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NSF program Polar Special Initiatives (017Y00): 26 awards, $23.3M to 21 organizations
26 NSF awards ($23.3M) under the program element Polar Special Initiatives (017Y00) to 21 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.
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- Program element code
- 017Y00
- Directorate
- Office of the Director
- Division
- Office of Polar Programs
Awards
26 awards in the window.
| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Drilling Program | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $9,959,758 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | Mary R Albert | nsf.gov |
| Polar STEAM: Where Curiosity Thrives | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $4,000,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2028 | Kari B O'Connell | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Imaging the Beginning of Time from the South Pole: Completing the BICEP Array Survey | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $2,530,198 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | John M Kovac | nsf.gov |
| Experiential and international polar science education for U.S. students in Greenland (JSEP) and Antarctica (JASE) | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $1,278,527 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Ross A Virginia | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Constraining Iceberg Size Distributions and their Climate Impacts in Models | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $784,598 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Till J Wagner | nsf.gov |
| REU Site: Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Cryospheric Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder | NSF | Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences | 2022 | $524,512 | September 1, 2022 | April 25, 2025 | Weiqing Han | nsf.gov |
| Polar Early Career Chief Scientist Training Program | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $405,080 | March 15, 2024 | February 28, 2027 | Emily Eidam | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ANT LIA: Cumacean -Omics to Measure Mode of Adaptation to Antarctica (COMMAA) | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $399,953 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Sarah A Gerken | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: REU Site Mystic Aquarium: Plankton to Whales: Consequences of Global Change within Marine Ecosystems | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2024 | $392,786 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | Tracy A Romano | nsf.gov |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship: OPP-PRF: Identifying Central and Peripheral Thermosensors in Eurythermal and Stenothermal Arctic Fishes | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2023 | $358,622 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2027 | Julia M York | nsf.gov |
| REU Site: Research Experience in Cold Climate Engineering and Science | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $354,550 | October 15, 2024 | September 30, 2027 | Getu Hailu | nsf.gov |
| OPP-PRF: Oceanographic Drivers of Nearshore and Landfast Sea Ice Seasonal Transitions | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $335,701 | March 1, 2025 | February 29, 2028 | Laura Crews | nsf.gov |
| OPP-PRF: The predictive capacity of ocean heat gain and autumn freeze up dates on seasonal sea ice extent from three reanalyses and the CESM2 Large Ensemble | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $280,026 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2027 | Meghan N Schaberg | nsf.gov |
| OPP-PRF: Remote Pathways of Ocean Heat Transport toward the Antarctic Ice Sheet | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $231,050 | October 15, 2024 | January 31, 2027 | Channing J Prend | nsf.gov |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship: OPP-PRF: Constraining the Impacts of Snowfall and Storm Events on the Coupled Antarctic Sea Ice and Ocean State | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $231,050 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2026 | Ethan C Campbell | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: REU Site: Arctic REU Greenland - Earth and Environmental Processes from the Inland Ice to the Ocean along the Aasivissuit-Nipisat World Heritage Corridor | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2023 | $219,714 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Joseph L Allen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: REU Site: Arctic REU Greenland - Earth and Environmental Processes from the Inland Ice to the Ocean along the Aasivissuit-Nipisat World Heritage Corridor | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2023 | $219,366 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Colin A Shaw | nsf.gov |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship: OPP-PRF: Deciphering the Role of Phytoplankton Community Composition in Southern Ocean Carbon Fluxes | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2023 | $212,172 | January 1, 2024 | June 30, 2026 | Hannah L Joy-Warren | nsf.gov |
| Engaging Indigenous Youth in Sustainability Science | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2022 | $106,906 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2024 | Holly Parker | nsf.gov |
| Planning: Beyond Ice | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2023 | $99,999 | May 15, 2023 | April 30, 2025 | James R Temte | nsf.gov |
| Planning: Pathways to Transforming Arctic Science Programs | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2024 | $99,403 | April 15, 2024 | April 25, 2025 | Nigel Golden | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ClimPraxis: Creating a Climate Community of Praxis for Mid-Career Researchers | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2024 | $86,008 | August 1, 2024 | November 30, 2024 | Leigh A Stearns | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ClimPraxis: Creating a Climate Community of Praxis for Mid-Career Researchers | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2025 | $86,008 | October 1, 2024 | August 31, 2026 | Leigh A Stearns | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Polaris Project - Catalyzing Change in the Arctic Research Community | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2022 | $70,235 | February 1, 2022 | July 31, 2024 | Seeta Sistla | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 2023 STEM Summer Camp for Indigenous Middle School Students in Utqiagvik, Alaska | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2023 | $49,615 | March 15, 2023 | December 31, 2024 | Ming Xiao | nsf.gov |
| Blue Planet III | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2025 | $1 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2027 | Sarah H Conner | nsf.gov |
Organizations
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,381,243 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 7 | $5,036,851 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 16 | $8,087,567 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 10 | $3,215,361 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 7 | $4,438,573 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.078 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.078 as 20 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.078 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.078 as 20 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.078 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.078 as 20 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | 23-601 | NSF | 47.078 | August 18, 2027 | $500,000 | Same assistance listing 47.078 as 20 awards here |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) | 23-598 | NSF | 47.078 | October 19, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.078 as 20 awards here |
| National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program | 25-549 | NSF | 47.078 | October 6, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.078 as 20 awards here |
| Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) | 14-579 | NSF | 47.078 | October 14, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.078 as 20 awards here |
| 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 2 awards here |
| U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs: | 26-513 | NSF | 47.076 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.076 as 2 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY) | 26-507 | NSF | 47.076 | November 18, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.076 as 2 awards here |
| Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) | 23-595 | NSF | 47.076 | December 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.076 as 2 awards here |
| IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) | 23-584 | NSF | 47.076 | December 9, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.076 as 2 awards here |
| Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) | 21-595 | NSF | 47.076 | January 11, 2027 | $3.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.076 as 2 awards here |
| Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support | 23-525 | NSF | 47.050 | January 11, 2027 | $47.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 2 awards here |
| Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) | 23-510 | NSF | 47.076 | January 20, 2027 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.076 as 2 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 2 awards here |
| Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC) | 25-515 | NSF | 47.076 | January 25, 2027 | $1.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.076 as 2 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 2 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 2 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 2 awards here |
Updated November 3, 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 2026-11-02). 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.