MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)
NSF MPS Chemistry Research Programs fund ambitious, foundational research across multiple areas of chemical science, without requiring immediate commercial or developmental outcomes.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: August 17, 2076: Application deadline
Funding Amounts: Estimated total program funding: $150,000,000. Typical awards vary; up to 5 years of support is possible.
Summary: Supports foundational research across multiple programs in the chemical sciences, emphasizing ambitious and potentially transformative projects.
Description
This opportunity from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences supports a broad range of foundational research in the chemical sciences. The program consolidates several disciplinary chemistry funding streams, including (but not limited to): Chemical Catalysis, Measurement and Imaging, Mechanism/Function/Properties, Structure and Dynamics, Synthesis, Systems and Solutions, Theory/Models/Computational Methods, Chemistry of Life Processes, and Macromolecular/Supramolecular/Nanochemistry.
NSF encourages proposals that are intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative, without requiring a near-term product or commercial outcome. Both incremental and high-risk, paradigm-shifting research are welcome, as are projects leveraging emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation) to enable new scientific approaches. Interdisciplinary proposals and collaborations with industry or international partners are encouraged. Projects may support individual investigators or small teams.
