Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
NSF Engineering funds foundational research in civil, mechanical, and manufacturing innovation, supporting projects in advanced manufacturing, infrastructure, dynamic systems, and advanced materials.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: November 4, 2076 (Application deadline) | Rolling (Proposals accepted anytime)
Funding Amounts: $100 million total program funding; approximately 275 awards; proposals requesting up to five years encouraged
Summary: Supports foundational research advancing civil infrastructure, manufacturing, intelligent dynamic systems, and the mechanics of materials.
Key Information: Unaffiliated individuals are not eligible to submit proposals.
Description
The NSF Directorate for Engineering’s Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation program supports foundational research in civil, design, mechanical, industrial, systems, manufacturing, and materials engineering. Its four programs cover manufacturing processes and supply chains, resilient infrastructure, intelligent dynamic systems—including systems interacting with people—and deformation and failure in engineered and biological materials. Research within a single program and multidisciplinary work spanning programs are welcome.
NSF seeks intellectually ambitious, potentially transformative research, including incremental advances and bold, high-risk inquiries. Priorities include new theories, methods, tools, and datasets, novel connections across disciplines, and scientifically justified uses of AI, advanced computation, and automation. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, commercial outcome, or later-stage development.
