NSF 2021 Solicitation Released!
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invests $200 MILLION, without taking equity, each year in entrepreneurs and small businesses focused on research and development of deep technologies - those that are based on discoveries in fundamental science and engineering.
Technology Topic Areas
Advanced Analytics (AA)
Advanced Manufacturing (M)
Advanced Materials (AM)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AV)
Biological Technologies (BT)
Biomedical Technologies (BM)
Chemical Technologies (CT)
Cloud and High-Performance Computing (CH)
Cybersecurity and Authentication (CA)
Digital Health (DH)
Distributed Ledger (DL)
Energy Technologies (EN)
Environmental Technologies (ET)
Human-Computer Interaction (HC)
Instrumentation and Hardware Systems (IH)
Internet of Things (I)
Learning and Cognition Technologies (LC)
Medical Devices (MD)
Mobility (MO)
Nanotechnology (N)
Pharmaceutical Technologies (PT)
Photonics (PH)
Power Management (PM)
Quantum Information Technologies (QT)
Robotics (R)
Semiconductors (S)
Space (SP)
Wireless Technologies (W)
View Topic Area Descriptions Here

2021 Submission Windows
February 12 - March 4
March 5 - June 3
June 4 - September 2
September 3 - December 2
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