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NSF 26-1341: Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)
National Science Foundation's Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) initiative funds research on how engineers are trained, supported, and integrated into the profession across education and workplace contexts.
NSF 26-502: Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER) 2026
A U.S. National Science Foundation FY 2026 engineering award for individual investigators proposing bold research directions distinct from their previous or current work. The completed cycle required an LOI, a preliminary proposal, and an invited full proposal.
NSF 26-506: Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)
NSF funding for creating sustainable, secure open-source ecosystems through three tracks focused on planning, scaling, and improving security of high-impact research-derived software and infrastructure.
NSF 26-511: SBIR/STTR Scientific Instrumentation Pilot (2026-2027)
Active NSF SBIR/STTR funding for U.S. small businesses developing next-generation scientific instrumentation, novel experimental platforms, and other enabling technologies, with Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track, and supplemental routes.
NSF 26-7607: Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL)
NSF Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL) is a 2026 program for fundamental research on engineering systems that improve reliability and performance of power, energy, transport, manufacturing, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure.
NSF CAREER Program (Faculty Early Career Development)
NSF's early-career faculty award for researchers building an integrated research and education agenda.
NSF Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) Meta-Program for 2026–2027
The NSF CDS&E meta-program is a cross-program mechanism for proposals with a strong computational and data-science component that goes beyond normal disciplinary program scope, with recurring annual submission windows through 2026 and 2027 across multiple NSF directorates.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): FY2026 Historical Reference
Historical reference for NSF 25-547, the FY2026 GRFP competition whose field-specific deadlines closed in November 2025; no successor competition deadline is currently published.
NSF Gravitational Physics (GP): PD 26-1243 Proposals for FY 2027 (Target Date November 25, 2026)
Section-wide NSF MPS Physics funding opportunity for investigator-led gravitational physics research and infrastructure, with a fourth Wednesday in November 2026 proposal target date for FY 2027
NSF Intelligent and Interactive Dynamic Systems (IIDS)
NSF’s Intelligent and Interactive Dynamic Systems (IIDS) program supports fundamental research on adaptive systems that interact with people and environments, with applications that improve safety, resilience, and societal performance.