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Growing Convergence Research

Funds teams from genuinely different disciplines to attack one hard problem together — $1.2 million to $3.6 million each.

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Convergence research is NSF's name for something more demanding than working across disciplines. Its test has two parts. The research has to be driven by a specific, compelling problem — a deep scientific question or a pressing societal need. And the integration has to go deep, until the knowledge, theories, methods, data, communities and even the languages of the disciplines involved are genuinel

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

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