Closed · 13-579 · CFDA 47.070 · Discretionary

Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs

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

$50K-$3M
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
200
Expected awards

The verdict

Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $50,000 -- $3,000,000 across 200 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.

$50K-$3M
award range
Closed
application status
200
expected awards
47.070
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Computing and Communication Foundations is closed. The parent program page for CFDA 47.070 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

Application window closed

This listing is no longer accepting applications

Posted Jul 15 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$100,000,000

Expected Awards

200

Instrument

Grant

Description

CISE’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs:The Algorithmic Foundations (AF) program;The Communications and Information Foundations (CIF) program; andThe Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF) program.Proposers are invited to submit proposals in three project classes, which are defined as follows:Small Projects - up to $500,000 total budget with durations up to three years;Medium Projects - $500,001 to $1,200,000 total budget with durations up to four years; andLarge Projects - $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 total budget with durations up to five years.A more complete description of the three project classes can be found in section II. Program Description of this document.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 13-579

Grants.gov marks Computing and Communication Foundations 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: Grant. 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 47.070

Computer and Information Science and Engineering

National Science Foundation

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Computing and Communication Foundations is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 47.070 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Computer and Information Science and Engineer… indexes 150 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. National Science Foundation lists 1,338 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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