Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure
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- Opportunity number
- 22-594
- Agency
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National Science Foundation
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,000,000 to $2,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 47.041 Engineering
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Federal Grant Opportunity titled "Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure" (LEAP HI) is being offered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG). The program challenges interdisciplinary research teams to tackle complex engineering problems that cannot be addressed by individual investigators through short-term projects. LEAP HI proposals must articulate a fundamental research problem with significant societal impact, integrate expertise beyond typical CMMI-funded projects, and include an Engineering Leadership Plan to engage the public and future engineers. Proposals must demonstrate the need for a sustained, integrated research effort and include a detailed Research Integration Plan. The opportunity has a due date of September 15, 2026.
LEAP HI supports fundamental research projects with total budgets between $1 million and $2 million and durations of up to five years. Awards are expected to lead to disruptive technologies, strengthen industries, improve quality of life, or reimagine essential infrastructure. Work is to be performed at the awardee institutions' facilities across the United States.
Synopsis
The LEAP HI program challenges the engineering research community to take a leadership role in addressing demanding, urgent, and consequential challenges for advancing America's prosperity, health and infrastructure. LEAP HI proposals confront engineering problems that are too complex to yield to the efforts of a single investigator --- problems that require sustained and coordinated effort from interdisciplinary research teams, with goals that are not achievable through a series of smaller, short-term projects. LEAP HI projects perform fundamental research that may lead to disruptive technologies and methods, lay the foundation for new and strengthened industries, enable notable improvements in quality of life, or reimagine and revitalize the built environment.
- LEAP HI supports fundamental research projects involving collaborating investigators, of duration up to five years, with total budget between $1 million and $2 million.
- LEAP HI proposals must articulate a fundamental research problem with compelling intellectual challenge and significant societal impact, particularly on economic competitiveness, quality of life, public health, or essential infrastructure. One or more CMMI core topics must lie at the heart of the proposal, and integration of disciplinary expertise not typically engaged in CMMI-funded projects is encouraged.
- LEAP HI proposals must include an Engineering Leadership Plan that creatively communicates the excitement of engineering research to the general public, and particularly to future engineers, as the project unfolds.
- LEAP HI proposals must demonstrate the need for a sustained research effort by an integrated, interdisciplinary team and include a Research Integration Plan that provides a timeline for research activities and clearly explains how the project will be managed to ensure effective integration of project thrusts.
Cognizant Program Officer(s): Bruce Kramer
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