Science & Research · Active
Research Opportunity Awards · NSF · High-volume · mid band
Research Opportunity Awards (CFDA 47.049) - federal assistance administered by National Science Foundation (NSF), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $100K–$500K
- Typical award range
- 210
- Indexed opportunities
- 19
- Open now
- NSF
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Research Opportunity Awards ranks #10 of 504, #10 of 21 within NSF, and #44 of 44 among Science & Research programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 47.049 is an active Science & Research program with 210 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 19 are open for application.
- $100K–$500K
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- September 15
- next application deadline
- $6.5 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 9%
- of the catalog is Science & Research
Research Opportunity Awards · floor-band ceiling on a busy book (#456/502)
Research Opportunity Awards sits below most listed ceilings (9th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
Research Opportunity Awards vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$500,000 Top 91% higher than 9% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-08-06
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 47.049 · NSF VOL-HIGH · #10/504
VOL-HIGH · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MID · ELIG-EDU · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-HIGH 210 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #10/504
- NEAR-PEER Mental Health Researc… · 93.242
- NOFO-OPEN 19 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MID $100K–$500K
- ELIG-EDU Educational institution
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 210 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Science & Research: Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) (±25 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 47.049
VOL-HIGH · #10/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±25 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestResearch Opportunit… · this listingMental Health Resea… · nearDrug Abuse Research… · nearAlcohol Research Ce… · nearNoyce Scholarship P… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($100,000 to $500,000) with a hot opportunity book (210 indexed rows) under CFDA 47.049. Research Opportunity Awards is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 95%.
Assistance Listing text · NSF
Grants to enable researchers at primarily undergraduate institutions to conduct research.
Campus applicant desk · Science & Research
Educational institutions are the sole printed applicant type for CFDA 47.049. Research Opportunity Awards reads as a campus Assistance Listing, not a civic or commercial open desk.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 47.049
93% of the 155 indexed listings under CFDA 47.049 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Research Opportunity Awards typically uses to move money. 1% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $1.8 billion across 107 listings (avg $16.7 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 2,254 across 91 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 47.049, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 47.049
Only 19 of 155 indexed listings under CFDA 47.049 are open (12%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $300 to $40.0 million (133333×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 100% of listings carry the Science and Technology / R&D (ST) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 19 open · 136 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $700,000 (47 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Science and Technology / R&D (ST)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
NSF · administering agency
National Science Foundation
STEM research, science education, and innovation grants for universities and researchers.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 47.049 19 Open
Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes
Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program
Statistics
Computational Mathematics
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants
Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences
Plasma Physics
Applied Mathematics
Geometric Analysis
Topology
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (210 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 47.049: 210 indexed opportunities · 19 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing 23-606 (closes September 15, 2026) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- National Science Foundation (NSF) administers 21 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Museums for America Grants (45.313). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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