Programs: Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
This is a list of all the programs within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).
Key: Crosscutting | NSF-wide
Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST)
Division of Chemistry (CHE)
Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS) Crosscutting
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) Crosscutting
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS) Crosscutting
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) Crosscutting
Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
Special Research Programs
- Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (FRGMS) Crosscutting
- Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS) Crosscutting
- Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CDS&E-MSS)
- Algorithms for Modern Power Systems (AMPS)
- Algorithms for Threat Detection (ATD)
Training
- Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences
- Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG)
- NSF Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) NSF-wide
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) NSF-wide
- Mathematical Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (DMS REU Sites) NSF-wide
Career Development
- Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) NSF-wide
- CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science
- Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MPS-Ascend)
Other Special Research Programs Available to DMS Communities
- NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research Crosscutting
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL) NSF-wide
- Data Science Corps (DSC) Crosscutting
- Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
- Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Frontiers (SaTC Frontiers) Crosscutting
- Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI)
- Internet Measurement Research: Methodologies, Tools, and Infrastructure (IMR)
- Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) NSF-wide
- Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS) Crosscutting
- Future Manufacturing (FM) Crosscutting
- Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)
- Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)
- Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Crosscutting
- Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH)
- Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
- GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) Crosscutting
- NSF Convergence Accelerator 2022 Joint NSF/DOD Phases 1 and 2 for Track G: Securely Operating Through 5G Infrastructure
Foundations for Digital Twins as Catalyzers of Biomedical Technological Innovation (FDT-BioTech) Crosscutting
Mathematical Foundations of Digital Twins (MATH-DT) Crosscutting
Division of Physics (PHY)
Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects (PHY)
- Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Experiment
- Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Theory
- Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment (EPP)
- Elementary Particle Physics - Theory
- Gravitational Physics - Experiments and Data Analysis
- Gravitational Physics - Theory
- Integrative Activities in Physics
- LIGO Research Support
- Nuclear Physics - Experiment
- Nuclear Physics - Theory
- Particle Astrophysics - Experiment
- Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology - Theory
- Physics of Living Systems (PoLS)
- Plasma Physics
- Quantum Information Science
Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS) Crosscutting
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science Research Coordination Networks (FAIROS RCN) NSF-wide Crosscutting
Research Coordination Networks: Fostering and Nurturing a Diverse Community of CI Professionals (RCN:CIP) Crosscutting
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) NSF-wide
- Astronomy Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (AST REU Sites) NSF-wide
- BIO Research Experience for Undergraduates Sites (BIO REU Sites) NSF-wide
- Chemistry Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (CHE REU Sites) NSF-wide
- CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (CISE REU Sites) NSF-wide
- Mathematical Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (DMS REU Sites) NSF-wide
- OCE Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (OCE REU Sites) NSF-wide
- Research Experiences for Teachers: Supplement Opportunity (RET)
- SBE Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (SBE REU Sites) NSF-wide