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Who runs NSF, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest research funding agency alternatives.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs NSF

NSF nsf.gov

NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

Wikidata: United States government agency

Company
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Online since
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Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What NSF tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

3 of the 15 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

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03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to NSF

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to NSF, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than NSFNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    UKRI ukri.org English 1 tracker

    UKRI – UK Research and Innovation

    Advancing knowledge, improving lives, driving growth.

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  2. 02
    nih.gov Top 1K English

    US government medical research agency

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  3. 03
    United States Department of Energy energy.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Department of Energy

    U.S. Department of Energy - Home

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  4. 04

    agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technologies

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  5. 05

    German research funding organisation, German Research Association in English

    Compare dfg.de with NSF →
  6. 06
    NASA nasa.gov Top 1K English 2 trackers

    NASA

    NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

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  7. 07
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science jsps.go.jp Japanese 1 tracker

    日本学術振興会

    日本学術振興会は、学術研究の助成、研究者の養成のための資金の支給、学術に関する国際交流の促進、その他学術の振興に関する事業を行うため、平成15年10月1日に設立された文部科学省所管の独立行政法人です。

    Compare Japan Society for the Promotion of Science with NSF →
  8. 08
    Japan Science and Technology Agency jst.go.jp Top 10K Japanese No trackers

    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構

    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構(略称JST)は、知の創出から研究成果の社会還元とその基盤整備を担うわが国の中核的機関です。世界トップレベルの研究開発を行うネットワーク型研究所として、未来共創イノベーションを先導します。

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  9. 09
    NWO nwo.nl English 2 trackers

    Homepage | NWO

    Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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  10. 10
    Grants.gov grants.gov English No trackers

    Home | Grants.gov

    USA federal website

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  11. 11
    amed.go.jp Japanese 1 tracker

    国立研究開発法人日本医療研究開発機構

    Compare amed.go.jp with NSF →
  12. 12
    NEDO nedo.go.jp Japanese 1 tracker

    NEDO 国立研究開発法人 新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構

    国立研究開発法人新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構(NEDO)は、持続可能な社会の実現に必要な技術開発の推進を通じて、イノベーションを創出する、国立研究開発法人です。

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  13. 13
    Finep finep.gov.br English 1 tracker

    Home - Finep

    government agency of Brazil

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  14. 14

    scientific agency of the United States government

    Compare United States Geological Survey with NSF →
  15. 15

    U.S. federal government department concerning education

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  16. 16
    National Academies nationalacademies.org Top 10K English 3 trackers

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

    Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.

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  17. 17
    National Cancer Institute cancer.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI

    Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.

    Compare National Cancer Institute with NSF →
  18. 18
    EPA epa.gov Top 1K English 1 tracker

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | US EPA

    Website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment.

    Compare EPA with NSF →
  19. 19
    Csiro csiro.au English 4 trackers

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Government - CSIRO

    As Australia's national science agency and innovation catalyst, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology.

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  20. 20
    Inserm inserm.fr English No trackers

    Inserm

    L'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) est le seul organisme de recherche public français entièrement dédié à la santé humaine. Notre objectif : améliorer la santé de tous par le progrès des connaissances sur le vivant et sur les maladies, l’innovation dans les traitements et la recherche en santé publique.

    Compare Inserm with NSF →

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04 · History

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05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 14 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
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Query
29 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to NSF’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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