SolicitationActiveNSF-Topic3-FY26-XLabsPhysicalAI
NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION / NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION / DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPSKey dates?
- Posted?
- Sep 16, 2026
- Response deadline?
- Jan 7, 2027, 10:00 PM UTC
- Archive date?
- Jan 22, 2027
- Archive type?
- auto15
Classification?
- Notice type?
- Solicitation
- Base type?
- Solicitation
- Set-aside?
- No Set aside used
- Set-aside code?
- NONE
- PSC?
- AJ12
NAICS?
Issuing office?
- Department?
- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- Sub-tier?
- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- Office?
- DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS
- Office code?
- —
- Organization type?
- OFFICE
- Office address?
- Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
Place of performance?
- Street?
- —
- Street 2?
- —
- City?
- Alexandria
- State?
- VA
- Zip?
- 22314
- Country?
- USA
Contacts?
- X-Labsprimary
Description?
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.
Other notices in this solicitation?
- SolicitationNSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic AnnouncementSep 18, 2026LATEST
- SolicitationNSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic AnnouncementSep 16, 2026LATEST
- SolicitationNSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic AnnouncementSep 16, 2026LATEST
- SolicitationNSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic AnnouncementSep 16, 2026LATEST
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Metadata?
- Notice ID?
- 4e209132c1cd4720856b490f43ec19e4
- Full path?
- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS
- Office code?
- —
- Ingested?
- Sep 29, 2026
- Updated?
- Sep 29, 2026