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Find similar grantsThe PFI program has two paths: Technology Translation, which encourages the commercialization of technologically promising research discoveries, and Research Partnership, which promotes collaborations between existing NSF-funded research partnerships and other public and private…
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: NSF-funded investigators and existing NSF-funded research partnerships (including Engineering Research Centers, Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers, etc.). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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Partnership Intermediary Agreements Concerning Improving Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Technology for the Homeland Security Enterprise is sponsored by Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This opportunity seeks to improve technology transfer and commercialization of technology for the Homeland Security Enterprise. Eligible applicants include university-affiliated commercialization entities with demonstrated capability to connect DHS S&T and federal laboratories with small businesses, academia, and industry.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs (NIH) is sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH). These programs provide non-dilutive funding to U.S. small businesses for research and development (R&D) of innovative technologies that align with NIH's mission to improve health. This includes health IT solutions with strong commercialization potential.
NSF 26-514, 26-515 and 26-518 put $310 million and up to 850 awards on rolling submission with zero per-PI limits, while chemistry rations two proposals a year and materials rations one. The Engineering directorate ran this experiment eight years ago. When NSF tried it in Earth Sciences, proposal volume fell 59 percent. Here is what that history predicts, and how to use a directorate that is not counting your submissions.
Read articleNSF's Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (NSF 26-502) gives a single principal investigator up to $3 million over three years to pursue a high-risk, field-defining project. The July 24 full-proposal deadline is invitation-only — the real contest happened months earlier. Here is how the three-stage structure works, who is eligible, why the no-co-PI rule is the point, and how to position for the next cycle.
Read articleRET Sites close October 14, 2026 — about nine awards from $5.8 million, capped at $600,000 over three years, with a PI eligibility rule that disqualifies most of the people who write outreach proposals. RET Supplements reach the same money for $15,000 a teacher and are not a competition.
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