{"id":27880,"date":"2026-08-20T03:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T03:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/educational-research\/?p=27880"},"modified":"2026-08-20T03:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T03:33:43","slug":"funding-opportunity-nsfs-ai-focused-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/educational-research\/2026\/08\/20\/funding-opportunity-nsfs-ai-focused-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Opportunity: NSF&#8217;s AI-Focused Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Science Foundation (NSF) is encouraging the research community to apply to two new programs designed to expand the infrastructure and data resources needed for artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/us-national-science-foundation-state-regional-artificial?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\"><strong>NSF State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs pro<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/us-national-science-foundation-state-regional-artificial?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">g<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinks-2.govdelivery.com%2FCL0%2Fhttps%3A%252F%252Fwww.nsf.gov%252Ffunding%252Fopportunities%252Fus-national-science-foundation-state-regional-artificial%253Futm_medium%3Demail%2526utm_source%3Dgovdelivery%2F1%2F0101019fd7aebc84-c716b1e3-607a-4cce-a8c7-a93c8ddd293a-000000%2Fmd-Tnx1NK3yCdcm3j0mzwuH_kFaulUkp6JnqHQ46v6g%3D452&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpiperlowinger%40coe.ufl.edu%7C51aaf1519f33426699d708def3cf6692%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C639216269317386907%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PGk4i9JcYD2TwQLfyVSO8fkoC2huIS8i3Igbp7UdnNo%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>ram<\/strong><\/a> seeks to establish as many as 10 state and multistate regional hubs. The hubs will expand access to computing, data, and other AI resources; strengthen regional partnerships among research institutions, industry, philanthropy, and state and local governments; and develop the technical workforce needed to support AI-enabled research and education. Only one award will be made in each state or region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline: November 4, 2026<\/strong> <strong>| Amount: Varies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/ai-datasets-unlocking-dataset-value-ai-enabled-scientific-discovery?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\"><strong>NSF Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery program<\/strong><\/a> aims to help research communities increase the value of existing scientific datasets. The program seeks to (1) apply AI-based capabilities to feature extraction and metadata generation, and the integration of multiple datasets; (2) develop robust data pipelines necessary for automated analysis of existing datasets and similar use-cases by AI tools and systems; and (3) augment and\/or harmonize existing datasets to better enable use by AI data pipelines and automated analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline: November 4, 2026 | Amount: Up to $12M<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about these funding opportunities, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/us-national-science-foundation-state-regional-artificial?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/ai-datasets-unlocking-dataset-value-ai-enabled-scientific-discovery?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery<\/a> NSF websites. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[168],"class_list":["post-27880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-bulletin","tag-august-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.0) - 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