Funding Opportunities
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2025 Seed Awards
The SMART FIRES Research Seed Award Program provides funding to support innovative research projects that align with the goals of the SMART FIRES NSF EPSCoR initiative, which focuses on advancing technologies and understanding around prescribed fire and its impacts on Montana communities. Open to faculty at Montana State University and the University of Montana, the…
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Early Professional Career Development Awards
The 2025 SMART FIRES Early Professional Career Development awards provide support for early-career faculty and postdoctoral scholars at Montana State University in disciplines related to SMART FIRES, such as computer science, engineering, environmental science, economics, chemistry, and social science. Eligible participants—including tenure-track assistant professors, non-tenure-track faculty, and postdoctoral scholars—received mini-grants to fund professional development activities…
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NSF E-RISE Awards 2024
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $35 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement (E-RISE RII) to boost research competitiveness, build partnerships across academic institutions and non-academic sectors and create workforce development opportunities. Read more here. Awarded E-RISE projects:
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$41M award to Montana Tech Hub
MSU News Service: A regional technology hub focused on photonics and smart sensors, of which Montana State University is a founding member, will receive a $41 million federal grant to help create tech jobs across Montana. The grant to Montana’s Headwaters Regional Technology and Innovation Hub comes from the Economic Development Administration, a part of the U.S. Department…
