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)
Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP)
- Chemical Catalysis (CAT)
- Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI)
- Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms A (CSDM-A)
- Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms B (CSDM-B)
- Chemical Synthesis (SYN)
- Chemical Theory, Models, and Computational Methods (CTMC)
- Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP)
- Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS)
- Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry (MSN)
Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS) Crosscutting
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) Crosscutting
Signals in the Soil 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)
- 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)
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)
Research Institutes
- Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes
- NSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems (MathBioSys)
- NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) Crosscutting
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase II (TRIPODS)
Other Special Research Programs Available to DMS Communities
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL) NSF-wide
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Frameworks (I-DIRSE-FW) NSF-wide
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps (DSC) NSF-wide
- Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
- Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Frontiers (SaTC Frontiers) Crosscutting
- Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) Crosscutting
- 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)
- Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering and Information (Q-AMASE-i) Crosscutting
- Understanding the Rules of Life: Epigenetics NSF-wide
- Understanding the Rules of Life: Building a Synthetic Cell NSF-wide
- Understanding the Rules of Life: Microbiome Interactions and Mechanisms (URoL:MIM) NSF-wide
- 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) Crosscutting
- Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
- Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)
- GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) NSF-wide
- NSF Convergence Accelerator Phases I and II for the 2021 Cohort
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 at the Information Frontier (PIF)
- Physics of Living Systems (PoLS)
- Plasma Physics
- Quantum Information Science
Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS) Crosscutting
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering NSF-wide 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
- 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