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"NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes (NSF 23-610) for Large-Scale Institutes in AI for Astronomical Sciences, AI for Materials Discovery and Strengthening AI" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
The National AI Research Institutes programme is the largest single AI award in the US academic system - USD 16-20 million per institute over four to five years - and the scale changes the nature of the application entirely: this is an institution-building proposal, not a research proposal, and it requires a coordinated multi-partner effort assembled over a year or more. The NSF 23-610 competition ran three themes.
Theme 1, AI for Astronomical Sciences, co-funded with the Simons Foundation, targeted AI applied to large astronomical datasets while advancing foundational AI. Theme 2, AI for Discovery in Materials Research, focused on multi-modal data analysis and human-AI collaboration in materials science.
Theme 3, Strengthening AI, is the theme of most interest to safety and trustworthiness researchers, and it is defined with unusual specificity: institutes must address grounding (conceptual understanding), instructibility (behavioural responsiveness) and alignment (correspondence with human intentions and objective truth) - a trio that maps closely onto the technical AI safety agenda, funded here at a scale no philanthropic AI safety funder matches.
The structural constraints are severe: proposals must be single integrated submissions rather than separate collaborative proposals, organisations are limited to two preliminary and two full proposals, and individual senior personnel are limited to one proposal per role, so a large university must run an internal competition before the external one.
Group 1 and Group 2 deadlines have passed and NSF's page states that programme 23-610 is awaiting a new publication, so the practical action is to track the successor solicitation.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible proposers are US institutions of higher education and non-profit research organisations. Proposals must be submitted as single integrated proposals; separate collaborative submissions from multiple institutions are not permitted. An organisation may submit at most two preliminary proposals and two full proposals, and an individual may serve as senior personnel on only one proposal per role, requiring internal coordination at large institutions. Total anticipated programme funding is USD 100 million with approximately five awards of USD 16-20 million each over four to five years: up to two under Theme 1 (AI for Astronomical Sciences, co-funded with the Simons Foundation), one under Theme 2 (AI for Discovery in Materials Research), and two or more under Theme 3 (Strengthening AI, requiring institutes to address grounding, instructibility and alignment). Preliminary proposals are required before full proposals. For Group 1 (FY 2024 start) preliminary proposals were due 31 October 2023 and full proposals 16 February 2024; for Group 2 (FY 2025 start) preliminary proposals were due 12 January 2024 and full proposals 17 May 2024. All these deadlines have passed and NSF's page states that programme 23-610 is currently awaiting a new publication with no upcoming due dates. Applicants must monitor nsf.gov for the successor solicitation and confirm themes, award levels, eligibility and submission limits before preparing a submission. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows total anticipated programme funding of USD 100,000,000, with individual institute awards of USD 16,000,000 to 20,000,000 over four to five years, or roughly USD 4 million annually. Approximately five awards were anticipated: up to two under Theme 1, one under Theme 2, and two or more under Theme 3. amount_min of 16,000,000 and amount_max of 20,000,000 are the published per-award range and reflect actual institute-scale funding rather than an estimate. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was May 17, 2024, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes (NSF 23-610) for Large-Scale Institutes in AI for Astronomical Sciences, AI for Materials Discovery and Strengthening AI is funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), with the Simons Foundation, NIST, the Department of Defense, Capital One and Intel Corporation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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