National Science Foundation
Engineering
Key facts
- Open now
- 35 grants
- Type of help
- Project grant
- Typical award
- Range Low $4,125 Range High $26,000,000 Average $184,060
Open now
- Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI) · Due Oct 9, 2026 · 2 days left
- Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) · Due Oct 9, 2026 · 2 days left
- Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 7 days left
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) · Due Oct 20, 2026 · 13 days left
- Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 28 days left
- PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) · Due Nov 10, 2026 · 34 days left
- National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) · Due Nov 17, 2026 · 41 days left
- Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure · Due Jan 21, 2027 · 106 days left
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) · Due Jan 26, 2027 · 111 days left
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 · Due Feb 8, 2027 · 124 days left
- GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) · Due Feb 8, 2027 · 124 days left
- EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC) · Due Feb 11, 2027 · 127 days left
- Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) · Due Mar 2, 2027 · 146 days left
- NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) · Due Apr 6, 2027 · 181 days left
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows · Due Apr 13, 2027 · 188 days left
- IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED) · Due Apr 13, 2027 · 188 days left
- Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) · Due Apr 14, 2027 · 189 days left
- EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) · Due Jun 1, 2027 · 237 days left
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) · Due Jul 28, 2027 · 294 days left
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) · Due Aug 18, 2027 · 315 days left
- Transport Phenomena (TP) · Due Aug 20, 2076 · 18215 days left
- Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS) · Due Oct 5, 2076 · 18261 days left
- Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET) · Due Oct 5, 2076 · 18261 days left
- Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) · Due Oct 5, 2076 · 18261 days left
- NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems · Due Oct 6, 2076 · 18262 days left
- National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program · Due Oct 6, 2076 · 18262 days left
- Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) · Due Oct 6, 2076 · 18262 days left
- Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Foundational Research in Robotics · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Chemical Process Systems (CPS) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Research in the Formation of Engineers · No deadline listed: see the official notice
What it pays for
Promote breakthroughs to help ensure future U.S. prosperity, resilience, security, health, and technological leadership.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
20 awards to Tennessee groups since 2017 · 8 in Davidson County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $6.7M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $4M | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | $3.5M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $3M | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.2M | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.1M | 2021 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $1M | 2026 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $1M | 2019 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $814K | 2017 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $800K | 2025 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | $750K | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $737K | 2021 |
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, USAspending.gov.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 41 pass-through grants on file · 13 in Davidson County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | The Ohio State University | $849K spent that year | 2025 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Texas at San Antonio, the | $490K | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | The University of Texas at San Antonio | $386K | 2024 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | University of Texas at San Antonio | $231K spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Utah, the | $222K | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | University of Utah | $193K spent that year | 2025 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | University Industry Demonstration Partnership | $140K spent that year | 2023 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | University of Missouri System | $115K | 2023 |
| Fisk University | Nashville, Davidson County | Vanderbilt University | $100K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Vanderbilt University | $96K spent that year | 2025 |
| Microbial Insights, Inc. | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Tennessee | $94K | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | University of Maryland College Park | $90K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).