Veterans Leading Research

National Science Foundation’s Special Supplement Program to encourage veterans’ engagement in STEM research in academia and industry.

 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently issued a Dear Colleague Letter for the Veterans Research Supplement (VRS) Program, which provides support for alternate pathways to encourage veterans’ engagement in STEM research in academia and industry. This program affords veterans who are undergraduate and graduate students, K-12 teachers, or community college faculty the opportunity to work with active NSF recipients to conduct basic and/or industrially relevant research.

 The following NSF Directorates are providing supplemental funding for this program:

• Biological Sciences (BIO)
• Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
• STEM Education (EDU)
• Engineering (ENG)
• Geosciences (GEO)
• Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
• Social, Behavioral, and Economics Sciences (SBE)
• Office of Integrative Activities (OIA)

To learn more about which divisions and programs will be supported by this funding and how to prepare a supplemental funding request for this opportunity, reference the NSF Dear Colleague Letter found at nsf.gov/pubs.