How much funding is available in total?

$2,500,000 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?

Apr 5, 2027. Response date listed as Apr 05, 2027

Is matching funding required?

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

OtherOpenFixedU.S. National Science Foundation

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS)

Awards $300,000 – $2,500,000 per recipient for institutions of higher education (ihes), non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, closing Apr 5, 2027.

Official page

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

In one sentence

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS) awards $300,000 – $2,500,000 per recipient, open to institutions of higher education (ihes), non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, closing Apr 5, 2027.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $2,500,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $2,500,000
Award floor is $300,000 and award ceiling is $2,500,000. Estimated funding of $2,500,000 with expected 25 awards.
Award floor: $300,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Apr 5, 2027
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Feb 4, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) · Non-profit, non-academic organizations · Other Legal Entity
Geography: Not stated
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

$2,500,000

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

$2,500,000

Source wording: “Award floor is $300,000 and award ceiling is $2,500,000. Estimated funding of $2,500,000 with expected 25 awards.”

Who can apply?

entity

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

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

AI and cybersecurity education, Educational curricula and degree programs, Partnerships among institutions, Scholarships for service programs, Workforce development

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

For Scholarship Track: IHEs accredited in US with US campus. Community colleges only as sub-awardees. For Innovation Track: Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in US with US campus, or non-profit non-academic organizations (museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies). PIs must hold tenured/tenure-track position or primary full-time paid appointment at eligible US organization. Scholarship recipients must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

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

When does it close?

Apr 5, 2027216 daysfixed deadline

Response date listed as Apr 05, 2027

What can the money be used for?

AI and cybersecurity educationWorkforce developmentScholarships for service programsEducational curricula and degree programsPartnerships among institutions

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?: $300,000 – $2,500,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor is $300,000 and award ceiling is $2,500,000. Estimated funding of $2,500,000 with expected 25 awards.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $2,500,000 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?: Apr 5, 2027. Response date listed as Apr 05, 2027
Who is eligible to apply?: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity.
What can the funding be used for?: AI and cybersecurity education, Workforce development, Scholarships for service programs, Educational curricula and degree programs, Partnerships among institutions, 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.