NSF 101: High school students, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate scholar funding opportunities – new.nsf.gov

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The U.S. National Science Foundation supports multiple programs for high school, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students to help fund research opportunities.
There are several ways to find these programs, including the funding search on NSF’s website and the NSF Education & Training Application, or ETAP.
To help you begin your search, listed below are opportunities available for high school, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students. Many of these opportunities require a principal investigator, or PI (a researcher who oversees a lab), to submit the grant proposal on behalf of the student. These include opportunities for supplemental awards, which require a PI to already have an active grant. Programs where students can submit proposals directly are noted by an asterisk (*); others require both a PI and their institution to apply.
If students need help finding a PI, they can search for researchers with NSF grants using the Awards Advanced Search. By checking the active awards box and typing in a university or research institution in the “Organization” box on the top right, or by selecting a state in the box underneath, students should be able to find PIs with active grants in their area. Students should then email the PIs to ask about research opportunities and if the investigator would be willing to submit the supplement request or grant.
This extensive list shows the ways NSF helps to train the next generation of STEM researchers and teachers with hands-on learning. If you are interested in learning more about any of these programs, reach out to the contacts listed on the award webpages.
Keep a look out for part two of this series, which will focus on graduate and post-doctoral scholar funding opportunities!
There are several ways to find these programs, including the funding search on NSF’s website  and the NSF Education & Training Application, or ETAP.
Eleanor earned her BS in Biology from Wittenberg University and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Kentucky, after which she applied for the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship. She was placed as a Communication Specialist with the Science Policy & Communications team in the Office of Legislative & Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation.
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