Geosciences Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth, and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
The NSF GEO Core program funds groundbreaking research in atmospheric, geospace, earth, and ocean sciences to expand our understanding of Earth's systems.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (Full proposals) | October 5, 2076 (Current closing date)
Funding Amounts: $110 million estimated total program funding; 350 expected awards
Summary: Supports foundational research advancing knowledge across atmospheric, geospace, Earth, and ocean sciences.
Key Information: Unaffiliated individuals are not eligible to submit proposals.
Description
NSF’s Directorate for Geosciences administers GEO Core to support foundational research across atmospheric and geospace sciences, Earth sciences, and ocean sciences. Projects may address a single domain or connect multiple disciplines, using theory, observations, computation, field campaigns, laboratory studies, and research instrumentation. Ocean research includes ocean basins and the Great Lakes and their role in the Earth system.
The program welcomes incremental advances and bold, potentially transformative inquiries, particularly work that challenges prevailing paradigms, develops theories or methods, or creates research tools and datasets. NSF encourages interdisciplinary connections, opportunities for early-career investigators, and scientifically justified uses of AI, advanced computation, and automation. Proposals do not need to promise near-term products, deployment, commercial outcomes, or later-stage development.
