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The restructured CPS program is one of the better-fitting NSF homes for embodied AI work that falls between pure machine learning and pure robotics, and the current solicitation makes that explicit in a way earlier CPS cycles did not.
The named research emphases now include neuro-symbolic and embodied AI approaches, AI-enabled autonomy, safe learning and adaptive systems, and formal methods for verification and assurance of cyber-physical systems including those that integrate AI - language that directly invites proposals on provable safety guarantees for learning-enabled controllers, a topic that lost its dedicated NSF home when the Safe Learning-Enabled Systems solicitation (NSF 23-562) was archived after its January 2024 deadline.
CPS is the natural landing place for that community. The program runs two tracks and requires proposers to signal which one in the proposal title: CPS Foundational Research (CPS-FR) for theoretical and foundational advances integrating computation with physical processes, and CPS Community-Inspired Research (CPS-CIR) for use-inspired work co-developed with communities to produce translational innovations and deployed systems.
Budget structure changed meaningfully and applicants working from older guidance will get it wrong: the Small and Medium project classes have been consolidated into a single class capped at $1,000,000 over up to 4 years, with typical awards running $150,000 to $250,000 per year and an explicit discouragement against exceeding $300,000 in any single year.
That annual ceiling is the real constraint - it rules out compute-heavy proposals that front-load GPU costs and favors sustained multi-year theoretical and experimental programs.
Scheduling is forgiving: there are no hard deadlines, only target dates, set at the first Thursday in February annually (following the September 11, 2025 and February 5, 2026 dates), which means proposals can be submitted off-cycle at the cost of slower review batching. The program also covers IoT platforms, hardware-software co-design and quantum algorithms for high-dimensional state spaces. Program contact is cise-cps@nsf.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard NSF eligibility applies: proposals may be submitted by U.S. institutions of higher education, non-profit non-academic organizations including independent museums, observatories, research laboratories and professional societies, and, for certain roles, other organizations per the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). For-profit small businesses seeking commercialization funding should look to NSF's SBIR/STTR programs instead. Proposers must select and indicate a track in the proposal title: CPS-FR (CPS Foundational Research) for theoretical and foundational research advancing core scientific principles integrating computation with physical processes, or CPS-CIR (CPS Community-Inspired Research) for use-inspired research co-developing novel and translational innovations with communities. Project budgets must be commensurate with scope up to a maximum of $1,000,000 with duration up to 4 years; typical awards are approximately $150,000 to $250,000 per year over 3 to 4 years, and projects are discouraged from exceeding $300,000 in any single year. Small and Medium project classes from prior solicitations have been consolidated into a single project class. There are no hard submission deadlines - target dates apply, set annually at the first Thursday in February (prior target dates were September 11, 2025 and February 5, 2026). Supported research topics include neuro-symbolic and embodied AI approaches, AI-enabled autonomy, safe learning and adaptive systems, formal methods for verification and assurance of cyber-physical systems that integrate AI, IoT platforms, hardware-software co-design, and quantum algorithms for high-dimensional state spaces. Program contact: cise-cps@nsf.gov, (703) 292-8950. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows project budgets must be commensurate with scope up to a maximum of $1,000,000 with a duration of up to 4 years. Typical projects are approximately $150,000 to $250,000 per year over 3 to 4 years, and projects are discouraged from exceeding $300,000 in any single year. The previous Small and Medium project classes have been consolidated into a single class under the current solicitation. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for NSF Cyber-Physical System Foundations and Connected Communities (CPS) Program for Neuro-Symbolic and Embodied AI, AI-Enabled Autonomy and Safe Learning Systems are due February 4, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
NSF Cyber-Physical System Foundations and Connected Communities (CPS) Program for Neuro-Symbolic and Embodied AI, AI-Enabled Autonomy and Safe Learning Systems is funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, with the Directorate for Engineering and partner federal agencies. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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