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

Agency: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION / NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Location: Alexandria, VA
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Sep 16, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 541715 - Scientific Research and Development Services (general category) look up NAICS codes
PSC code: AJ12

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Sep 16, 2026
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Agency: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION / NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Location: Alexandria, VA
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS: 541715 - Scientific Research and Development Services (general category)
Scope: Federal

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.

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