Internal Funding Sources

External Funding Sources

American Astronomical Society
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
American Society for Engineering Education
Argonne National Laboratory
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
Lucent Technologies Foundation
National Science Foundation (NSF), Mathematics and Physical Sciences overview
National Security Agency
National Training Systems Association
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Semiconductor Research Corporation
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Specific Programs

• AAUW Community Action Grants
• AFOSR-Mathematics and Space Sciences
• Algebra and Number Theory
• Analysis Program
• Applied Mathematics
• ARO-BAA-MAthematical and Computer Sciences Program
• ASA/NCHS Research Fellowship Program
• Computational Mathematics
• Computational Mathematics-Numerical Methods-6.2.1
• Computational Mathematics-Optimization-6.2.2
• Conferences, Workshops and Special Situations
• Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
• DMS Research Support
• EXXON Mobil Education Foundation Grants Program
• Federal Statistics
• Focus Area Grants
• Geometric Analysis
• George B. Dantzig Prize
• Germund Dahlquist Prize
• Mathematical, Computer, and Information Sciences Research Program
• Mathematical Contest in Modeling
• Optimization and Discrete Mathematics
• Outstanding Statistical Application
• SIAM Outstanding Paper Prizes
• SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession
• Spencer Foundation Grants Program
• Statistics and Probability
• Stochastic Analysis and Applied Probability-6.3.1
• Wilks Memorial Award

Sponsor: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation
Deadline(s): January 15, 2007

Objectives:
The sponsor (AAUW) provides seed money for innovative programs or nondegree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. For one-year grants for start-up projects, topic areas are unrestricted but should promote education and equity for women and girls. Two-year grants are restricted to projects focused on K-12 girls' achievement in math, science, and/or technology. Projects must involve community/school collaboration.

Eligibility:
Grants are made to individual women, AAUW branches and AAUW state organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations. Applicants must be women who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Grant projects must take place within the United States or its territories. Preference is given to AAUW branch and AAUW state projects that seek collaborative partners. These may include local schools or school districts, businesses, and community-based organizations. Individual AAUW member applicants also receive special consideration.

Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Deadline(s):Open

Objectives:
Support is provided for basic research in the mathematics and space sciences directly related to the sponsor's needs. Research interest areas include: dynamics and control; physical mathematics and applied analysis; computational mathematics; external aerodynamics and hypersonics; optimization and discrete mathematics; signals communication and surveillance; software and systems; artificial intelligence; electromagnetics; and space sciences.

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS); Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
Deadline(s): January 15, August 15 annually

Objectives:
The Algebra and Number Theory Program supports research in algebra, including algebraic structures, general algebra, and linear algebra; number theory, including algebraic and analytic number theory, quadratic forms, and automorphic forms; and combinatorics and graph theory and algebraic geometry.

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS); Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
Deadline(s):January 15, August 15 annually

Objectives:
This program supports research on properties and behavior of solutions of differential equations; variational methods; approximations and special functions; analysis of several complex variables and singular integrals; harmonic analysis and wavelet theory; Kleinian groups and functions of one complex variable; real analysis; Banach spaces; Banach algebras and function algebras; Lie groups and their representations; harmonic analysis; ergodic theory and dynamical systems; some aspects of mathematical physics (e.g., Schroedinger operators, quantum field theory); and operators and algebras of operators on Hilbert space.

Sponsor: United States Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Science; Advanced Scientific Computing Research; Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences
Deadline(s):Continuous

Objectives:
The Applied Mathematics section focuses on research on the underlying mathematical understanding and numerical algorithms to enable effective description and prediction of physical systems such as fluids, magnetized plasmas, or protein molecules. This includes, for example:

• methods for solving large systems of partial differential equations on parallel computers
• techniques for choosing optimal values for parameters in large systems with hundreds to hundreds of thousands of parameters
• improving our understanding of fluid turbulence
• developing techniques for reliably estimating the errors in simulations of complex physical phenomena.

Eligibility:
Any university or other institution of higher education, nonprofit or for-profit organization, and non-federal agency or entity is eligible for a grant or cooperative agreement. An unaffiliated individual also is eligible for a grant or cooperative agreement.

Sponsor: Department of the Army
Deadline(s):Open

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for research in the mathematical and computer sciences and their role in the analysis and modeling issues that arise in military sciences, engineering and operations. Areas of research include:

APPLIED ANALYSIS AND PHYSICAL MATHEMATICS--including, advanced solid materials, soil and granular materials, fluid flow, photonic bandgap materials, nonlinear dynamics, and inverse scattering.

COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS--including numerical methods and optimization.

STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS, APPLIED PROBABILITY, AND STATISTICS--including statistical methods.

SYSTEMS AND CONTROL--including control theory, intelligent systems, and design and control of smart structures.

SOFTWARE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS--including software prototyping, development and evolution, formal methods for software engineering, and knowledgebase/database science.

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE--including theoretical computer science.

AUTOMATION, SIMULATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED TOPICS--including robotics.

CURRENT PRIORITIES--while the above research interests reflect the current program, there are higher priority areas among these including: nonlinear analysis with emphasis on design of advanced materials, novel algorithmic approaches for large-scale scientific computing, fast algorithms for real-time applications, stochastic analysis with emphasis on simulation methodology and numerical methods, symbolic methods, computational geometry with emphasis on interactive simulation and virtual prototyping, intelligent systems, large databases/knowledgebases and software systems.

Sponsor: American Statistical Association (ASA)
Deadline(s): April 2007 (anticipated)

Objectives:
The American Statistical Association (ASA), in cooperation with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the creation of an ASA/NCHS Research Fellows Program. The program's objective is to bridge the gap between academic scholars and the government's health research programs. Selected fellows are provided the unique opportunity to work on methodological problems and analytic issues relevant to NCHS programs. They will work on research projects in residence at NCHS, use NCHS data and facilities, and interact with the NCHS staff. The mission of the NCHS is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people.

As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS designs, develops, and maintains more than a dozen data systems that cover the full spectrum of health concerns. These data systems provide essential information to policymakers, to medical researchers, and to others in the health community. Some of the NCHS data systems and surveys are ongoing annual systems while others are conducted periodically at intervals. The center has two major types of data systems: systems based on populations, containing data collected through personal interviews or examinations, and systems based on records, containing data collected from vital and medical records. Data from both of these systems and surveys are released in electronic format, and results are reported in a variety of publications. Fellows will conduct their research at NCHS in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Eligibility:
Applicants for the fellowship program should have a recognized research record and considerable expertise in their areas of proposed research.

Sponsor: United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of the Air Force (USAF); Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Broad Agency Announcement (BAA); Mathematics and Space Sciences
Deadline(s): Continuous

Objectives:
This program aims to develop improved mathematical methods and algorithms that exploit advanced computational capabilities in support of Air Force scientific computing interests. For the most part, this program seeks to develop innovative methods and algorithms that improve modeling and simulation capabilities. These improved capabilities, in turn, enable understanding, prediction, and control of complex physical phenomena crucial to the Air Force. Research in the computational mathematics program enables technological advances in

• aerodynamics and hypersonics
• airbreathing propulsion
• rocket and space propulsion
• high-power microwaves
• structural integrity.

The research also supports the national agenda in high-performance computing.

Eligibility:
AFOSR will consider requests for support of basic research relevant to the Air Force from any organization. Grants are awarded to nonprofit institutions of higher education and to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research. Cooperative agreements or contracts may be awarded to these institutions, as well as to consortia, and commercial concerns.

Sponsor: United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of the Army; Army Research Laboratory (ARL); Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - DAAD19-00-R0010; Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Deadline(s): Continuous

Objectives:
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is issued under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the competitive selection of basic research proposals. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA that are selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 and subsequent amendments. For topic 6.2.1, Numerical Methods, the areas of interest include methods for efficient numerical solution of nonlinear partial differential equations (both time-dependent and steady state), such as adaptive finite difference and finite element methods, high order methods, gridless methods and methods for computing interfaces, such as front tracking and level sets.

Other areas of numerical analysis, such as numerical linear algebra, solution of nonlinear systems and methods for the solution of ordinary differential equations and differential-algebraic equations are of interest to the extent that they address problems of Army interest. Some Army applications may require solutions of numerical problems in real time. The emphasis of the program is on innovative methods for representing data and solving problems, analysis, applicability to Army problems such as rotorcraft flows and penetration mechanics and high performance computing issues, including data management.

Multi-scale, multi-model and closure techniques are needed in several applications of importance to the Army. Failure models and dislocation formation in solid mechanics, turbulence modeling, groundwater flow modeling and transport of airborne toxic agents are representative examples. Numerical methods for solving such problems are of considerable interest.

Eligibility:
Research Proposals are sought from educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and commercial organizations. Non-U.S. firms are advised that security restrictions may apply that could preclude their participation in these efforts. Before preparing a proposal, such firms are requested to contact the ARL security and Counterintelligence Branch (301) 394-4166 concerning their eligibility.

