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NSF ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services and Support) provides access to dozens of high-performance computing systems including GPU clusters at no cost for academic research and education. The program replaced XSEDE in 2022 and offers tiered allocation levels from small-scale pilot experiments to large-scale research campaigns.
Recent hardware upgrades through the NAIRR Pilot added NVIDIA H100 GPUs at multiple sites. Particularly valuable for AI/ML researchers needing GPU time for model training, inference, and large-scale experiments without existing funding.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: US researchers, educators, students, and international collaborators at academic institutions. No existing NSF grant required for entry-level allocations. Graduate students eligible. Explore allocations require only a one-page abstract. Maximize allocations have semi-annual submission windows (next: June 15 to July 31, 2026 with awards October 1, 2026). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows free compute allocations across four tiers: Explore (entry-level, approved in days), Discover (intermediate with one-page proposal), Accelerate (advanced with three-page proposal), and Maximize (largest-scale, semi-annual review). Resources include NVIDIA H100 and A100 GPU clusters at national supercomputing centers including SDSC Expanse, Purdue Anvil, and NERSC Perlmutter (7,000+ A100 GPUs). No direct cash award. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was July 31, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
NSF ACCESS Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Compute Allocations for AI Research is funded by National Science Foundation (NSF). 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 from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
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 26-516 folds Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, Earth Sciences and Ocean Sciences into a single GEO Core solicitation: $110 million, 200 to 350 awards, proposals accepted anytime. Geosciences piloted no-deadline review nine years ago and knows what it does to submission volume. Here is the per-award math, the ship-time and permitting traps, and the two-year data-archive clock that now governs every award.
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Read articleNSF 26-522 consolidates AAG, ATI and MSIP into a single astronomical sciences solicitation with $100 million and about 140 awards. Accomplishment-based renewals will be returned without review, voluntary cost sharing is prohibited, and routine instrument upgrades are explicitly deprioritized. The new Innovations track — one to three awards a year — is where facility operations and community observing time now live.
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