Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- PDR-2600-DC-029Q
- Applications due
- Award size
- $3,000,000 to $10,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Categories
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- Housing
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- For Profit Organizations
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Small Businesses
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Points of contact
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- Michael Stewart researchpartnerships@hud.gov (202) 402-4354
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to fund demonstration projects testing automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence in factory-built housing, with applications due July 13, 2026. Approximately $10 million will fund an estimated three awards ranging from $3 million to $10 million per project. No cost sharing or matching is required.
Eligible applicants include for-profit organizations, small businesses, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, and public and private higher education institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities. The performance period is 36 months, with an anticipated award date of September 1, 2026 and estimated start date of October 1, 2026.
Projects must demonstrate scalable automation of specific housing construction stages—panelized systems, modular construction, or fully volumetric homes—sufficient to deliver a defined number of homes. Applicants must quantify expected improvements in construction speed, labor efficiency, quality, or cost, document baseline conditions, and explain how proposed technology bridges the gap between early development and commercial use. All projects must follow principles of Gold Standard Science.
HUD will provide technical guidance and oversight throughout the project period as an active cooperative agreement partner. Required deliverables include a Management and Work Plan, Demonstration Project Design, Quality Control Plan, quarterly progress reports, interim and final briefings, and a final publishable report.
Applications undergo threshold eligibility review followed by independent panel evaluation using four rating factors: contribution of proposed research (30 points), soundness of approach (30 points), project management and team capacity (20 points), and budget and timeline reasonableness (20 points). Capital equipment costs may not exceed 40 percent of the total award.
The program is funded under CFDA 14.536 (Research, Evaluation, and Demonstrations) and authorized under Sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970.
Synopsis
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development"s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD & R) expects to release a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration. This anticipated NOFO is intended to fund demonstration projects that test and scale the use of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence in factory-built housing to help build homes faster, at lower cost, and in ways that can meaningfully increase housing supply.Awards are expected to be made as cooperative agreements, which means HUD will be actively involved throughout the project period. PD & R will provide technical guidance and oversight to help ensure projects are well designed, aligned with program goals, and able to generate lessons that can be applied more broadly across the housing industry.HUD is especially interested in projects that use automation, robotics, or AI at specific stages of the factory-built housing process, whether onsite or offsite. Eligible approaches may include panelized systems, modular construction, or fully volumetric homes. Projects must show that the proposed technology can produce housing components at a scale sufficient to deliver a defined number of homes and clearly explain how the technology improves construction speed, labor efficiency, quality, or cost.The overall goal of this NOFO is to support technologies that can move beyond a single pilot and be scaled for wider use, contributing to long-term increases in housing supply. Applicants should explain how their project bridges the gap between early development and commercial use and should quantify expected affordability benefits, such as reduced construction time or labor needs. The program supports Administration priorities to lower housing costs and expand housing supply and requires projects to follow principles of Gold Standard Science.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| HUD-426.pdf | ||
| 424CBW.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| HUD-50070.pdf | ||
| Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration (PDR-2600-DC-029Q)_5.29.2026.pdf | ||
| PDR_2600_DC_029Q_FONSI_FINAL_PBK Sig.pdf |
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