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Future Manufacturing

Agency: U.S. National Science Foundation

Assistance Listings: 47.083 -- Integrative Activities

47.049 -- Mathematical and Physical Sciences

47.041 -- Engineering

47.074 -- Biological Sciences

47.070 -- Computer and Information Science and Engineering

47.075 -- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

47.076 -- STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)

47.079 -- Office of International Science and Engineering

47.084 -- NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships

Last Updated: May 16, 2025

Description

The goal of Future Manufacturing is to support fundamental research, education, and training of a future workforce to overcome scientific, technological, educational, economic, and social barriers in order to catalyze new manufacturing capabilities that do not exist today. Future Manufacturing seeks inventive approaches to invigorate the manufacturing ecosystem and seed nascent future industries that can only be imagined today. Future Manufacturing supports research and education that will enhance U.S. leadership in manufacturing by providing new capabilities for companies and entrepreneurs, by...

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -For-profit organizations: U.S.-based commercial organizations, including small businesses, with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education and a passion for innovation. -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. -State and Local Governments -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of sub-awards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus. - Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges as a federally recognized tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131.

Grantor contact information

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Link to additional information

NSF Publication 24-525

Closed: June 18, 2025

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Award

$28,000,000

Program Funding

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Expected awards

$500,000

Award Minimum

$3,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

24-525

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Science technology and other research and development

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

5

Posted date:

January 10, 2024

Archive date:

July 18, 2025

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