Opportunity brief · SAM.gov solicitation
NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement
National Science Foundation · National Science Foundation · DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS · Solicitation NSF-Topic3-FY26-XLabsPhysicalAI · NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) · offers due 2027-01-07 · Open on SAM.gov ↗
- Posted
- 2026-09-18
- Place of work
- Virginia
- Product or service code
- AJ12 · General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Applied Research
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From the notice
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.
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