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NSF America's Seed Fund SBIR/STTR Robotics topic funds small business innovations in robot intelligence and autonomous systems. The program specifically supports developments in AI-enabled situational awareness, voice and image recognition, obstacle avoidance, emotional response, hand-eye coordination, and experiential machine learning for robots.
Eligible innovations include smart drones and drone networks, healthcare and surgical robotics, assistive technologies and exoskeletons, flexible manufacturing automation, human-robot interaction systems, and personal caregiving robots. This is distinct from the NSF SBIR AI topic and focuses specifically on physical robotic embodiment of AI capabilities.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S. small businesses with fewer than 500 employees, at least 50% U.S. citizen or permanent resident ownership, all work performed in the U.S. Principal investigator must be employed at least 20 hours weekly by the company. Companies with majority VC or PE ownership are ineligible. Project Pitches accepted on rolling basis. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows phase I up to $305,000 over 12 months (non-dilutive, zero equity). Phase II up to $1,250,000. Total seed funding up to $2,000,000 across phases. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
NSF SBIR/STTR Robotics Topic for AI-Enabled Robot Intelligence and Autonomous Systems is funded by National Science Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments is sponsored by Department of Justice. To increase tribal capacity to respond to violent crimes against Indian women, and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against Indian women. This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.587. Last updated on 2024-11-26.
The NSF CISE Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) program supports research in computing and communication foundations, intelligent systems, and network systems. The program funds innovative research that advances the frontiers of computing including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and robotics. This is one of NSF's largest computing research programs with $280 million in total budget. Projects can address fundamental computing challenges, novel AI architectures, scalable intelligent systems, and next-generation network infrastructure.
TCUP lists eight funding tracks and roughly $10.3M a year, but the October 14, 2026 deadline applies to only three of them — CHAI, Pre-TI, and TCUP Partnerships — and each carries a restriction that disqualifies most applicants. Here is the track-by-track math.
Read articleNSF 26-513 makes roughly $100 million available for up to 10 State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs at $4M to $12M each over five years. One award per state or multi-state region. One proposal per organization. And NSF is not buying you GPUs — it funds the coordination, the workforce and the faculty training, while the compute has to come from partners you have to already have.
Read articleAs of September 12, NSF had obligated $6.3 billion across 6,200 grants versus $8.1 billion and 8,600 last year. AHRQ has made 61 awards. Judge Allison Burroughs ordered the government to report by September 28 on whether IES will obligate $180 million before it expires. Here is what actually happens to the money on October 1 — and what it means for your FY2027 application.
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