1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program – Augmented Reality (PSIAP-AR) is sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The PSIAP-AR program seeks applications to enhance augmented reality (AR) capabilities in support of first responder operations. It aims to attract experts and innovators from industry and academia to conduct research and development of visual interfaces through AR technology.
Get alerted about grants like this
Get emailed when new opportunities from “National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)” or related funders appear. Free, weekly, unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program 2022 (PSIAP-2022) | NIST https://www. nist.
gov/ctl/pscr/funding-opportunities/past-funding-opportunities/psiap-2022 Communications Technology Laboratory Public Safety Communications Research Division Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program 2022 (PSIAP-2022) In spring 2022, the PSCR Program Office awarded more than $10M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program 2022 (PSIAP-2022) funding opportunity.
These awards aim to accelerate research, development, production, and testing of key public safety capabilities related to Mission Critical Services , Location-Based Services , and User Experience . The awards have a performance period of two to three years beginning in June 2022. PSCR has awarded eight recipients for the PSIAP-2022 funding opportunity!
Click on the logo tiles below for more information about how these projects are advancing public safety communications research.
BroadImPort Importing European BroadPort MCX concepts to US market needs 5G-enabled Indoor Positioning System for Firefighters using UAVs (5G-IPS) A Digital-Twin Enabled Testbed for Public Safety Communication Technologies First Responder Intelligent Assistant (FRIA) Augmented Reality Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Mitigation Framework and Application Navigation Environment merging Virtuality, Ecotone, and Reality enabled by microtechnology for Localization Of Subjects and Things (NEVERLOST) Rapid, Scalable Outdoor and Indoor Machine Learning Based Mapping of Fire Department Pre-Plans FirstModulAR: Designing and Integrating Augmented Reality User Interface Modules for First Responders There’s an urgent need for first responders to have access to the same broadband communications and innovative technologies that consumers and commercial networks now expect.
That's why this funding opportunity's technical goals span three different PSCR research portfolios to accelerate the development of critical voice capabilities, positioning systems, and advanced interfaces for public safety.
The R&D produced from this award has the potential to develop technologies that offer holistic improvements for first responder operations, situational awareness, and overall public safety communications by helping define standards and develop open-source tools.
PSCR created this funding opportunity to stimulate external R&D activities addressing critical technology gaps identified by stakeholders and to build a public safety-focused R&D ecosystem with long-lasting impact namely: Promoting cross-cutting research to advance public safety communications technology Transforming public safety operations Addressing critical technology gaps Please find additional resources about the PSIAP-2022 funding opportunity below: View a PDF of the full Notice of Funding Opportunity View FAQs for the PSIAP-2022 award Learn more about PSCR's Mission Critical Services research portfolio Learn more about PSCR’s Location-based Services research portfolio Learn more about PSCR’s User Experience research portfolio For any questions, contact PSCR [at] nist.
gov (PSCR[at]nist[dot]gov) with the subject line "PSIAP-2022" Advanced communications , Public safety and Public safety communications research Created September 13, 2021, Updated July 16, 2025
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: All non-Federal entities, including accredited institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations incorporated in the United States; state, local, territorial, and Indian tribal governm…. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $5,000,000 total; $300,000 to $600,000 per year per project. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program – Augmented Reality (PSIAP-AR) is funded by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Start with the full solicitation document linked on this page — it contains the submission instructions and required forms.
The FY2026 MEP Center State Competition ran in two rounds: eight states worth $139.1 million, then fourteen more worth $232.4 million, both closing August 21, 2026. That's 43 percent of the national network recompeted in twelve months, under a 50 percent non-federal cost share, while the administration's own budget request proposed eliminating the program. Here's what the award tables reveal, why incumbents are genuinely at risk, and how to position for the FY2027 wave.
Read articleNIST's July 2026 MEP funding opportunity opens 14 state and territory centers — from California's $15.6M to Alaska's $706K — to new operators under cooperative agreements requiring a 50% nonfederal match. Applications are due August 21, 2026, with a July 28 webinar. Here is who can compete, how the match works, and why this recompete matters for every small manufacturer in those 14 states.
Read articleThe Water Research Foundation's RFP 5394 — up to $200,000 to evaluate GenAI and Agentic AI scalability across at least six water and wastewater utilities, NIST AI RMF integration required, proposals due 3 p.m. Mountain Time on May 20 — is the first major sector-utility-funded AI research initiative to bake risk-management framework compliance into the work statement. Four days remain.
Read article