Proposal deadlines: December 4, 2025; July 28, 2026; Annual thereafter
IDSS supports operations-level, national-scale data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables open, data-intensive and AI-driven research/education across many communities (not single-discipline projects).
Category I (New national systems/services)
Category II (Scale to national ops/enhance existing national ops)
Category III (Planning grants)
Focus Areas Aligned to CIST
CS: AI/ML, Robotics, Networks
ISQA: Analytics/optimization
Si2: Cybersecurity, IT Innovation, Bioinformatics/Biomedical Informatics, Data Science
Award summary:
Total program range: $500k–$60M; 3–9 awards overall.
One lead proposal per institution Category I and Category II (may serve as subawardee on others)
No limit for Cat III
Category I (cooperative grant): $10M–$30M, up to 5 yrs, ~1–2 awards.
Category II (cooperative grant): up to $9M, up to 3 yrs, ~1–2 awards.
Category III (standard grant): up to $500k, up to 2 yrs, ~1–5 awards.
September 22, 2025 – Public announcement and applications open
October 31, 2025 (5 p.m. PT) – Concept note deadline
November 14, 2025 - Selected Finalists Notified
December 12, 2025 - Finalist Applications Due
December 2025 – January 2026 – Final selection of Cohort 3 grantees
March 2026 – Cohort orientation begins
August/September 2026 – Demo Day for grantees at OpenAI’s HQ
This initiative, powered by a partnership between the GitLab Foundation and OpenAI, continues our shared commitment to advancing income growth and economic opportunity through innovative uses of AI.
In this round, we’re inviting bold proposals that show how AI can meaningfully transform the systems that shape economic opportunity. Examples include reimagining service delivery, unlocking new forms of personalized education and training, improving efficiency at scale, or creating entirely new ways to connect people with income, skills, benefits, and opportunity. We welcome both transformative approaches and incremental applications, so long as they hold the potential to drive lasting, meaningful change.
Proposal deadline: Rolling. Each person can submit one proposal per quarter, with a maximum of four proposals annually.
Cloud, hardware, and/or software grants to accelerate academic research with NVIDIA tech; access to NVIDIA models; optional letters of support for related grant apps; and potential presentation/visibility.
Generative AI: Training and Model Development Areas of interest include techniques for training, scaling, and customizing generative AI, developing foundation models for science, and exploring new approaches and architectures.
Resources available: Up to 32,000 A100 80GB hours
Generative AI: Alignment and Inference
Areas of interest include exploring multi-model systems, and techniques for customizing, enhancing, and operating generative AI.
Resources available: 2 NVIDIA DGX™ Sparks or up to 32,000 A100 80GB hours
Robotics and Edge AI
Areas of interest include robotics and autonomous vehicles, 5G/6G, smart spaces, and federated learning.
Resources available: Up to 32,000 A100 80GB hours, up to 2 NVIDIA AGX Developer Kits, and/or up to 4 NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 GPUs (see CFP for product specifications)
Award summary:
Up to $32,00
Program Benefits
Receive NVIDIA cloud, hardware, and/or software grants for research.
Get access to NVIDIA models.
Grant Application Support
Receive letters of support for grant applications related to your project.
The 2026 funding opportunity is designed to facilitate research on integrating AI in courses—spanning effectiveness, ethics, pedagogy, and student experience.
Proposals must request funds for research that hopes to improve teaching by making significant,transformative changes to the design, pedagogy, learning materials, or special supports associated with existing courses. The proposed project may involve one faculty member or a team; Co-PIs may be from the same campus or skills might be leveraged by using expertise from faculty on other campuses. No funding can be awarded to those outside the NU System. If the PI does not have research experience, it is highly recommended an experienced Co-PI or research mentor be included in the proposal. Proposals related to general education or discipline-based courses will be considered.
Proposals impacting larger numbers of students will be given priority.
Award Summary
Up to $75,000 total for two or three years, with an expectation that the campus, college, and/or department provide an additional $25,000 for a total of $100,000.
UNO ORCA
Proposal deadline: Rolling while funds available. Submissions opened September 15, 2025
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