Closed · 10-566 · CFDA 47.049;47.050;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080 · 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
35
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 35 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-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
35
expected awards
47.049;47.050;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Research Coordination Networks (RCN) 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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Posted May 21 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$17,500,000

Expected Awards

35

Instrument

Grant

Description

The goal of this program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies are especially encouraged. Groups of investigators will be supported to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic and international boundaries. Proposed networking activities directed to the general RCN program should focus on a theme to give coherence to the collaboration, such as a broad research question or particular technologies or approaches. The general RCN program will provide review for proposals to participating core programs and directorates listed in the solicitation, excepting Mathematical & Physical Sciences. Proposals involving mathematical and physical scientists will be accepted under the targeted physical/life science interface track described below. Additional targeted tracks within the RCN programs are intended to foster linkages across selected directorates.RCN-UBE: The Undergraduate Biology Education track could focus on any topic likely to lead to improved participation, learning, or assessment in undergraduate biology curricula. RCN-PLS: The physical/life science interface track focuses on topics at the interface of the biological and either the mathematical or physical sciences.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 10-566

Grants.gov marks Research Coordination Networks (RCN) 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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Research Coordination Networks (RCN) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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