Sponsor: United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of the Army; Army Research Laboratory (ARL); Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - DAAD19-00-R0010; Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Deadline(s): Check website for details

Eligibility:
Research Proposals are sought from educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and commercial organizations. Non-U.S. firms are advised that security restrictions may apply that could preclude their participation in these efforts. Before preparing a proposal, such firms are requested to contact the ARL security and Counterintelligence Branch (301) 394-4166 concerning their eligibility.

Sponsor: National Security Agency (NSA); Mathematical Sciences Program (MSP); Grants for Research in Mathematics and Cryptology
Deadline(s): October 15 annually

Objectives:
The National Security Agency (NSA) Mathematical Sciences Program (MSP) is interested in supporting self-directed research in the following areas of mathematics: algebra, number theory, discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics. NSA is especially interested in supporting pure mathematics relating to the underlying theory, development, analysis, implementation, and application of mathematical algorithms in these areas. This program funds single-year proposals to fund a specific well-publicized conference, a special year, or any other innovative program at a university in one of the six designated research areas. The budget may include travel expenses and honoraria for principal speakers, and travel, meals, and housing expenses for participants.

Eligibility:
This program is designed for mathematical scientists who have demonstrated effectiveness in supervising graduate students. The principal investigators supported by the Mathematical Sciences Program must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents; students and postdoctoral researchers supported by the grant must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who fully intend to become U.S. citizens after the requisite waiting period. To be eligible for an award, the organization must have submitted a certificate of Assurance or Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and be constantly in compliance with the Act.

Sponsor: American Physical Society
Deadline(s): July 2007 (anticipated)

Objectives:
The prize is awarded solely for valuable published contributions made in the field of mathematical physics. "Publication" is defined as either a single paper, a series of papers, a book, or any other communication which can be considered a publication.

Sponsor: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Deadline: October 1 is the target date for submission of proposals in algebra and number theory, analysis, and foundations. Applications in applied mathematics, statistics and probability, geometric analysis, and topology are due November 5. Applications in computational mathematics are due the first week of December, and appications in mathematical biology are due the first week of January.

Objectives:
Support is provided for a wide range of projects aimed at developing and exploring the properties and applications of mathematical structures. In all areas of research, support is provided for both collaborative, multi-investigator research (Mathematical Sciences Research Groups), and for research on modern mathematics theory (Cross Disciplinary Interactions).

Eligibility:
Most grants are awarded to single investigators or small groups of investigators working with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Eligible applicants include colleges and universities, nonprofit, non-academic institutions, for-profit organizations, state and local government agencies, and unaffiliated individuals.

Sponsor: Exxon Mobil Education Foundation
Deadline(s):Open
Objectives:
The sponsor's support is provided for systemic reform at both the K-12 and college level. In addition, funding is also provided for educational purposes related to the sponsor's business interests.

Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are educational organizations and institutions, including schools, colleges, and universities.

Sponsor: Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Selected National Issues
Deadline(s): Continuous

Objectives:
The goal for the Selected National Issues Program is to contribute to major issues of our time in a way appropriate to the foundation's expertise and size. The foundation contributes to an already widely recognized problem only when utilizing a special approach. The broad goal of the Federal Statistics set of grants is to improve the conceptual underpinnings of federal statistics, especially economic statistics. Many such statistics have become increasingly problematic, especially as the economy has come to be dominated by hard-to-measure service activities and information technologies.

A 1998 grant to the Brookings Institution supports work to improve conceptualization and measurement of productivity in the now-dominant service sector of the U.S. economy. A 1998 officer grant enabled the American Statistical Association to convene a high-level workshop of Federal and non-governmental experts to discuss what was needed. During 2000, these efforts contributed meaningfully to actions by the leaderships of key federal statistical agencies to establish two new official advisory committees on federal economic statistics, with memberships that include many of the outstanding non-government experts in the country. The Bureau of Economic Analysis established it's Committee Charge and Membership.

In addition, a tripartite committee and membership was established jointly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of the Census to provide expert advice on statistical questions that cut across the mandates of these there agencies. The foundation is interested in additional promising activities in this area.

Eligibility:
The foundation is generally limited to supporting tax-exempt institutions.

Sponsor:Xcel Energy Foundation
Deadlines: August 2007, May 2007 (anticipated)

Objectives:
The sponser's giving is focused in three areas-building stronger communities, education, and arts and culture: