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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
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
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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US company
1 tool

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.

    Compare UKRI with NSF →
  2. 02
    nih.gov Top 1K English

    US government medical research agency

    Compare nih.gov with NSF →
  3. 03
    United States Department of Energy energy.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Department of Energy

    U.S. Department of Energy - Home

    Compare United States Department of Energy with NSF →
  4. 04
    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.

    Compare NASA with NSF →
  5. 05
    NWO nwo.nl English 2 trackers

    Homepage | NWO

    Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

    Compare NWO with NSF →
  6. 06
    Grants.gov grants.gov English No trackers

    Home | Grants.gov

    USA federal website

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  7. 07
    Finep finep.gov.br English 1 tracker

    Home - Finep

    government agency of Brazil

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  8. 08
    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.

    Compare National Academies with NSF →
  9. 09
    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.

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  10. 10
    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.

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  11. 11
    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.

    Compare Csiro with NSF →
  12. 12
    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 →
  13. 13
    jhuapl.edu English 1 tracker

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

    Johns Hopkins APL provides solutions to complex national security and scientific challenges with technical expertise and prototyping, research and development, and analysis.

    Compare jhuapl.edu with NSF →
  14. 14
    System for Award Management sam.gov English 1 tracker

    Home | SAM.gov

    system for tracking US federal acquisition and contracting

    Compare System for Award Management with NSF →
  15. 15
    AAAS aaas.org English 2 trackers

    AAAS Home | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

    international non-profit organization promoting science

    Compare AAAS with NSF →
  16. 16
    usa.gov Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Making government services easier to find | USAGov

    Find government benefits, services, agencies, and information at USA.gov. Contact elected officials. Learn about passports, Social Security, taxes, and more.

    Compare usa.gov with NSF →
  17. 17
    CIA cia.gov Top 10K English No trackers

    CIA

    national foreign intelligence agency of the United States

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  18. 18
    GSA gsa.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Home | GSA

    Our mission is to deliver the best customer experience and value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the American people.

    Compare GSA with NSF →
  19. 19
    CNRS cnrs.fr Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

    Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans

    Compare CNRS with NSF →
  20. 20
    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English No trackers

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

    Compare CDC with NSF →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles NSF’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones NSF uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what NSF adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

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
9,196
Vector
384-d
Query
36 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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