia · Non-profit, non-academic organizations · Other Legal Entity
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

$40,000,000

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

$6,500,000

Source wording: “Award floor: $1,500,000; Award ceiling: $6,500,000; Estimated total funding: $40,000,000 for approximately 8 awards”

Who can apply?

entity

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

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Advancing research in the mathematical sciences, Enhancing connections to related fields, Expanding the talent base engaged in mathematical research in the United States, Supporting discovery and dissemination of knowledge in mathematics and statistics

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Proposals may only be submitted by: Non-profit, non-academic organizations (independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities); Institutions of Higher Education (Two- and four-year IHEs including community colleges accredited in and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members); Multi-institutional consortia permitted with single entity accepting overall management responsibility. 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?

Mar 14, 2029926 daysfixed deadline

Response date

What can the money be used for?

Advancing research in the mathematical sciencesSupporting discovery and dissemination of knowledge in mathematics and statisticsEnhancing connections to related fieldsExpanding the talent base engaged in mathematical research in the United States

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: 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

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How much can one applicant receive?: $1,500,000 – $6,500,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor: $1,500,000; Award ceiling: $6,500,000; Estimated total funding: $40,000,000 for approximately 8 awards”.
How much funding is available in total?: $40,000,000 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?: Mar 14, 2029. Response date
Who is eligible to apply?: Institutions of Higher Education, Multi-institutional consortia, Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity.
What can the funding be used for?: Advancing research in the mathematical sciences, Supporting discovery and dissemination of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, Enhancing connections to related fields, Expanding the talent base engaged in mathematical research in the United States, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-08-31

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-08-31

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.