The U.S. National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. NSF was established in 1950 by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense.
This solicitation targets six specific programs within the Chemical Sciences: Chemical Catalysis (CAT), Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI), Chemical Structure Dynamics and Mechanisms-B (CSDM-B), Chemical Synthesis (SYN), Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS), and Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN). It outlines the essential deadlines for proposal submissions to these programs and emphasizes that submissions outside of this solicitation will not be considered, aiming to streamline the process and focus on these key areas within chemical research.