How much funding is available in total?

$8,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

FederalOpenFixed dateU.S. National Science Foundation

Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Award ceiling: $500,000 – $1,500,000
Closes: Oct 9, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-04

Awards $500,000 – $1,500,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Oct 9, 2026.

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)USScience, Technology, Research & Development

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Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence awards $500,000 – $1,500,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification) in US, closing Oct 9, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $8,500,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $1,500,000
Award floor: $500,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Oct 9, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: May 2, 2024
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography: US
Matching funds: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: Mathematical and theoretical foundations of AI research · Understanding capabilities and limitations of AI methods · Design and analysis principles for AI approaches · Research on foundation models, generative models, and deep learning · Characterizing and validating machine learning algorithms · Developing reliable and general-purpose AI systems
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

$8,500,000

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

$1,500,000

Who can apply?

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

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Characterizing and validating machine learning algorithms, Design and analysis principles for AI approaches, Developing reliable and general-purpose AI systems, Mathematical and theoretical foundations of AI research, Research on foundation models, generative models, and deep learning, Understanding capabilities and limitations of AI methods

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size limit

Not confirmed

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clause text

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. - Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. *Who May Serve as PI: <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW177155816 BCX0"> As of the date the proposal is submitted, any PI, co-PI, or senior/key personnel must hold either: <ul> <li>a tenured or tenure-track position, or</li> <li>a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position</li> </ul> at a US-based campus of an organization eligible to submit to this solicitation (see above), with exceptions granted for family or medical leave, as determined by the submitting organization. Individuals with primary appointments at for-profit non-academic organizations or at overseas branch campuses of U.S. institutions of higher education are not eligible.</div>

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When does it close?

Oct 9, 202631 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

6 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

Mathematical and theoretical foundations of AI researchUnderstanding capabilities and limitations of AI methodsDesign and analysis principles for AI approachesResearch on foundation models, generative models, and deep learningCharacterizing and validating machine learning algorithmsDeveloping reliable and general-purpose AI systems

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What comparable notices state

113 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 113 of 353 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$500,000
Median$1,500,000
75th percentile$5,000,000

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Who has won this programme before?

6268 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

6268 federal awards on file under assistance listing 47.041, 47.049, 47.070, 47.075, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

$37,023,406UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGOCA · FY2025
$28,999,998GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPGA · FY2025
$21,951,103THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNY · FY2025
$19,041,217ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.CO · FY2026
$9,800,000UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARACA · FY2025

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How much can one applicant receive?: $500,000 – $1,500,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $8,500,000 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?: Oct 9, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
Which locations are eligible?: US.
What can the funding be used for?: Mathematical and theoretical foundations of AI research, Understanding capabilities and limitations of AI methods, Design and analysis principles for AI approaches, Research on foundation models, generative models, and deep learning, Characterizing and validating machine learning algorithms, Developing reliable and general-purpose AI systems, as classified by the source.

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-04

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-03

Assistance listings47.041, 47.049, 47.070, 47.075

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Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

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