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NSF program MID-SCALE INSTRUMENTATION (125700): 14 awards, $148.4M to 11 organizations
14 NSF awards ($148.4M) under the program element MID-SCALE INSTRUMENTATION (125700) to 11 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-04.
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- Program element code
- 125700
- Directorate
- Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Division
- Astronomical Science Section
Awards
14 awards in the window.
| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSF's NOIRLab: Management and Operations of the Directorate, Mid-Scale Observatories, and the Community Science and Data Center (NOIRLab Base) | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2022 | $103,962,210 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2027 | Charles Mattias Mountain | nsf.gov |
| South Pole Telescope Operations and Data Products | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2024 | $7,829,781 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2030 | Thomas M Crawford | nsf.gov |
| Consortium Proposal for CMB-S4 Continuing Design | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2023 | $7,798,006 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2026 | John E Carlstrom | nsf.gov |
| The NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center | NSF | Physics Section | 2026 | $5,950,041 | June 1, 2026 | November 30, 2027 | Maura A McLaughlin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Imaging the Beginning of Time from the South Pole: Completing the BICEP Array Survey | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $3,977,406 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Clement L Pryke | nsf.gov |
| WoU-MMA: Development of the Optical Alignment Systems for the Medium-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array | NSF | Physics Section | 2023 | $3,904,416 | September 15, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | David A Williams | nsf.gov |
| High Angular Resolution Community Science at the CHARA Array | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2024 | $3,500,000 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Gail H Schaefer | nsf.gov |
| MRI: Development of an Exoplanet Imaging Spectrograph for Keck Observatory | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2022 | $3,052,322 | September 1, 2022 | February 28, 2027 | Stephanie E Sallum | nsf.gov |
| Measuring the Largest Angular-Scale CMB Polarization from a Ground-based Surveyor | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2025 | $2,831,003 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2028 | Tobias A Marriage | nsf.gov |
| Frontier Science with the Event Horizon Telescope | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2025 | $2,606,099 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2027 | Vincent L Fish | nsf.gov |
| Enabling Synergistic Science between the Rubin Observatory and the Zwicky Transient Facility | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2024 | $1,593,307 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Mansi M Kasliwal | nsf.gov |
| US Community Access to the Large Millimeter Telescope | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2026 | $589,000 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2028 | Min Yun | nsf.gov |
| Resolving the Transition Between Galactic and Extragalactic Cosmic Rays with the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array | NSF | Physics Section | 2023 | $574,603 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Andrew Romero-Wolf | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Accelerated Deployment of EDGES for Cosmic Dawn Observations | NSF | Division Of Astronomical Sciences | 2024 | $187,021 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2025 | Colin J Lonsdale | nsf.gov |
Organizations
| Organization | Place | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. | Tucson, AZ | 0 | $0 | 1 | $104 million |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 0 | $0 | 2 | $15.6 million |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | Morgantown, WV | 0 | $0 | 1 | $6 million |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4 million |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3.9 million |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3.5 million |
| University of California-Irvine | Irvine, CA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3.1 million |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2.8 million |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.8 million |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.2 million |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $589,000 |
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 5 | $29,888,573 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 5 | $34,442,715 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 8 | $36,205,695 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 5 | $39,339,273 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 3 | $8,478,959 |
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 | 47.049 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants | 22-624 | NSF | 47.049 | November 16, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Applied Mathematics | PD-16-1266 | NSF | 47.049 | November 16, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Plasma Physics | PD-23-1242 | NSF | 47.049 | November 16, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.049 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Computational Mathematics | PD-16-1271 | NSF | 47.049 | December 1, 2026 | $1.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Statistics | PD-18-1269 | NSF | 47.049 | December 15, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 23-520 | NSF | 47.049 | January 21, 2027 | $1 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC) | 25-515 | NSF | 47.049 | January 25, 2027 | $1.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.049 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program | PD-20-1260 | NSF | 47.049 | February 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.049 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.049 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC) | 26-524 | NSF | 47.049 | February 11, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 26-506 | NSF | 47.049 | March 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) | 24-586 | NSF | 47.049 | April 6, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 24-528 | NSF | 47.049 | April 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.049 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.049 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.049 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 14 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.