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NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG)

The AAG program funds individual and collaborative research in astronomy and astrophysics, including observational, theoretical, laboratory, archival-data studies, and projects or tools that enable research. Proposals must clearly demonstrate the astronomical context, follow NSF PAPPG requirements, and may include RUI and CDS&E submissions; some activities (e.g., RAPID, EAGER, conference p…

Source

Agency: National Science Foundation

Award

Total Funding: $50M

Total Awards Given 100

Dates

Application Deadline: November 16, 2026

Eligibility

individual

industry:education

industry:research

Keywords

astronomy research

astrophysics

observational-astronomy

theoretical-astrophysics

archival-data

instrumentation

rui

computational-astrophysics

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