Early Career

This program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.

People rely on critical infrastructure to support and enable almost everything they do. Transportation, water, power, information technology, ecosystems, education, healthcare and emergency response systems all depend on infrastructure. Businesses rely on critical infrastructure to ensure their security, protect their assets and communicate with suppliers and customers. Cities, towns and rural and tribal areas rely on extensive networks of built and civic infrastructure.

Limited Submission

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Office of Press and Public Diplomacy (NEA/PPD), in cooperation with the Syria Regional Platform Public Diplomacy (SRP PD) office of the U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce this preliminary round (one of two) for organizations to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI) to carry out a public diplomacy program that advances U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives for Syria.

The Small Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. Eligible investigators may also request additional supplemental funds for a course release. We accept applications three times per year.

The Early Educator Investment Collaborative (The Collaborative) is currently accepting proposals for a limited number of grants to state/local/municipal/territory/tribal governments to innovatively build systemic and structural capacity to support sustainable and equitable early childhood education (ECE) workforce compensation (wages and benefits) increases. Via this funding opportunity, The Collaborative will support partnerships among fiscal/budget agencies and program agencies to engage in efforts to catalyze transformative change for ECE workforce compensation.

Healthy Eating Research (HER) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) committed to building a Culture of Health through identifying effective strategies to improve children’s nutrition and weight. HER’s mission is to support and disseminate research on policy, systems, and environmental strategies that promote healthy eating among children and advance nutrition security and health equity.

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