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Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET) Important information for proposers and award recipients All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the funding opportunity and in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and its supplements .
All NSF grants and cooperative agreements are subject to the applicable set of NSF award terms and conditions . NSF has updated its research security policies for NSF funded projects. Supports unconventional, potentially paradigm-shifting research at the intersection of novel and foundational computing research, including quantum information, nanoscale science and engineering and biological systems.
Supports unconventional, potentially paradigm-shifting research at the intersection of novel and foundational computing research, including quantum information, nanoscale science and engineering and biological systems. The Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET) program supports unconventional computing approaches whose potential is not yet fully realized.
The program goal is the exploration of new technologies and models of computing, by means of theory, experimentation, and/or simulation. Core research in theory, algorithms, software, hardware, and architecture should be directed towards the appropriate CISE core program, but potentially paradigm-shifting nonconventional proposals including those crossing more than one field may be more appropriate in FET.
Current exemplars include but are not limited to: Paradigms beyond von Neumann and silicon-based computing; Nanoscale science and engineering for computation (e.g., scalable use of novel devices and substrates for computing, use of silicon nano-photonics, their integration in silicon platform); Quantum information science and engineering as it relates to quantum computing and computational systems; Novel quantum computing methods and approaches (e.g., quantum machine learning, quantum neural networks, quantum AI); Biocomputing and/or computation with biological systems (e.g., DNA nanotechnology, molecular computing models, foundations of self-assembly, chemical reaction circuits, complex molecular assemblies); Computational challenges in biological systems-level computation (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics); Novel ways to understand biological systems and/or the interaction between biological systems in service to computing; Physics-based computing models and technologies (e.g., thermodynamic computing, memcomputing); Brain-like problem solving with novel neural and cognitive architectures, (e.g., neuromorphic computing, neuro-inspired hardware design); Computational challenges for brain-computer interfaces; Theoretical modeling and analysis of unconventional computing; Other potentially game-changing, transformational, or disruptive computing models and technologies in service of computing.
Proposers are encouraged to contact the relevant program officers at CISE-FET@nsf. gov and submit a one-page project summary before submitting proposals for formal review.
August 22, 2025 - NSF CISE Virtual Office Hours: For the AF, CIF, FET, and SHF… August 14, 2025 - NSF CISE Core Solicitation: Future Computing Research NSF 25-… Awards made through this program Browse projects funded by this program Map of recent awards made through this program Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
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