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Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and its Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), offered this grant opportunity to support research and education projects that advance fundamental knowledge in computing and communications. The solicitation focuses on core, foundational work rather than narrow application development, aiming to strengthen the theoretical and systems underpinnings that future technologies depend on. The program is organized around three core areas: Algorithmic Foundations (work on the design, analysis, and limits of algorithms and computational processes), Communications and Information Foundations (work on the fundamental principles behind communication, networking, information theory, signal processing, and related areas), and Software and Hardware Foundations (work on the underlying principles, models, tools, and architectures that make reliable, efficient software and hardware possible).

A key feature of the opportunity is that it accepts proposals in three different project size classes, allowing teams to choose a scope that matches their goals and capacity. Small Projects can request up to $500,000 in total budget for projects lasting up to three years. Medium Projects range from $500,001 to $1,200,000 in total budget with durations up to four years. Large Projects range from $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 in total budget with durations up to five years. The solicitation notes that a fuller explanation of these classes is provided in the Program Description section of the original document, but the main idea is that investigators can propose anything from a compact, targeted effort to a larger, longer-term research agenda, with budgets and timelines scaled accordingly.

This CCF Core Programs funding is positioned as complementary to NSF CISEs larger-scale "Expeditions in Computing" investments. While CCF supports Small, Medium, and Large awards up to $3 million, Expeditions projects are described as a separate mechanism for especially ambitious, community-shaping efforts funded up to $10 million over as many as five years. In other words, CCF Core Programs are meant to cover a broad portfolio of foundational research and education projects across the community, while Expeditions provide a path for a smaller number of very large, high-impact initiatives.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a discretionary grant program in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category. It carried CFDA number 47.070 (Computer and Information Science and Engineering). The estimated total funding amount listed is $100,000,000, with an expected 200 awards, an award floor of $50,000, and an award ceiling of $3,000,000. Cost sharing or matching is not required. Eligibility is listed as "unrestricted," meaning proposals could be submitted by any type of entity as allowed by NSF rules and any additional eligibility details in the solicitation text.

The specific opportunity referenced is NSF Publication/Funding Opportunity Number 12-581, posted July 10, 2012, with an original closing date of November 30, 2012. It is now archived and was replaced by NSF 13-579, indicating that NSF continued the program in an updated solicitation after this one closed. For access issues related to the announcement, the listing points applicants to NSF grants.gov support via grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.

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