The National Science Foundation has announced a new funding concept aimed at accelerating breakthrough science by supporting multidisciplinary research teams that operate outside traditional academic institutions.

The National Science Foundation is working to address key challenges slowing artificial intelligence adoption as it positions itself as a collaborative and complementary partner in the Energy Department led Genesis Mission, according to agency leadership.

Rice University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is strengthening its national leadership in disaster reliability, risk and resilience research, with faculty advancing solutions that protect communities, infrastructure and quality of…

The University of Texas at Austin has been ranked No. 1 among U.S. universities for conducting the most research supported by the National Science Foundation.

Marzia Momin, a doctoral candidate in engineering science and mechanics at Penn State, is using entrepreneurial training through the Invent Penn State NSF I-Corps program to advance her neural implant research toward commercialization.

The University of Texas at Dallas has secured renewed federal funding to advance artificial intelligence driven research aimed at improving the reliability and performance of wind energy systems.

A new University of Connecticut led initiative aims to help coastal communities across the northeastern United States better prepare for the growing risks of climate change. Funded by a two-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the…

Applications for the Institute 2026 Summer Internship Program are now open to all eligible students, and will close on Monday, March 2nd, 2026. To compliment the application process there will be a student Open House to virtually attend on February 19th…

The twenty-sixth annual High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS) Conference will be held May 11-13, 2026, at the Historic Inns of Annapolis in Annapolis, Maryland. We solicit proposals to present talks at the conference. If you are interested in…

Two graduate students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences gained hands-on international research experience this summer through support from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Funded by the NSF Innovations in Graduate Education program,…

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships has announced a major new effort aimed at accelerating breakthrough science.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $4.8 million grant to University of Arizona professor Ave Arellano Jr. and a multi-institution research team to modernize how the nation tracks, forecasts, and communicates air pollution and wildfire smoke.

A Virginia Tech research team is advancing the next generation of advanced manufacturing through a three year, 3.5 million dollar National Science Foundation Future Manufacturing Research Grant.

The University of Tennessee has secured a one million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to expand statewide training that prepares high school students and teachers for careers in the fast growing semiconductor industry. The three year…

Brown University hosted researchers from across the country to formally launch the new National Science Foundation funded AI Research Institute on Interaction for AI Assistants, known as ARIA.

New Mexico State University is expanding its leadership in sustainable materials science through a new NSF EPSCoR supported collaboration with NASA.