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The NAIRR Pilot provides U.S.-based researchers and educators with free access to advanced computing (NVIDIA H100/A100 GPU clusters), AI-ready datasets, pre-trained models, and platforms for 12-month AI research and education projects across scientific discovery, interpretability, automation, and workforce development. Requests are reviewed on an ongoing monthly cycle and all funded projects must produce open and publishable results.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S.-based researchers and educators at academic institutions, non-profits, federal agencies, FFRDCs, state/local/tribal agencies, and startups/small businesses with federal grants; graduate students eligible with a faculty support letter. Institutional email required. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows no direct cash award; provides free compute allocations (GPU clusters including NVIDIA H100 and A100), AI-ready datasets, pre-trained models, and platforms for 12-month projects. Backed by 13 federal agencies and 28 industry partners, including Microsoft's $20 million Azure credit commitment. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
NAIRR Pilot Resource Allocation Requests for Free GPU Compute, Datasets, and AI Models for AI Research and Education is funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, with the U.S. Department of Energy and 28 industry and nonprofit partners. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Department of Defense FY2026 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) provides funding for U.S. universities to acquire research equipment and instrumentation in areas important to national defense, including AI and machine learning hardware. The program is administered jointly by the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), with approximately $34 million available and 95 awards anticipated. DURIP funds the acquisition of specialized computing hardware for AI/ML research (GPU clusters, TPUs, neuromorphic processors), robotics and autonomous systems testbeds, sensor arrays and data collection systems for machine learning training, high-performance computing infrastructure for defense-relevant AI research, and laboratory equipment for human-AI interaction studies. The program specifically supports equipment that enhances research-related education in DoD-priority disciplines. While general-purpose computing is not eligible, computing equipment directly supporting DoD-relevant AI research programs qualifies. No cost sharing is required.
Vinnova, Sweden's national innovation agency, funds projects developing applied AI solutions for Swedish industry through its Advanced Digitalization Programme. Each project can apply for between 2 and 10 million SEK (approximately $190,000 to $950,000 USD) covering up to 50% of eligible project costs. The total call budget is 60 million SEK. Projects run for 12-24 months and focus on two key areas: Intelligent Edge (AI for real-time application in the sensor chain) and AI-based decision support. All projects must address industrial needs and integrate gender equality and climate change perspectives. Scientific publications must be open access. A parallel call also funds AI and cybersecurity projects at 1-10 million SEK per project with a 50 million SEK total budget.
NSF's NAIRR Operations Center solicitation (NSF 25-546) will make a single award of up to $35 million over five years to the organization that will run the National AI Research Resource — the shared computing, data, and model infrastructure that has already connected over 400 U.S. research teams. This is a rare winner-take-all federal competition where the prize is not funding for your own research but the mandate to operate national infrastructure. Here is what the NAIRR is, why its transition from pilot to permanent program matters, and what kind of organization can credibly win it.
Read articleNSF has moved to stand up the NAIRR Operations Center — a single award of up to $35 million over five years to run the National AI Research Resource. Backed by 14 federal agencies and 28 private partners, NAIRR has already connected 400+ research teams to compute and data most labs could never buy on their own. Here is what the transition from pilot to permanent program means, and how researchers actually get an allocation.
Read articleThe White House committed more than $5 billion across 15+ federal agencies to the Genesis Mission, and DOE selected 278 first-cohort projects out of roughly 5,000 applications — the largest response to any DOE funding call ever. Phase I grants run $500,000 to $750,000 over 9 months; Phase II awards reach $6 million to $15 million over 3 years, with one $60 million flagship. Here is the full architecture, the eligibility math, and how to position for the next window.
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