EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)
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The Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation Wave-Based Computing solicitation, issued by the National Science Foundation under solicitation number 26-524, seeks foundational and transformative research to develop computing approaches utilizing wave dynamics. The program focuses on high-impact ideas that align with the Administration's Fiscal Year 2028 Research and Development Budget Priorities and national science and technology missions. Funding is available through two distinct tracks: Track 1 provides two-year EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research for exploratory approaches, while Track 2 supports larger, multidisciplinary projects with four-year awards reaching up to 2,000,000 dollars. Collaboration with industry is encouraged, potentially through the GOALI mechanism. The deadline for responses is February 11, 2027.
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The Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program serves a critical role in helping the NSF Directorate for Engineering focus on important emerging areas in a timely way. The EFRI program invests in potentially transformative ideas that offer the opportunity for significant shifts in foundational engineering knowledge. EFRI-funded research must have strong potential for long-term impact on strategic technology priorities and/or national science and technology (S&T) missions identified in the Administration's Fiscal Year (FY) 2028 Research and Development (R&D) Budget Priorities Memorandum. Such impacts need not be fully realized within the duration of the research period; however, proposers are expected to articulate how a proposal is use-inspired and may lay the foundations for stated priorities. This EFRI solicitation leverages a portfolio of both two-year EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) awards and larger four-year awards in response to Science: A New Golden Age, which calls for a more flexible set of funding mechanisms that match the scientific challenges they seek to address.
The EFRI Wave-Based Computing (WBC) solicitation will support foundational and transformative research to advance the development of computing approaches that harness the principles of wave dynamics.
The EFRI WBC solicitation will support two tracks.
Track 1: Exploratory approaches may be funded through EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) awards.
Track 2: Larger, multidisciplinary projects may be funded through four-year awards of up to $2,000,000.
The EFRI WBC program encourages collaboration with industry. Proposers may consider using a formal mechanism, such as NSF Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI).
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