Closed · 21-538 · CFDA 47.050 · Discretionary

Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

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

$190K+
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $190,000 or more. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,338 other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation.

$190K+
award range
Closed
application status
47.050
CFDA program
1,338
other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation

Archived opportunity record

Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowsh… 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

Application window closed

This listing is no longer accepting applications

Posted Jun 6 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$4,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) offers postdoctoral research fellowships (PRF) to provide opportunities for scientists early in their careers to work within and across traditional disciplinary lines, develop partnerships, and avail themselves of unique research resources, sites and facilities. The fellowship program is intended toprovide beginning investigators of significant potential with experiences that will establish them in positions of leadership in the scientific community. During tenure, Fellows affiliate with a host research organization(s) and conduct research on topics supported by OCE.Fellowships will include participation in a professional development program that emphasizes development of mentoring skills and that coordinates theinvolvementof Fellows in conferences and activities that are focused on increasing the engagement of underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents. Applicants who are women, veterans, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities in STEM, or who have attended community colleges and minority-serving institutions (e.g. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, AlaskaNativeServing Institutions,and Hawaiian Native and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions) are especially encouraged to apply.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 21-538

Grants.gov marks Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowsh… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). 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 (722 peers, 54% of 1,339).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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

Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowsh… 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
  • Geosciences indexes 212 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. National Science Foundation lists 1,338 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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