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Semiconductors Grant – Apply Today | NSF SBIR Check recent critical alerts! (Last updated 5/26/2026) The SBIR/STTR program looks forward to receiving the submission of new Project Pitches in response to the new solicitations beginning on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Please direct any questions to sbir@nsf.
gov . Arable Labs Inc. ’s advanced microclimate and crop growth monitoring device, the Mark. The Semiconductors topic addresses the research and development of new designs, materials, devices and manufacturing systems that have the potential for impactful change in the semiconductor and microelectronics industry.
S3. Integrated Circuit Design S4. Microelectronics Packaging and Systems Integration S5.
Novel Semiconductor-based Sensors S6. Processing and Metrology Technology S7. Sustainable Semiconductor Manufacturing S8.
Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Materials S9. Other Semiconductor Technologies Application process for Semiconductors (S) funding Eligibility for Semiconductors (S) funding + Your company must be a small business (fewer than 500 employees) located in the United States. At least 50% of your company’s equity must be owned by U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
NSF does not fund companies that are majority-owned by multiple venture capital firms, private equity firms, or hedge funds, to participate in SBIR and STTR. All funded work, including work done by consultants and contractors, needs to take place in the United States. The project’s principal investigator (tech lead) must be legally employed at least 20 hours a week by the company seeking funding.
The principal investigator doesn’t need any advanced degrees. The principal investigator needs to commit to at least one month (173 hours) of work on a funded project per six months of project duration. Evaluation Criteria: What We Look for When Evaluating Semiconductors (S) proposals + Take our project assessment to see if your work might be a good fit for NSF funding.
We invest up to $2 million in seed funding and take zero equity. We’re looking for companies that are transformative, high-risk, have a market pull, and are scaleable.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
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NSF 26-508 funds one State/Territory AI Coordination Hub per jurisdiction at $1M per year for three years — up to 56 awards and $224M total. Only one proposal per institution. Round 1 LOIs are due June 16, 2026 and full proposals July 16. The structure will determine whose convening capacity defines AI workforce strategy in every U.S. state for the rest of the decade.
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