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NSF Initiatives - Funding | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
Updates to NSF Research Security Policies
On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an
Important Notice
providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.
NSF Initiatives
The U.S. National Science Foundation's cross-cutting initiatives fund activities across a range of disciplines.
AI-Ready America
The NSF TechAccess: AI-Ready America (NSF AI-Ready America) initiative is a nationwide effort to boost artificial intelligence readiness in every U.S. state and territory. NSF AI-Ready America envisions a future where every individual, community and business in the U.S. thrives in an AI-driven economy.
Learn about AI-Ready America
Convergence Accelerator
Launched in 2019, the NSF Convergence Accelerator builds upon basic research and discovery to accelerate solutions toward societal impact.
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Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
The NSF EPSCoR program enhances research competitiveness of targeted jurisdictions (states, territories, and a commonwealth) by strengthening STEM capacity and capability through a diverse portfolio of investments from talent development to local infrastructure.
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Innovation Corps (I-Corps™)
The NSF I-Corps program expands the nation's innovation ecosystem through experiential entrepreneurial education and connects the technological, entrepreneurial and business communities accelerating discoveries from the lab to the marketplace.
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Innovations in Graduate Education
The NSF IGE program seeks to pilot, test, and validate transformative, innovative approaches to graduate STEM education and career preparation, as well as encourage the broader adoption of these approaches in the STEM community.
View IGE
Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems
The NSF POSE program harnesses the power of distributed open-source development to address challenges of national, societal and economic importance.
View POSE
Regional Innovation Engines
NSF Engines catalyzes robust partnerships to positively impact the economy within a geographic region, address societal challenges, and advance national competitiveness.
View NSF Engines
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
The NSF REU program supports intensive research by undergraduate students in any area of research funded by NSF.
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Research Traineeship Program
By transforming the STEM graduate education experience — blending interdisciplinary and convergence research training with comprehensive, inclusive professional development — the NSF NRT program prepares future scientists to make discoveries of national and global significance.
View NRT
Tech Labs
The NSF Tech Labs initiative is designed to launch and scale a new generation of organizations focused on independent research, development and innovation. These organizations will address technical challenges and bottlenecks that university and industry labs cannot easily solve through traditional methods.
View Tech Labs
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Updates to NSF Research Security Policies
On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an
Important Notice
providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.
NSF Initiatives
The U.S. National Science Foundation's cross-cutting initiatives fund activities across a range of disciplines.
AI-Ready America
The NSF TechAccess: AI-Ready America (NSF AI-Ready America) initiative is a nationwide effort to boost artificial intelligence readiness in every U.S. state and territory. NSF AI-Ready America envisions a future where every individual, community and business in the U.S. thrives in an AI-driven economy.
Learn about AI-Ready America
Convergence Accelerator
Launched in 2019, the NSF Convergence Accelerator builds upon basic research and discovery to accelerate solutions toward societal impact.
View Convergence Accelerator
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
The NSF EPSCoR program enhances research competitiveness of targeted jurisdictions (states, territories, and a commonwealth) by strengthening STEM capacity and capability through a diverse portfolio of investments from talent development to local infrastructure.
View EPSCoR
Innovation Corps (I-Corps™)
The NSF I-Corps program expands the nation's innovation ecosystem through experiential entrepreneurial education and connects the technological, entrepreneurial and business communities accelerating discoveries from the lab to the marketplace.
View I-Corps™
Innovations in Graduate Education
The NSF IGE program seeks to pilot, test, and validate transformative, innovative approaches to graduate STEM education and career preparation, as well as encourage the broader adoption of these approaches in the STEM community.
View IGE
Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems
The NSF POSE program harnesses the power of distributed open-source development to address challenges of national, societal and economic importance.
View POSE
Regional Innovation Engines
NSF Engines catalyzes robust partnerships to positively impact the economy within a geographic region, address societal challenges, and advance national competitiveness.
View NSF Engines
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
The NSF REU program supports intensive research by undergraduate students in any area of research funded by NSF.
View REU
Research Traineeship Program
By transforming the STEM graduate education experience — blending interdisciplinary and convergence research training with comprehensive, inclusive professional development — the NSF NRT program prepares future scientists to make discoveries of national and global significance.
View NRT
Tech Labs
The NSF Tech Labs initiative is designed to launch and scale a new generation of organizations focused on independent research, development and innovation. These organizations will address technical challenges and bottlenecks that university and industry labs cannot easily solve through traditional methods.
View Tech Labs
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