Find Your Funding Opportunity
Smart and Connected Communities
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Funding Available
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Match Required
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Federal
NSF |
04-04-2025 | $23.3 M | No Match Required |
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Final Application Due Date
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Funding Available
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Match Required
Status
- Expected Number of Awards 40
- Opportunity Type Discretionary
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CFDA
47.041 -- Engineering
47.050 -- Geosciences
47.070 -- Computer and Information Science and Engineering
47.075 -- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
47.076 -- STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)
Description
The purpose of the NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program solicitation is to accelerate the creation of novel intelligent technologies and concepts through high-risk/high-reward research that addresses major challenges and issues faced by communities across the US. A “smart and connected community” is defined as a community that synergistically integrates intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments and with the functions of civic institutions and organizations. Proposals submitted to the program should be designed to advance one or more of the following community priorities: economic opportunity and growth; safety and security; human and environmental health and wellness; accessibility of critical services and resources; and the overall quality of life for those who live, work, learn, or travel within the community. To meet the goals of the program, researchers should work with community stakeholders to identify and define challenges the community faces, using that interaction and input to generate high-impact, use-inspired, basic research that advances science and engineering.
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Additional Eligibility Information
*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of sub-awards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus.
Key Date(s)
- December 20, 2024: Last Updated Date
- December 20, 2024: Posted Date
- April 04, 2025: Current Closing Date for Applications
- April 04, 2025: Application Due Date
- December 08, 2027: Application Archive Date
Contact Information
NSF grants.gov support
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov