Instrumentation and Hardware Systems
In short: The Instrumentation and Hardware Systems topic addresses the research and development of new and improved instrumentation and related systems for a wide variety of commercial and industrial applications.
Excerpt from the official topic description. Read the full solicitation before deciding to apply.
| Agency | National Science Foundation |
|---|---|
| Program | — |
| Phase | BOTH, BOTH |
| Topic number | IH |
| Solicitation | NSF 26-510 |
| Release date | May 22, 2026 |
| Open date | May 22, 2026 |
| Close date | Jul 7, 2027 |
| Status on SBIR.gov | Open |
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Full description (from SBIR.gov)
The Instrumentation and Hardware Systems topic addresses the research and development of new and improved instrumentation and related systems for a wide variety of commercial and industrial applications. Proposals in this topic may deal with new instruments for use in scientific, industrial, engineering or manufacturing environments, among others. Systems and tools designed for the purposes of detection, manipulation, characterization, measurement, processing, control or monitoring will be considered. A wide variety of applications areas will be considered as part of this topic.
Possibly related past awards
- STTR Phase I:A D-band, silicon-based, phased array radar front-end module for smart sensing applications by ASTRABEAM LLC (Phase I, 2022, $256,000)
- SBIR Phase I:Ultra-Low-Cost Distributed Spectrum Monitoring by DISTRIBUTED SPECTRUM INC. (Phase I, 2022, $231,904)
- SBIR Phase II:An artificial intelligence system for autonomous numerical control programming for advanced manufacturing by LAMBDA FUNCTION, INC (Phase II, 2023, $999,942)
Matched by keyword overlap within the same agency from the SBIR.gov public award dataset. Not an official linkage.
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