Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology - Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering
U.S. National Science Foundation
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- Posted
- Dec 17, 2025
- Amount
- $100,000 - $2,000,000
- Closes
- Aug 7, 2026 (in 22 days)
- Last verified
- Jul 16, 2026
Classification and identifiers
- Solicitation number
- 24-562
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 47.076
Amount
$100,000 - $2,000,000
Who can apply
Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Minority Serving Institutions (see definition below) that are Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs) and offer master’s or research doctoral degrees in NSF-supported STEM fields are eligible to submit. Emerging Research Institutionsare those that have less than $50,000,000 inresearchexpenditures per year as reported at https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd in three of the last five years. For this solicitation, MSIs are defined as institutions, at the time of proposal submission, that have enrollments of 50% or moreU.S. resident students (non-international) (based on total student enrollment) who are members of minority groups underrepresented among those holding advanced degrees in ...
About this opportunity
The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions (MSIs) as defined in this solicitation’s Eligibility section, through effective integration of education and research. The CREST program, composed of the CREST Centers, the CREST Postdoctoral Research Program, and the projects supported by this CREST-RISE solicitation, promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty and postdoctoral scholars, and an expanded presence of research doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, especially those from underrepresented groups. CREST-RISE is the component of the CREST program that sup...