Opportunity
Simpler Grants.gov #25-534
NSF Research Grants for Strengthening American Infrastructure
Buyer
U.S. National Science Foundation
Posted
October 05, 2026
Identifier
25-534
The National Science Foundation’s Strengthening American Infrastructure program supports research grants, not purchases of products or services. - Government funding agency: U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF); program: Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI), opportunity 25-534. No sub-agency or office is identified. - Research focus: Fundamental, potentially transformative research to strengthen a specific infrastructure. Projects should combine social, behavioral, or economic sciences with other fields, including science and engineering, and consider how human decision-making, governance, and social and cultural processes affect infrastructure. - Funding: The program lists $9.6 million in total funding, with individual awards ranging from $50,000 to $750,000. Cost sharing is not required. - Eligible applicants: U.S.-based for-profit organizations, nonprofit non-academic organizations, accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, and federally recognized Tribal Nations. - Products, services, OEMs, and vendors: None specified; this opportunity funds research rather than procuring goods or services. - Status: The notice is archived and proposals are not being accepted.
Description
The National Science Foundation’s Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI) program seeks fundamental, potentially transformative research aimed at strengthening a specific focal infrastructure. Projects should integrate expertise from one or more social, behavioral, or economic sciences with other disciplines, including science and engineering. The program focuses on how human reasoning and decision-making, governance, and social and cultural processes contribute to effective infrastructure that improves lives and society. Eligible applicants include U.S.-based for-profit organizations, non-profit non-academic organizations, accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, and federally recognized Tribal Nations.