Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: January 14, 2025 (Phase I) | September 2, 2025 (Phase I & II) | September 1, 2026 (Phase I & II, recurring) | January 12, 2027 (Phase I, recurring)
Funding Amounts: Phase I: up to $300,000 (1 year); Phase II: up to $1,500,000 (2 years); ~30–50 awards; total program ~$27.8M
Summary: Supports the formation of new managing organizations to build sustainable, high-impact open-source ecosystems (OSEs) around existing open-source research products in STEM.
Key Information: POSE does not fund new open-source product development or existing well-resourced OSEs; proposals must focus on ecosystem building for already-developed open-source products.