Elementary Particle Physics - Theory
Full Proposal Deadline Date: December 1, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 14-1286The Elementary Particle Theory program encompasses different theoretical tools for understanding the interaction of elementary particles at different energy scales. These include String Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Lattice Field Theory, Effective Field Theories, and Phenomenology based on the above theoretical tools. The program supports both formal string theory as well as string-theory-inspired model building.  Proposals in mathematical physics that are relevant for string theory ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - November 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

BRAIN Initiative: Research Career Enhancement Award for Investigators to Build Skills in a Cross-Disciplinary Area (K18)
Funding Opportunity ID: 289314 Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-17-022 Opportunity Title: BRAIN Initiative: Research Career Enhancement Award for Investigators to Build Skills in a Cross-Disciplinary Area (K18)Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: EducationHealthIncome Security and Social ServicesCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.17393.24293.27393.27993.28693.85393.86593.86693.867Eligible Applicants: State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school distr...
Source: Grants.gov - October 3, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Education Health Income Security and Social Services Source Type: funding

BRAIN Initiative: Research Career Enhancement Award for Investigators to Build Skills in a Cross-Disciplinary Area (K18)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DA-17-022 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites applications for mentored career enhancement (K18) awards in research areas that are highly relevant to the NIH BRAIN Initiative. This career enhancement program will support development of research capability for the BRAIN Initiative, with specific emphasis on cross-training independent investigators in a substantively different area of neuroscience, neuroethics, or in a quantitative and physical discipline (e.g., physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, mathematics); and vice ver...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 3, 2016 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Geometric Analysis
Full Proposal Target Date: November 1, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 10-1265The program in Geometric Analysis supports research on differential geometry and its relation to partial differential equations and variational principles; aspects of global analysis, including the differential geometry of complex manifolds and geometric Lie group theory; geometric methods in modern mathematical physics; and geometry of convex sets, integral geometry, and related geometric topics. ConferencesPrincipal Investigators should carefully read the ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5549&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=cl...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - October 2, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Polymers (POL)
Full Proposal Window: October 31, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 03-1773The DMR Polymers Program supports fundamental research and education on polymeric materials and polymer science. The Program portfolio is mainly experimental and highly diverse with components of materials science, chemistry, physics, and other related disciplines. While interdisciplinarity is stressed, a central goal includes developing and advancing the foundations of polymer science across the wide horizon of the polymer field through innovative research and education projects. ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5357&WT.mc_id=U...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - October 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Condensed Matter Physics (CMP)
Full Proposal Window: October 31, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 03-1710The Condensed Matter Physics program supports experimental, as well as combined experiment and theory projects investigating the fundamental physics behind phenomena exhibited by condensed matter systems.  Representative research areas in such systems include: 1) phenomena at the nano- to macro-scale including: transport, magnetic, and optical phenomena; classical and quantum phase transitions; localization; electronic, magnetic, and lattice structure or excitations; superconductivity; ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5666&...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - October 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

FY 2017 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Funding Opportunity ID: 289281 Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0001664 Opportunity Title: FY 2017 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementGrantCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 81.049Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Additional Inform...
Source: Grants.gov - September 30, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding

Gravitational Physics - Experiment
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 14-1243The Gravitational Physics program supports research at the frontiers of science aimed towards answering questions about the nature of space and time, the gravitational attraction at atomically small and cosmological large distances and the use of gravitational waves to explore the universe. The Experimental Gravitational Physics program supports research on gravitation at large and small scales as well as the connection between gravity and the other three fundamental forces. ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5628&WT.mc_id...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

LIGO Research Support
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 13-1252The Gravitational Physics program supports research at the frontiers of science aimed towards answering questions about the nature of space and time, the gravitational attraction at atomically small and cosmological large distances and the use of gravitational waves to explore the universe. The LIGO Research Support program oversees the commissioning and operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravity Wave Observatory (LIGO), and provides support for LIGO users and other experimental ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504855...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Particle Astrophysics - Experiment
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 14-1643  Particle Physics seeks to explore the fundamental nature of matter, energy, space, and time. It asks such questions as: What are the origins of mass? Can the basic forces of nature be unified? How did the universe begin? How will it evolve in the future? What are dark matter and dark energy? Are there extra dimensions of space-time? Formerly separate questions in cosmology (the universe on the ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5633&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates item. (Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates)
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Physics of Living Systems (PoLS)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 14-7246The program "Physics of Living Systems" (PoLS) targets synergy of theoretical and experimental research exploring the most fundamental physical processes that living systems utilize to perform their functions in dynamic and diverse environments. The focus of the research proposals should be on understanding basic physical principles that underlie biological function. Proposals that use physics equipment only as a tool to study biological questions are of VERY low ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6673&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT....
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Integrative Activities in Physics
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 14-9134Supports activities in conjunction with NSF-wide programs such as Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER), Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), and programs aimed at women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Further information about all of these programs and activities is available in the Crosscutting Investment Strategies section of the NSF Guide to Programs.The program also supports activities that seek to improve the education and training of physics ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5610&WT.mc_id=U...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Gravitational Physics - Theory
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 12-1244The Gravitational Physics program supports research at the frontiers of science aimed towards answering questions about the nature of space and time, the gravitational attraction at atomically small and cosmological large distances and the use of gravitational waves to explore the universe. The Theoretical Gravitational Physics program supports research on classical and quantum gravity theory, including gravitational wave source simulations and other phenomena associated with strong ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=50353...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment (EPP)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Program Guidelines: PD 14-1221Particle physics plays an essential role in the broader enterprise of the physical sciences.  It inspires U.S. students, attracts talent from around the world, and drives critical intellectual and technological advances in other fields. And the field is entering an era of unprecedented potential as a result of new discoveries about matter and energy in the Universe. The Particle Physics program seeks to explore the fundamental nature of matter, energy, space, and time.  It ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5624&...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects (PHY)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 26, 2016 Physics of Living Systems Program Guidelines: NSF 16-566The Division of Physics (PHY) supports physics research and education in the nation’s colleges and universities across a broad range of physics disciplines that span scales of space and time from the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest.  The Division is comprised of disciplinary programs covering experimental and theoretical research in the following major subfields of physics: Accelerator Science; Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; Computational ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: funding