National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure deadline 2026
The current listed application deadline is May 13, 2026. Use this page to verify timing fast, then move into the full grant record for planning, comparison, and drafting.
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Quick facts
- Opportunity number
- Not listed
- Last updated
- February 12, 2026
- Expected awards
- 16
Deadline summary
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI) program will empower researchers nationwide to advance critical and emerging technologies. Through NQNI, NSF will establish an open-access network of research facilities to spur innovations in future quantum technologies, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, manufacturing, biotechnology, and other areas of national priority. The NQNI solicitationestablishes a competition for a network of univ...
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Eligibility snapshot
*Who May Serve as PI: By the submission deadline, the Principal Investigator (PI) must hold either: <ul type="disc"> <li>a tenured or tenure-track position, or</li> <li>a full-time, paid appointment to a research position</li> </ul> at a U.S.-based campus of an IHE eligible to submit to this solicitation.