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The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI
Award Info:
Expected dollar amount of individual awards
Phase I: $500,000 to $750,000 Phase II: Envisioned as 3 to 5 times the Phase I award.
Expected award project period
Phase I: 9 months; Phase II: 3 years.
Key Facts
Description:
interdisciplinary teams addressing the Genesis Mission National Science and Technology Challenges to accelerate scientific discovery and research and development (R&D) workflows using novel artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworks. By achieving AI advantage, these teams will advance…
Seed Program for Interdisciplinary Research (SPIRe) - 2026
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for a SPIRe Grant is $60,000.
The duration of the SPIRe award is 12 months.
Description:
Please see the program page for full details and application requirements.
The UT Dallas Seed Program for Interdisciplinary Research (SPIRe) program is an internal funding…
Pathway to Stop Diabetes® (2026):
Award Info:
For Accelerator awards, applicants may request up to five (5) years of funding support. The proposed project budget should not exceed $325,000 USD per year (including 30% indirect costs) for a maximum total budget up to $1,625,000 USD over five (5) years.
Initiator awards will provide two…
Description:
The Pathway to Stop Diabetes® Accelerator award is intended to provide flexible, long-term salary and research support to early career researchers who are proposing innovative and ambitious diabetes-related research programs, and who have distinguished themselves as exceptionally talented and…
Faculty Externship Program (Summer 2026)
Award Info:
ORI will provide support of up to $12,000 per faculty participant, which may be used for:
Summer salary support
Travel and lodging expenses
Other reasonable costs directly related to the externship experience
Description:
The Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) at The University of Texas at Dallas invites applications for the Faculty Externship Program, a competitive opportunity that supports UT Dallas faculty in spending one month during Summer 2026 embedded at an industry partner or U.S. national laboratory.…
New Faculty Research Symposium Grant - 2026
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for a New Faculty Research Symposium Grant is $25,000.
The duration of the New Faculty Research Symposium Grant award is 12 months.
Description:
Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. The UT Dallas New Faculty Research Symposium Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to stimulate interdisciplinary…
Integrated Data Systems & Services 2026
Award Info:
Estimated Number of Awards: 3 to 9
The estimated number of awards in each Category is as follows: 1 to 2 (Category I), 1 to 2 (Category II), 1 to 5 (Category III).
The type of award in each category is as follows: Cooperative Agreement (Category I and II), Standard Grant (Category…
Description:
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…
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program-2026
Award Info:
IGE Awards (6 to 10 anticipated in FY 2021) are expected to be up to three (3) years in duration with a total budget between $300,000 and $500,000.
Description:
The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master's…
2026 Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)
Award Info:
"Track 1" has been revised to include proposals that request funds from NSF greater than $100,000 and less than $1,400,000. "Track 2" has been revised to include proposals that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $1,400,000 up to and including $4,000,000. A new track has been added ("Track…
Description:
The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports…
Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem
Award Info:
Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.
Description:
The overarching goal of this solicitation is to democratize access to NSF’s advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem and ensure fair and equitable access to resources, services, and expertise by strengthening how Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIP) function in this ecosystem. It aims…
2026 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Award Info:
The award amount provided by ORAU is $5,000. The applicant’s institution is required to match the award with at least an additional $5,000. This is a one-year grant (June 1 to May 31).
Description:
Eligibility for the Powe Awards is open to full-time assistant professors at ORAU member institutions within two years of their initial tenure track appointment at the time of application.