[ESIP-all] FAIROS (FAIR and Open Science) funding opportunity (NSF 25-533) - deadline April 9, 2025

[Martin, Raleigh]

Dear colleagues,

I am writing to alert you of a recently-published NSF funding opportunity for advancing FAIR principles and open science: NSF 25-533: Finable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS), https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/fairos-findable-accessible-interoperable-reusable-open-science/nsf25-533/solicitation. The full proposal deadline is April 9, 2025.

FAIROS proposals must select one of two tracks, either: 1) Disciplinary Improvements to targeted scientific communities, or 2) Cross-Cutting Improvements that apply to many or most scientific disciplines.

For the research communities served by the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO): Proposals are encouraged toward establishing foundational principles for Research Data Management (RDM) in support of scientific domains associated with GEO programs (https://www.nsf.gov/funding/programs.jsp?org=GEO). This includes efforts that translate open science principles (e.g., FAIR, CARE, TRUST) into practical guidelines and/or standards for RDM within geoscience research workflows. GEO particularly welcomes proposals that support RDM across the full data lifecycle, including advancement of approaches that leverage persistent identifiers (PIDs) to expose connections among publications, data, and other research products to assess impact and broaden credit for research contributions. Proposers primarily pursuing community-building, education/training, or culture change activities to instill open science practices within specific geoscience domains may wish to instead consider submissions to the Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem (GEO OSE) program (NSF 25-506).

Prospective PIs are encouraged to email FAIROSQueries at nsf.gov<mailto:FAIROSQueries at nsf.gov> for general inquiries about the program. They are welcome to reach out to one of the GEO points-of-contact, Dr. Tai-Yin Huang (thuang at nsf.gov<mailto:thuang at nsf.gov>) and Dr. Raleigh Martin (ramartin at nsf.gov<mailto:ramartin at nsf.gov>), for more information.

We expect there will be an informational webinar in the coming weeks (specific date TBD). Please keep an eye on the NSF FAIROS program page for any announcements.

Best regards,
Raleigh Martin and Tai-Yin Huang

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Raleigh L. Martin, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
Program Director
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)
email: ramartin at nsf.gov<mailto:ramartin at nsf.gov>
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