Integrated Data Systems & Services
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding the Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program to support operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that advance data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education. The program seeks proposals for three project types: development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services; transition or enhancement of established smaller-scale or existing data-focused systems and services to national-scale operational quality; and planning grants for future IDSS work. Projects are expected to provide national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure with broad transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary impact, and proposals that primarily benefit a single discipline, domain, project, or application are not supported. Proposals are due July 28, 2026, with estimated total program funding of $60 million, an award floor of $500,000, an award ceiling of $30 million, and an expected nine awards, and no cost sharing or matching is required.
Eligible Applicants
*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -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. -Other Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): Prospective proposers from other Federal Agencies and FFRDCs, including NSF sponsored FFRDCs, must follow the guidance in PAPPG Chapter I.E.2 regarding limitations on eligibility. -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.
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