Integrated Data Systems & Services
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- 25-544
- Agency
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National Science Foundation
- Applications due
- Award size
- $500,000 to $30,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC), is soliciting proposals for the Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program, which supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that advance data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education. The program accepts proposals across three categories: Category I focuses on developing, deploying, and operating novel national-scale integrated data systems and services; Category II targets transitioning established smaller-scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems to national-scale production quality; and Category III provides planning grants for future IDSS projects. Applicants must propose foundational, transdisciplinary, and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects with broad impact across the science and engineering research and education community, with projects benefiting single disciplines, domains, or specific applications explicitly excluded from consideration. The deadline for proposal submission is July 28, 2026, with the solicitation having been posted on August 27, 2025. Evaluation will prioritize projects that leverage or interface with existing cyberinfrastructure capabilities and demonstrate broad national-scale operational capacity.
While specific award amounts are not detailed in the solicitation summary, the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program under which IDSS operates typically awards federal grants ranging from $150,000 to $1,200,000 for project durations spanning 1-5 years. Performance locations are primarily academic research facilities and institutions across the United States, with successful projects expected to establish national-scale operational infrastructure supporting diverse research communities. The IDSS program builds upon NSF's prior investments in cyberinfrastructure programs such as Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) and Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*), aiming to transition foundational data systems to sustained, production-level national operations.
Synopsis
The Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education.
Through this solicitation, the IDSS program is accepting proposals for three categories of projects:
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Category I. Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services, as appropriate to the project;
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Category II. Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services; and
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Category III. Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects.
NSF and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) have long supported the development of innovative foundational and application-specific cyberinfrastructure resources and systems to address data-intensive research needs at the campus, regional, and community scales, through programs such as Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*), and other investments. The primary goal of the IDSS program is to support national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables data- and artificial intelligence-driven research for many communities. The IDSS program supports foundational transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects aimed to broadly impact the science and engineering research and education community. Projects that aim to primarily benefit a single science discipline, domain, project, or application are not supported.
It is recommended that prospective PIs contact program officer(s) from the list of Cognizant Program Officers to gain insight about alignment of their project ideas with the priorities of the IDSS program and Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. As part of contacting Cognizant Program Officers, prospective PIs are also encouraged to ascertain that the focus and budget of their proposed work are appropriate for this solicitation.
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