How much funding is available in total?

$110,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

FederalOpenFixed dateU.S. National Science Foundation

Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)

Per-recipient award not stated for unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Aug 19, 2076.

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Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS) does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Aug 19, 2076.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $110,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
Estimated program budget, number of awards, and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Aug 19, 2076
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Aug 17, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: foundational engineering research on novel classical and quantum devices, exploring matter's electronic, photonic, and magnetic properties to enable new applications · foundational engineering research on classical and quantum aspects of advanced components, systems, and signal processing for communications and sensing · foundational research on systems and control, learning, optimization, artificial intelligence, and networked multi-agent systems, and their applications, with emphasis on power and energy 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

$110,000,000

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

Not stated

Source wording: “Estimated program budget, number of awards, and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.”

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Open to any applicant

Source field: entity types

industry

Science, Technology, Research & Development

Source field: industries

use

foundational engineering research on classical and quantum aspects of advanced components, systems, and signal processing for communications and sensing, foundational engineering research on novel classical and quantum devices, exploring matter's electronic, photonic, and magnetic properties to enable new applications, foundational research on systems and control, learning, optimization, artificial intelligence, and networked multi-agent systems, and their applications, with emphasis on power and energy systems

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Not confirmed

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When does it close?

Aug 19, 207618245 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

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

foundational engineering research on novel classical and quantum devices, exploring matter's electronic, photonic, and magnetic properties to enable new applicationsfoundational engineering research on classical and quantum aspects of advanced components, systems, and signal processing for communications and sensingfoundational research on systems and control, learning, optimization, artificial intelligence, and networked multi-agent systems, and their applications, with emphasis on power and energy systems

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?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No

Common questions

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How much funding is available in total?: $110,000,000 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?: Aug 19, 2076.
Who is eligible to apply?: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility".
What can the funding be used for?: foundational engineering research on novel classical and quantum devices, exploring matter's electronic, photonic, and magnetic properties to enable new applications, foundational engineering research on classical and quantum aspects of advanced components, systems, and signal processing for communications and sensing, foundational research on systems and control, learning, optimization, artificial intelligence, and networked multi-agent systems, and their applications, with emphasis on power and energy systems, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Retrieved2026-09-06

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First seen2026-09-02

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