The U.S. National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. NSF was established in 1950 by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense.
The Distributed Array of Small Instruments (DASI) grant program focuses on supporting high spatial and temporal resolution measurements essential for understanding local, regional, and global processes in solar and space physics. The program is split into two tracks: one for the development of instrumentation for future deployment in arrays and another for the deployment and operation of existing instruments in distributed arrays. Emphasis is placed on projects with strong scientific merit and comprehensive plans for student training and involvement of a diverse workforce.