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NSF-Topic3-FY26-XLabsPhysicalAI
Response Deadline
Jan 7, 2027, 10:00 PM(EST)113 days
Eligibility
Contract Type
Solicitation
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), is soliciting Written Proposals under the NSF X-Labs Initiative for the AI for Physical Systems Topic. NSF seeks innovative, early stage platform technologies that advance intelligent, adaptive, and scalable AI systems operating in or interfacing with the physical world, including robotics, embodied systems, human robot interfaces, advanced sensing, and cyber physical systems. NSF anticipates making one or more Other Transaction (OT) awards under 42 U.S.C. § 19116.
X-Labs
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS
DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS
401 DULANY STREET
Alexandria, VA, 22314
NAICS
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
PSC
GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH
Set-Aside
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