MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)
Funds astronomy research, instrumentation and new approaches through one door — a $100 million pool.
NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences directorate routes its astronomical sciences programmes through this notice, funding both the research and the instruments that make it possible.
Three programmes are covered: Astronomical Sciences Core Research, Astronomical Sciences Technology Instrumentation, and Astronomical Sciences Innovations.
NSF names what this work underwrites — predicting solar…
Astronomical sciences through one solicitation — core research, technology and instrumentation, and innovations — covering exploration of space and fundamental understanding of the universe.
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