NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement
NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems funds pioneering research in AI-driven robotics, sensing, and cyber-physical systems for real-world environments.
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Funder: NSF X-Labs
Due Dates: January 7, 2027
Funding Amounts: Anticipated large, multi-year awards; X-Labs initiative is backed by up to $1.5 billion total.
Summary: Supports early-stage, platform AI technologies enabling intelligent, adaptive, and scalable systems that interact with the physical world.
Key Information: Proposals must be submitted as Other Transaction (OT) agreements via SAM.gov and the NSF X-Labs portal.
Description
The NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems seeks bold, early-stage platform technologies to advance the frontiers of artificial intelligence in the context of physical systems. This opportunity, led by the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), targets transformative progress in robotics, embodied AI, human-robot interfaces, advanced sensing, and cyber-physical systems. The program is designed to fund high-risk, high-reward research that traditional mechanisms cannot easily support, enabling teams to build scalable and operationally autonomous AI solutions for real-world environments.
