Funder: National Science Foundation
Due Dates: July 15, 2025 (CAREER) | Rolling (Other proposals)
Funding Amounts: Typical unsolicited awards: up to 3 years, single PI budgets support 1 grad student + 1 month PI time/year; multi-PI projects may be larger. CAREER awards: 5 years. No fixed ceiling; recent annual program funding ~$10M.
Summary: Supports transformative fundamental research to prevent pollution, protect human/ecological health, and remediate environments using chemical, biological, and geophysical processes.
Key Information: Proposals outside core areas or with atypical budgets should contact the program director before submission; strict compliance with NSF PAPPG required.