Can NSF Funding be a Good Option to Support Your Research Program?

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. One of our University of Kentucky Proposal Development Office staff who works with NSF proposals and an NSF-funded investigator who also served as a rotating program officer with NSF provides:
• An overview of the National Science Foundation
• A review of NSF funding mechanisms and basic grant requirements
• Considerations on whether NSF might be a good fit for your research