How much funding is available in total?

$16,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Feb 8, 2027. Response date listed on page.

What can the funding be used for?

Research, Convergence research addressing complex problems, as classified by the source.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false.

OtherOpenFixedU.S. National Science Foundation

GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH

Awards $1,200,000 – $3,600,000 per recipient for institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, closing Feb 8, 2027.

Official page

Institutions of Higher Education Non-profit, non-academic organizations Other Legal Entity United States Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH awards $1,200,000 – $3,600,000 per recipient, open to institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity in United States, closing Feb 8, 2027.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $16,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $3,600,000
Award floor is $1,200,000 for Phase I. Phase I total budget may not exceed $1,200,000; Phase II may not exceed $2,400,000. Award ceiling is $3,600,000 (total across both phases). Estimated funding is $16,000,000 with expected number of awards of 10.
Award floor: $1,200,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Feb 8, 2027
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Jan 19, 2024
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Institutions of Higher Education · Non-profit, non-academic organizations · Other Legal Entity
Geography: United States
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$16,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$3,600,000

Source wording: “Award floor is $1,200,000 for Phase I. Phase I total budget may not exceed $1,200,000; Phase II may not exceed $2,400,000. Award ceiling is $3,600,000 (total across both phases). Estimated funding is $16,000,000 with expected number of awards of 10.”

Who can apply?

entity

Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity

Source field: entity types

state

United States

Source field: states

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Convergence research addressing complex problems, Research

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Proposals may only be submitted by non-profit, non-academic organizations and institutions of higher education (two- and four-year IHEs including community colleges) accredited in and having a campus located in the US. PIs must hold full-time appointments in research or teaching positions at US-based campuses/offices of eligible organizations.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Feb 8, 2027160 daysfixed deadline

Response date listed on page.

What can the money be used for?

ResearchConvergence research addressing complex problems

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing is false.

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $1,200,000 – $3,600,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor is $1,200,000 for Phase I. Phase I total budget may not exceed $1,200,000; Phase II may not exceed $2,400,000. Award ceiling is $3,600,000 (total across both phases). Estimated funding is $16,000,000 with expected number of awards of 10.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $16,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Feb 8, 2027. Response date listed on page.
Who is eligible to apply?: Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity.
Which locations are eligible?: United States.
What can the funding be used for?: Research, Convergence research addressing complex problems, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false.

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.