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NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement

NSF-Topic3-FY26-XLabsPhysicalAI · National Science Foundation · SAM.gov

! Responses due Jan 7, 2027, 5:00 PM ET · 62 days left

Responses due
Jan 7, 2027, 5:00 PM ET
Posted
Sep 16, 2026
NAICS code
541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Set-aside
None
Place of performance
Alexandria, VA
Notice type
Solicitation
Solicitation number
NSF-Topic3-FY26-XLabsPhysicalAI
Official notice
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What the agency is buying

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), is soliciting Written Proposals under the NSF X-Labs Initiative for the AI for Physical Systems Topic. NSF seeks innovative, early stage platform technologies that advance intelligent, adaptive, and scalable AI systems operating in or interfacing with the physical world, including robotics, embodied systems, human robot interfaces, advanced sensing, and cyber physical systems. NSF anticipates making one or more Other Transaction (OT) awards under 42 U.S.C. § 19116.

From the official notice on SAM.gov.

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