Strengthening American Infrastructure
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- Opportunity number
- 25-534
- Agency
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National Science Foundation
- Applications due
- Award size
- $50,000 to $750,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 47.041 Engineering
- 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- 47.050 Geosciences
- 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering
- 47.074 Biological Sciences
- 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
- 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)
- 47.083 Integrative Activities
- 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 Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI) program, administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is seeking grant proposals for fundamental and potentially transformative research aimed at strengthening America's infrastructure. The program focuses on integrating expertise from across social, behavioral, economic, and other scientific disciplines to support research that can enable the building and maintenance of effective infrastructure to improve lives and society. Key objectives include enhancing socioeconomic vitality, promoting private-sector innovation, and addressing national priorities. Proposals will be evaluated based on their potential for substantial and pathbreaking fundamental research applied to strengthening a specific focal infrastructure. The deadline for this opportunity is March 6, 2026.
Award values under this program typically range from $30,000 to $500,000, with project periods spanning 1-5 years. The research is expected to be primarily conducted at academic and research institutions across the United States, leveraging multidisciplinary collaborations to advance scientific knowledge and develop innovative solutions for improving the nation's infrastructure.
Synopsis
Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI) is an NSF program seeking to stimulate human-centered, use-inspired, fundamental and potentially transformative research aimed at strengthening America's infrastructure. Effective infrastructure provides a strong foundation for socioeconomic vitality and broad improvement in quality of life. Robust, reliable and effective infrastructure spurs private-sector innovation, grows the economy, creates jobs, makes public-sector service provision more efficient, strengthens communities, promotes equal opportunity, protects the natural environment, enhances national security and fuels American leadership. Achieving these objectives requires the integration of expertise from across all science and engineering disciplines. SAI focuses on how fundamental knowledge about human reasoning and decision-making, governance, and social and cultural processes enables the building and maintenance of effective infrastructure that improves lives and society and builds on advances in technology and engineering. Successful projects will represent a convergence of expertise in one or more social, behavioral or economic sciences, deeply integrated with other disciplines to support substantial and potentially pathbreaking fundamental research applied to strengthening a specific focal infrastructure. General inquiries regarding this funding opportunity should be sent toNSF-SAI@nsf.gov.
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