The U.S. National Science Foundation has released 12 new Notices of Funding Opportunity totaling more than $1.5 billion for foundational research. The announcements span biological sciences, computing, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, materials, physics, chemistry, and astronomy. This is not a single funding program, and it should not be read as one. It is a coordinated signal
Download the Solicitation The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) has released its second X-Labs Topic Announcement focused on Scientific Instrumentation for Sensing and Imaging. Issued under the broader X-Labs Initiative, this opportunity seeks to establish mission-driven research organizations capable of developing breakthrough sensing and imaging technologies that could transform
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Download the Solicitation The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), has released the first Topic Announcement under the X-Labs Initiative focused on Quantum Systems: Interconnects and Integrated Photonics. Issued through the X-Labs Other Transaction Agreement Solutions Offering (OTASO), this opportunity seeks ambitious, full-time research and development teams capable of advancing foundational technologies that
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Download the Solicitation What is X-Labs? The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), established the X-Labs Other Transaction Agreement Solutions Offering (OTASO) to support mission-driven research organizations capable of pursuing ambitious scientific and technological breakthroughs. Unlike traditional grants or contracts, the NSF X-Labs initiative is designed to support independent, full-time interdisciplinary teams focused on
