NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement
NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement, Solicitation 51965d0b5dcf4b5ab00551239b765874, issued by Federal (Virginia offices).
Key facts
- Issuing agency
- Federal (Virginia offices)
- Solicitation number
- 51965d0b5dcf4b5ab00551239b765874
- Type
- Solicitation
- Posted
- Sep 16, 2026
- Response deadline
- Jan 7, 2027, 5:00 PM EST
- Place of performance
- Alexandria, VA, 22314
Official 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.
Solicitation #NSF-Topic3-FY26-XLabsPhysicalAI. Issued by NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS. NAICS 541715. Product/Service Code AJ12.
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