Closed · 12-550 · CFDA 47.050 · Discretionary

Earthscope

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
25
Expected awards

The verdict

Earthscope is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered Varies by applicant across 25 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,338 other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
25
expected awards
47.050
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Earthscope is closed. The parent program page for CFDA 47.050 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. National Science Foundation still indexes 1,338 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

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Posted Apr 9 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$6,000,000

Expected Awards

25

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

EarthScope is an Earth science program to explore the 4-dimensional structure of the North American continent. The EarthScope Program provides a framework for broad, integrated studies across the Earth sciences, including research on fault properties and the earthquake process, strain transfer, magmatic and hydrous fluids in the crust and mantle, plate boundary processes, large-scale continental deformation, continental structure and evolution, and composition and structure of the deep Earth. In addition, EarthScope offers a centralized forum for Earth science education at all levels and an excellent opportunity to develop cyberinfrastructure to integrate, distribute, and analyze diverse data sets. The EarthScope Facility, consisting of the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), and the USArray, is a multi-purpose array of instruments and observatories that greatly expands the observational capabilities of the Earth sciences and permits us to advance our understanding of the structure, evolution and dynamics of the North American continent. This Solicitation calls for single or collaborative proposals to conduct scientific research and/or education and outreach activities within North America that make use of capabilities and/or data provided through the EarthScope Facility to further the scientific and educational goals of EarthScope.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 12-550

Grants.gov marks Earthscope with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. National Science Foundation book (614 peers, 46% of 1,339).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 47.050

Geosciences

National Science Foundation

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Earthscope is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 47.050 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
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  • U.S. National Science Foundation lists 1,338 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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