Find & apply for funding Our hundreds of funding opportunities support research, education and training. Explore NSF discoveries From 3D printing to black holes, NSF transforms the world with science and engineering. Our focus areas We focus on accelerating new technologies and big ideas ? from biology to technology. What we've funded Explore our database of funded projects to learn what we're doing across the U.S. Get the latest news on topics you choose, right in your inbox. Sign up Image: What's new Live from the Arctic: Unlocking Earth's environmental history Join NSF-funded researchers from the University of California, Irvine, live on June 27 at 1 p.m. EDT, from NSF Summit Station, Greenland, as they analyze ice cores from the Greenland ice cap to learn about Earth's environmental history. Register today to reserve your spot. Cloudy with a chance of climate predictions June 11, 2024 'Cells to Galaxies' unites astronomers, medical imaging experts to advance both fields June 11, 2024 Synthetic platelets stanch bleeding, promote healing using advanced materials June 10, 2024 Our priorities Promote discovery in science & engineering With investments that expand the frontiers of knowledge and technology. Accelerate technology & innovation Through innovative partnerships that break down barriers between disciplines and organizations. Advance diversity in science & engineering Using interventions and capacity building to expand opportunity across the nation. Explore what we support America's economic and national security depend on our ability to invest heavily in the technologies of today while making the discoveries that are the foundation for the technologies of tomorrow. NSF by the numbers $9.9B NSF’s Fiscal Year 2023 enacted budget 93% Percent of budget supporting research, education and related activities 2000+ Organizations supported by NSF across every state and U.S. territory 300,000+ Researchers, entrepreneurs, students and teachers supported by NSF Learn more about our impacts