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Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences

Funds the mathematics and statistics needed to answer biological and biomedical questions, up to $1.2 million. NSF and NIH pay jointly.

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NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH run this together. What it funds is the mathematics and statistics itself — the fundamental work needed to answer questions in the biological and biomedical sciences, rather than the biology those methods are applied to.

Both agencies say the same thing about why: research at the interface betwee…

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Last verified: 27 Aug 2026Source: www.nsf.gov