NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program – Artificial Intelligence for IoT Information Prize Competition

Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology

11.609 -- Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The NIST’s Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program (PSIAP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for activities to collaborate with technical experts from NIST, industry/academia, and public safety in developing and implementing the Artificial Intelligence for IoT Information (AI3) Prize Competition. The AI3 Prize Competition aims to utilize artificial intelligence learning techniques to make disparate situational awareness data sources actionable for first responders. The AI3 Prize Competition seeks to attract experts and innovators from industry and academia to focus on this difficult challenge by offering a monetary prize purse and an opportunity to help public safety solve this overarching problem. The AI3 Prize Competition award will include all aspects of prize development, implementation, and post-competition publicity and evaluation of the project impact.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

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Additional information

Eligibility for all programs listed in this NOFO is open to U.S. non-Federal entities. Eligible applicants include: Institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, and for-profit organizations organized in the United States. NIST will not be accepting proposals from foreign entities. Please note that individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not considered “non-Federal entities” and are not eligible to apply under this NOFO. Although Federal entities are not eligible to receive funding under this NOFO, they may participate as unfunded collaborators.

Grantor contact information

Description

Ashley Smothers NOFO Coordinator

Email

grants@nist.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
2021-NIST-AI3-NOFO.pdf	2021-NIST-AI3-01 NOFO	May 28, 2021 04:45 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: August 25, 2021

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

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Program Funding

Expected awards

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Award Minimum

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Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

2021-NIST-AI3-01

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Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

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Category of Funding Activity:

Science technology and other research and development

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History

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Posted date:

May 27, 2021

Archive date:

August 25, 2021