Funder: National Science Foundation
Due Dates: February 3, 2025 | August 1, 2025 | January 16, 2026 | Annually: First Friday in August & Third Friday in January
Funding Amounts: Typical research awards: $100,000–$500,000 (up to 48 months); CAREER: $400,000–$450,000; RCN: up to $350,000; Conference: up to $50,000; TREES: $200,000–$250,000/year (3–4 years); Total program: ~$7M/year
Summary: Supports basic research on the spatial dimensions of human behavior and human-environment interactions, advancing fundamental geographical theory and geospatial methods with broad societal impacts.
Key Information: No PI or institutional limits; proposals must be theory-testing/expanding and generalizable; humanistic or non-reproducible work is not eligible.