Closed · 09-612 · CFDA 47.078 · Discretionary

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research

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

$75K+
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
5
Expected awards

The verdict

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $75,000 or more across 5 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.

$75K+
award range
Closed
application status
5
expected awards
47.078
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Res… is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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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Est. Total Funding

$1,000,000

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research program supports training and research for recent doctoral degree recipients in any aspect of scientific study of the Antarctic and/or the Arctic within the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) program areas (http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP). The program also provides travel grants to those eligible for fellowships for the purpose of meeting prospective mentors and colleagues, presenting seminars, discussing mutual research and/or education interests, evaluating facilities and professional development opportunities, and initiating collaborative relationships.The fellowship program develops and trains recent Ph.D.s (especially those new to polar research) with concomitant goals topromote scientific research in polar regions;support innovative research in emerging areas;encourage interdisciplinary research;foster activities that create broader impacts for science and society; andincrease the participation of under-represented groups in polar regions research.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 09-612

Grants.gov marks Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Res… 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)

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