Closed · 15-527 · CFDA 47.041;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.083 · Discretionary
Research Coordination Networks (RCN)
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $50K-$500K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 25
- Expected awards
The verdict
Research Coordination Networks (RCN) is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $50,000 -- $500,000 across 25 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $50K-$500K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 25
- expected awards
- 47.041;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.083
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Research Coordination Networks (RCN) - is cataloged under number 15-527 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 47.041;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.083, posted by U.S. National Science Foundation. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on June 6, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $50,000 -- $500,000. The agency has projected $12.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 25 awards. If the agency funds the expected 25 awards from the $12.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $500,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity is closed. Monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements in the next funding cycle. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$50,000 -- $500,000
Close Date
Not specified
Proposals accepted anytime
Posted
June 6, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$12,500,000
Expected Awards
25
Instrument
Grant
Description
The goal of the RCN program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic and international boundaries. RCN provides opportunities to foster new collaborations,including international partnerships,and addressinterdisciplinary topics.Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, and development of community standards for data and meta-dataare especially encouraged. RCN awards are not meant to support existing networks;nor are they meant to support the activities of established collaborations. RCN awards do not support primary research. RCN supports the means by which investigators can share information and ideas, coordinate ongoing or planned research activities, foster synthesis and new collaborations, develop community standards, and in other ways advance science and education through communication and sharing of ideas. Proposed networking activities directed to the RCN program shouldfocus ona theme to give coherence to the collaboration, such as a broad research question or particular technologies or approaches. Participating core programs inthe Directorates for Biological Sciences(BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Geosciences (GEO), Engineering (ENG) andSocial, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) will accept General (non-targeted) RCNproposals. Some submission deadlines for the general RCN proposals vary by program; consult program websites. BIO is joined by the Directorate for Education and Human Resources(EHR) in the Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) track described below. The following targeted track within the RCN programs is intended to foster linkages between BIO and EHR. RCN-UBE: The Undergraduate Biology Education track focuses on any topic likely to lead to improved participation, learning, or assessment in undergraduate biology education and follows the same guidelines outlined below for the general RCN program. Note: Because it addresses undergraduate biology education, the RCN-UBE track is offered in alignment with the NSF-wide undergraduate STEM education initiative, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE). More information about IUSE can be found in the Program Description section of this solicitation. Several other NSF solicitations accept RCN proposals, or supportresearch networkingactivities ifappropriate to the solicitation. Please see section IX. Other Information of this solicitation for a listing of these programs.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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