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Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes

Funds national mathematics institutes — between $1.5 million and $6.5 million each to gather the field around problems that matter now.

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NSF funds a small number of mathematical sciences institutes as national resources. What they do is bring people together: programmes that push discovery and spread it, aimed at problems the field judges important and timely, and at connections to other disciplines where mathematics can do real work.

An institute is not a department. NSF's condition is that it acts as a community resource, involv

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

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