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Nevada System of Higher Education, Desert Research Institute: 28 NSF awards ($33.5M), fiscal years 2021 to 2026
Nevada System of Higher Education, Desert Research Institute in Reno, NV is funded under 28 NSF awards ($33.5M) in the NIH and NSF award files, read 2026-11-04. NIH fiscal years 2021 to 2025; NSF fiscal years 2022 to 2026.
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Awards
28 awards in the window.
| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Infrastructure: Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:IP) Genome Infrastructure catalyzing next Generation Antarctic Data, Access, Tools and Analytics | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2026 | $18,462,873 | October 1, 2026 | September 30, 2031 | Alison E Murray | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: FEC: Optical Properties of Mineral Dust Aerosols: Building Capacity for Use-Inspired Applications Through Experimental and Theoretical Investigations | NSF | Office of Integrative Activities | 2025 | $3,260,118 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2029 | Hans Moosmuller | nsf.gov |
| FIRE: FireScape Nevada: Multiscale Wildfire Risk Modeling and Community-Led Planning in Nevada's Wildland-Urban Interface | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $2,314,992 | September 15, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Amanda Keen-Zebert | nsf.gov |
| NSFGEO-DFG: Uncovering Atmospheric Composition during the Past 14,000 Years Using European Ice Cores | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $805,958 | February 1, 2027 | January 31, 2030 | Joseph R McConnell | nsf.gov |
| MRI Track 1: Acquisition of a Photoionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (PI-TOFMS) to Advance Environmental Research in Water, Soil, and Air | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $780,823 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Judith C Chow | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ANT LIA: Diving into the Ecology of an Antarctic Ascidian-Microbiome-Palmerolide Association using a Multi-omic and Functional Approach | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $734,554 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | Alison E Murray | nsf.gov |
| Chemistry of post-fire soil water repellency | NSF | Chemistry Section | 2025 | $598,653 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Vera Samburova | nsf.gov |
| Investigating Roman Era, Black Death, and Industrial Era Pollution Sources Using Inverse Modeling of Lead Isotopes in an Array of High-Resolution Arctic Ice Cores | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $594,726 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Sophia M Wensman | nsf.gov |
| Angularly Resolved Light Scattering from Mineral Dust Particles: A Unified Approach Using Q-and Theta-Space Analysis | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $571,485 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Prakash Gautam | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: North American ice patches: Assessing formation, morphology, and persistence through the Holocene and links to climate, humans, and the environment | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $503,027 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Nathan J Chellman | nsf.gov |
| Differentiating Cyclogenesis with and without Large Amplitude Mesoscale Gravity Waves: Implications for Rapidly Varying Heavy Precipitation and Gusty Winds | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $500,781 | January 15, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Michael L Kaplan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: CAIG: Physics-Informed Conditional Generative Inversion of Fracture Fields | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $499,863 | October 1, 2026 | September 30, 2029 | Rishi Parashar | nsf.gov |
| Equipment: MRI: Track #1 Acquisition of electron spin resonance spectrometer for radiation exposure dating | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $440,562 | September 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Kathleen Rodrigues | nsf.gov |
| Holocene Precipitation and Snowpack Reconstruction of the South-Central Sierra Nevada from Integrated Shoreline, Glacial, and Watershed-Lake Hydrologic Modeling | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $425,988 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Steven N Bacon | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Investigating the Rate of Potential Biological in Situ Gas Production of CO and CH4 in Arctic Ice | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2022 | $378,322 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2025 | Nathan J Chellman | nsf.gov |
| EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Quantifying Impacts and Optimizing Benefits of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations in Nevada | NSF | Office of Integrative Activities | 2025 | $299,789 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Christine M Albano | nsf.gov |
| EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Understanding Low Cloud Evolution and their Interactions with Aerosols Using Observations, Machine Learning, and Modeling | NSF | Office of Integrative Activities | 2026 | $299,567 | February 1, 2027 | January 31, 2029 | Ehsan Erfani | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: Initial Phase of Development of a Molecular Isomer Resolving Aerosol Collector and Analyzer (MIRACA) | NSF | Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences | 2023 | $297,176 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | Andrey Y Khlystov | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Aeolian Grain Entrainment Over Flexible Vegetation Canopies: Theoretical Models, Laboratory Experiments and Fieldwork | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $296,534 | November 1, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | John A Gillies | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Urban-resolving Modeling System - Urban Heat Island, Urban Hydrology, Air Pollution, and Aerosol-Cloud Interaction Nexus | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $291,216 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | John F Mejia | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: CFS (Track III): Centers for Transformative Environmental Monitoring Programs (CTEMPs) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $190,072 | July 15, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Mark Hausner | nsf.gov |
| Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Planning the future of the Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment | NSF | BIO - Core Programs | 2023 | $181,218 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2027 | Timothy J Brown | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: Progressive Derecho Initiation and Propagation in Specific Physical Corridors as Determined by Mesoscale D-PSI Vectors | NSF | Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences | 2022 | $176,735 | September 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Michael L Kaplan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAR-Climate: Ecohydrological responses to climate change: Changing flowpaths, aging groundwaters, and alterations to aquatic ecosystems | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2022 | $172,232 | February 15, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | John W Umek | nsf.gov |
| Planning: ANT LIA Planning an Antarctic Omics Initiative (AOI) to Advance Understanding of the Evolution and Adaptive Potential of Antarctic Organisms | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $172,198 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Alison E Murray | nsf.gov |
| Quantification of the Impact of Hydrologic Controls on Anomalous Solute Transport and Mixing Dynamics in Partially Saturated Porous Media | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2024 | $166,965 | April 1, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | Lazaro J Perez | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Investigating tree rings as archives for atmospheric Hg concentrations using Hg, carbon isotopes, and comparisons to other proxies | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2022 | $57,763 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | Monica M Arienzo | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Evaluation of post-wildfire effects on soil physical and chemical properties in response to the Caldor and Tamarack fires near Lake Tahoe | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2022 | $39,389 | November 1, 2021 | October 31, 2022 | Brad Sion | nsf.gov |
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 4 | $20,068,261 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 10 | $8,253,571 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 7 | $2,021,389 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 7 | $2,047,382 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 6 | $956,011 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
| Open opportunity | Number | Agency | Listing | Closes | Award ceiling | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) | 26-512 | NSF | 47.050 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.050 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support | 23-525 | NSF | 47.050 | January 11, 2027 | $47.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 23-520 | NSF | 47.050 | January 21, 2027 | $1 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.050 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) | 22-615 | NSF | 47.050 | February 16, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | 22-603 | NSF | 47.050 | March 1, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 26-506 | NSF | 47.050 | March 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 24-528 | NSF | 47.050 | April 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.050 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.050 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.050 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | 23-601 | NSF | 47.050 | August 18, 2027 | $500,000 | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) | 23-598 | NSF | 47.050 | October 19, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program | 25-549 | NSF | 47.050 | October 6, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) | 22-639 | NSF | 47.050 | October 7, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) | 14-579 | NSF | 47.050 | October 14, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
| Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core) | 26-516 | NSF | 47.050 | October 27, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 19 awards here |
Updated November 4, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-04). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.