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TechAccess: AI-Ready America is a national NSF coordination program to accelerate AI literacy, workforce readiness, and deployment across all U.S. states and territories. The program supports three integrated funding mechanisms.
State/Territory Coordination Hubs act as neutral convening entities connecting education, workforce, industry, and government stakeholders; they maintain AI resource inventories, develop strategic plans, provide deployment support, coordinate training initiatives, and facilitate sector-specific collaboration.
A National Coordination Lead provides national strategy, supports hub operations, manages the AI Deployment Network, and coordinates across priority sectors. AI-Ready Catalyst Award competitions fund innovative pilot projects addressing high-priority AI readiness needs identified by the hubs.
The program targets all Americans, with particular emphasis on supporting small businesses, local governments, community and technical colleges, and workforce development organizations across rural, tribal, and underserved communities. Letters of Intent are required and proposals submit in three rounds through 2027.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Organizations eligible per NSF PAPPG Chapter I.E. Unaffiliated individuals are not eligible. Limited to one proposal per institution. One award per state, District of Columbia, or U.S. territory. Eligible organizations include universities and research institutions, community and technical colleges, state and local government agencies, non-profit organizations, Small Business Development Centers, and academic and workforce development partners. Letters of Intent are required: Round 1 June 16, 2026; Round 2 December 15, 2026; Round 3 June 1, 2027. Full proposals due July 16, 2026; January 15, 2027; July 1, 2027. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows total program budget $168 million to $224 million across approximately 56 State and Territory Coordination Hubs plus a National Coordination Lead and AI-Ready Catalyst Award competitions. Individual State/Territory Coordination Hub awards are $1,000,000 per year for three years, with an optional fourth year increasing maximum award to $4,000,000 per hub. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for NSF TechAccess AI-Ready America National Coordination Hubs and Catalyst Awards Program NSF 26-508 are due July 16, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
NSF TechAccess AI-Ready America National Coordination Hubs and Catalyst Awards Program NSF 26-508 is funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) with partner agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and U.S. Small Business Administration. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Public Scholars is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research. Public Scholars is a fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research that funds individual authors conducting research and writing for nonfiction books in the humanities aimed at the broad public.
The U.S. Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program funds early-stage research and development by U.S. small businesses aligned with DOE science and technology priorities, including artificial intelligence and machine learning applied across advanced scientific computing, basic energy sciences, high energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy. Recent topic cycles explicitly solicit AI/ML approaches such as machine learning for accelerator and detector operations, AI-driven materials and chemistry discovery, autonomous experimentation, and scientific foundation models. The program runs multiple release cycles per fiscal year (Phase I Release 1 and Release 2, plus Phase II), each requiring a Letter of Intent prior to a full application. Phase I awards fund feasibility studies up to roughly $200,000, with competitively selected projects eligible for substantially larger Phase II development awards.
This U.S. Navy SBIR topic (DON26BZ03-NV061) seeks an AI-driven maritime intelligence platform for predictive movement modeling and automated tracking of vessels and objects of interest. The effort emphasizes machine learning for trajectory prediction, anomaly detection, multi-source data fusion, and autonomous tracking to enhance maritime domain awareness and decision support. Phase I awards provide up to approximately $315,000 to demonstrate feasibility, with a path to larger Phase II prototype development and transition to Navy operational systems. The topic is part of the DoD SBIR/STTR FY26 cycle with proposals due July 22, 2026.
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