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The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, led by NSF in partnership with DOE, 13 federal agencies, and 28 industry and nonprofit partners, democratizes access to the resources needed for AI research. Rather than cash, awardees receive an integrated ecosystem of compute (HPC allocations and cloud GPU credits), curated datasets, pretrained models, and software platforms.
Proposals are reviewed on a rolling monthly basis (submissions by the 15th are typically reviewed by month-end), and projects run for 12 months. A lighter Start-Up track offers a roughly two-week turnaround. All results must be open and publishable.
The pilot has supported more than 600 projects and 6,000 students across all 50 states.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S.-based researchers and educators from U.S.-based institutions, including academic institutions (graduate students eligible with a faculty advisor support letter), non-profits, federal agencies or FFRDCs, state/local/tribal agencies, and startups and small businesses holding federal grants. Institutional email required. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows in-kind award of compute, model, platform and educational resources rather than cash. Allocations include HPC and cloud GPU time, dataset access, and pretrained models contributed by federal agencies and industry partners; the value of a single allocation is commonly equivalent to roughly $10,000 to $150,000 in compute and services. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
NAIRR Pilot Resource Requests for AI Compute Datasets and Pretrained Models is funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE) with industry and nonprofit partners. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Public Scholars is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research. Public Scholars is a fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research that funds individual authors conducting research and writing for nonfiction books in the humanities aimed at the broad public.
TechAccess: AI-Ready America is a national NSF coordination program to accelerate AI literacy, workforce readiness, and deployment across all U.S. states and territories. The program supports three integrated funding mechanisms. State/Territory Coordination Hubs act as neutral convening entities connecting education, workforce, industry, and government stakeholders; they maintain AI resource inventories, develop strategic plans, provide deployment support, coordinate training initiatives, and facilitate sector-specific collaboration. A National Coordination Lead provides national strategy, supports hub operations, manages the AI Deployment Network, and coordinates across priority sectors. AI-Ready Catalyst Award competitions fund innovative pilot projects addressing high-priority AI readiness needs identified by the hubs. The program targets all Americans, with particular emphasis on supporting small businesses, local governments, community and technical colleges, and workforce development organizations across rural, tribal, and underserved communities. Letters of Intent are required and proposals submit in three rounds through 2027.
This U.S. Navy SBIR open topic (DON26BX03-NP002) solicits small-business innovation in counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS), seeking AI- and machine-learning-driven capabilities for detecting, identifying, tracking, and neutralizing hostile drones. Areas of interest emphasize sensor fusion across radar, electro-optical/infrared, radio-frequency, and acoustic sensors; autonomous threat classification; and real-time decision support for layered drone defense. Phase I awards provide up to approximately $315,000 to establish feasibility, with a path to larger Phase II prototype development and potential transition to Navy programs of record. The topic is part of the DoD SBIR/STTR FY26 cycle with proposals due July 22, 2026.
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