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Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), is offering a discretionary grant opportunity called the Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) Core Programs (Funding Opportunity Number: 09-555). The aim of this opportunity is to support research and education projects that advance fundamental knowledge in core areas of computing and communications. Specifically, the solicitation is organized around three long-running CCF core programs: Algorithmic Foundations (work on the theory and design of algorithms and related mathematical foundations), Communications and Information Foundations (foundational research in communication systems and information theory broadly construed), and Software and Hardware Foundations (foundational advances related to software systems, programming models, architectures, and the underpinnings that connect software and hardware behavior).

Projects can be proposed in three different size classes, which primarily differ by total budget and allowable duration. Small Projects may request up to $500,000 in total funding for periods of up to three years. Medium Projects may request between $500,001 and $1,200,000 in total funding for periods of up to four years. Large Projects may request between $1,200,001 and $3,000,000 in total funding for periods of up to five years. These tiers are intended to accommodate a range of research scopes, from tightly focused efforts to larger, multi-year agendas that may require broader teams, more substantial infrastructure, or more extensive validation. The solicitation notes that the detailed definitions and expectations for these classes are provided in the Program Description section of the full announcement.

This CCF core-program funding is positioned as complementary to the directorate's Expeditions in Computing program, which supports much larger, more ambitious efforts (up to $10,000,000 total over up to five years). In practical terms, that means the CCF Core Programs are oriented toward foundational contributions and sustained research trajectories at small-to-large scales, while Expeditions represents a separate pathway for exceptionally large, expedition-style projects.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a grant mechanism within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category, listed under CFDA 47.070 (Computer and Information Science and Engineering). The solicitation anticipates approximately 160 awards and estimates total program funding at about $90,000,000. Individual awards range from an award floor of $50,000 up to an award ceiling of $3,000,000, consistent with the Large Project cap. Cost sharing is not required. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any specific clarifications that may appear in the official solicitation text.

The solicitation also provides an annual submission-window structure by project class. Historically, the windows were set as: Small Projects submitted in an August window (8/1 to 8/30), Medium Projects in a November window (11/1 to 11/28), and Large Projects in an early December window (12/1 to 12/17), with these windows repeating annually thereafter. The posting date for the opportunity was April 24, 2009, with the original closing date noted as November 28, 2009, and an archive date of June 9, 2010; the record also indicates that applicants should refer to an updated opportunity (10-572) after the listed current closing date. For proposal preparation and compliance, the announcement points to NSF Publication 09-555 as the authoritative reference.

For access or technical issues, the contact guidance directs applicants to NSF grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov for difficulties accessing the announcement electronically or for problems linking to the funding announcement.

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