Geosciences Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth, and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
Geosciences Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth, and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core) supports researchers pursuing foundational studies to advance knowledge of the atmosphere, near-Earth space, Earth, and oceans.
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Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (full proposals accepted anytime)
Funding Amounts: $110 million estimated program budget for 200–350 awards; requests for up to five years encouraged where justified
Summary: Supports foundational research advancing knowledge across atmospheric, geospace, Earth, and ocean sciences.
Key Information: Unaffiliated individuals are ineligible; organizational eligibility follows NSF PAPPG Chapter I.E.
Description
The NSF Directorate for Geosciences administers GEO Core to support foundational research across atmospheric, geospace, Earth, and ocean sciences. Projects may address a single domain or connect multiple disciplines using theory, observations, computation, field campaigns, or laboratory studies. Research may include instrumentation and computing development, deployment, and operation.
The program particularly welcomes intellectually ambitious, potentially transformative research, including new theories, methods, tools, and publicly accessible datasets. It supports both incremental advances and bold, high-risk inquiries, with interest in interdisciplinary connections and scientifically justified uses of AI, advanced computation, and automation. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, commercial outcome, or later-stage development.
