1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
This listing may be outdated. Verify details at the official source before applying.
Find similar grantsGrant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Proposals is sponsored by NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG). Encourages collaboration between academic institutions and industry to address shared research interests, fostering innovation and practical applications in engineering.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Proposals - Directorate for Engineering (ENG) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Proposals View image credit & caption The U.S. National Science Foundation Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) proposals seek to promote collaboration between academic institutions and industry.
Funding through the GOALI proposal type can be requested two different ways: In conjunction with a regular proposal submitted to a standing program of NSF. As a supplemental funding request to an existing NSF-funded award. More information and instructions for GOALI proposals are in the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) .
GOALI proposals should focus on research that addresses interests shared by academic researchers and industrial partners. The research should build scientific and engineering foundations that enable future breakthrough technologies and address critical industry needs. Industry involvement assures that the research is industrially relevant.
Principal investigators are expected to integrate their research objectives with educational and industrial needs. GOALI provides opportunities for: Collaborative research projects between interdisciplinary university-industry teams in which the industry research participant provides critical research expertise, without which the project's likelihood for success would be diminished.
Projects that allow faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting. Projects that facilitate industrial scientists and engineers bringing industry's perspective and integrative skills to academia. NSF encourages research and education projects that involve faculty from different academic departments or institutions collaborating with one or more industrial partners.
Proposals may include an additional partner, such as a national laboratory or a nonprofit organization.
The industrial participant cannot use or receive any NSF funds on a GOALI award, except for small businesses that are not currently funded by the NSF Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs and meet these requirements: Must be a small business (fewer than 500 employees) located in the U.S. At least 50% of the company's equity must be owned by U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
All funded work must take place in the U.S. (including work done by consultants and contractors). Questions about NSF's GOALI program can be emailed to the lead program director, Prakash Balan ( pbalan@nsf. gov ).
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Universities and colleges partnering with industry. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Proposals is funded by NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
NSF 26-514, 26-515 and 26-518 put $310 million and up to 850 awards on rolling submission with zero per-PI limits, while chemistry rations two proposals a year and materials rations one. The Engineering directorate ran this experiment eight years ago. When NSF tried it in Earth Sciences, proposal volume fell 59 percent. Here is what that history predicts, and how to use a directorate that is not counting your submissions.
Read articleNSF's Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (NSF 26-502) gives a single principal investigator up to $3 million over three years to pursue a high-risk, field-defining project. The July 24 full-proposal deadline is invitation-only — the real contest happened months earlier. Here is how the three-stage structure works, who is eligible, why the no-co-PI rule is the point, and how to position for the next cycle.
Read articleRET Sites close October 14, 2026 — about nine awards from $5.8 million, capped at $600,000 over three years, with a PI eligibility rule that disqualifies most of the people who write outreach proposals. RET Supplements reach the same money for $15,000 a teacher and are not a competition.
Read article