Closed · 22-625 · CFDA 47.050 · Discretionary
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $90K+
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 12
- Expected awards
The verdict
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $90,000 or more across 12 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.
- $90K+
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 12
- expected awards
- 47.050
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships 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
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Est. Total Funding
$2,160,000
Expected Awards
12
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to recent recipients of doctoral degrees to conduct an integrated program of independent research and professional development. Fellowship proposals must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplinary programs and must align with the overall theme for the postdoctoral program. Fellowship proposals that address questions at the intersections of several EAR disciplinary programs, such as interdisciplinary critical zone (CZ) science or topics related to Cooperative Studies of Earth’s Deep Interior (CSEDI), are also appropriate. The program supports researchers for a period of up to two years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice (including institutions abroad). The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential, and provide them with research experience, mentorship, and training that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. Because the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in their career, doctoral advisors are encouraged to discuss the availability of EAR postdoctoral fellowships with their graduate students early in their doctoral programs. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows. EAR has made it a priority to address challenges in creating an inclusive geoscience discipline through activities that increase belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BAJEDI). Proposers are encouraged to explicitly address this particular priority in their proposed activities. Proposers who are women, veterans, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), or who have attended two-year colleges and minority-serving institutions for undergraduate or graduate school, or plan to conduct their fellowship activities at one of these institutions (e.g. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Alaska Native Serving Institutions, and Hawaiian Native and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions) are especially encouraged to apply.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 22-625
Grants.gov marks Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Geosciences
National Science Foundation
Agency Contact
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What to do next
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships 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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