Assistance program
NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
$2.4 Billion committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 47.084
- What it does
- The Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) seeks to (i) advance science and engineering research and innovation leading to breakthrough technologies as well as solutions to national, and societal, and geostrategic challenges, sustaining and enhancing U.S. competitiveness on a global stage; (ii) accelerate the translation of fundamental discoveries from lab to market, advancing the U.S. economy; and (iii) create education pathways for every American to pursue new, high-wage, good-quality jobs, supporting a diverse workforce of researchers, practitioners, and entrepreneurs. TIP will specifically cultivate new innovation ecosystems at the scale of individual communities and regions throughout the U.S., advancing use-inspired, solutions-oriented research and innovation in a range of technology areas as well as in a diverse set of national-challenge areas of priority to the Administration and Congress. TIP also serves as a central resource to catalyze and scale public and private partnerships NSF-wide.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Except where a program solicitation establishes more restrictive eligibility criteria, organizations in the following categories may submit proposals: Institutions of Higher Education; Non-profit, non-academic organizations; For-profit organizations and State and local governments. See the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), Chapter I.E., for a full description of eligibility requirements: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg
- Program site
- https://nsf.gov/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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