National Science Foundation
Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Key facts
- Open now
- 16 grants
- Type of help
- Project grant
- Typical award
- Range Low: $1,575 Range High: $35,890,585 Average: $232,112
Open now
- Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI) · Due Oct 9, 2026 · 2 days left
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) · Due Oct 20, 2026 · 13 days left
- National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) · Due Nov 17, 2026 · 41 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
- NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) · Due Feb 16, 2027 · 132 days left
- Expeditions in Computing · Due Mar 31, 2027 · 175 days left
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows · Due Apr 13, 2027 · 188 days left
- Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) · Due Apr 14, 2027 · 189 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
- National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program · Due Oct 6, 2076 · 18262 days left
- Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Foundational Research in Robotics · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: · No deadline listed: see the official notice
What it pays for
To support investigator-initiated research and education in all areas of computing, communications, and information science and engineering.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
26 awards to Tennessee groups since 2019. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $9M | 2026 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $7.7M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | $6.1M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.2M | 2022 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | $2.6M | 2019 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $2.2M | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $2.1M | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $2M | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $2M | 2020 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $1.7M | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.7M | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.6M | 2026 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 42 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of California Santa Cruz | $792K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Southern California | $460K | 2026 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | University of Illinois | $453K spent that year | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Florida International University | $294K | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Texas a & M University | $286K | 2026 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Georgia Institute of Technology | $282K spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | College of William and Mary | $257K | 2026 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Florida International University | $231K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | George Mason University | $230K | 2026 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | George Mason University | $220K | 2026 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | Georgia Tech Research Corp | $219K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Florida International University | $170K | 2023 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).