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NSF program NextG Network Research (181Y00): 49 awards, $40.8M to 32 organizations

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49 NSF awards ($40.8M) under the program element NextG Network Research (181Y00) to 32 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-04.

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Program element code: 181Y00
Directorate: Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Division: CSE - Core Programs

Awards

49 awards in the window.

Award	Agency	Institute or division	Fiscal year	Amount in window	Start	End	Principal investigator	Source
RINGS: Mobility-driven Spectrum-Agile Resilient mmWave Communication Links for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Traffic Management in the Sky	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,144,914	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Kamesh Namuduri	nsf.gov
RINGS: Resilient Edge Networks with Data-driven Model-based Learning	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,079,960	May 1, 2022	August 31, 2026	Yong Liu	nsf.gov
RINGS: REALTIME: Resilient Edge-cloud Autonomous Learning with Timely Inferences	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,054,000	May 1, 2022	June 30, 2026	Anand D Sarwate	nsf.gov
RINGS: Intelligent and Resilient Virtualization of Massive MIMO Physical Layer	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,032,664	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2025	Lin Zhong	nsf.gov
RINGS: Walk For Resiliency & Privacy: A Random Walk Framework for Learning at the Edge	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,029,999	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Salim El Rouayheb	nsf.gov
RINGS: Bringing Post-Quantum Cryptography to Large-Scale NextG Systems	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,020,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Reza Azarderakhsh	nsf.gov
RINGS: Resilient Edge Ecosystem for Collaborative and Trustworthy Disaster Response (REsCue)	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,016,640	May 1, 2022	October 31, 2026	Satyajayant Misra	nsf.gov
RINGS: Ensuring Reliability in mmWave Networks	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,014,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Christina Fragouli	nsf.gov
RINGS: Just-in-Time Security: Adaptive Physical-Layer Security for NextG Low-Latency mmWave Wireless Networks	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,007,428	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Matthieu Bloch	nsf.gov
RINGS: Harnessing the Complexity of Modern Electromagnetic Environments for Resilient Wireless Communications	NSF	Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems	2022	$1,007,076	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Steven M Anlage	nsf.gov
RINGS: Object-Oriented Video Analytics for Next-Generation Mobile Environments	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Ravi Netravali	nsf.gov
RINGS: Wideband NextG Tb/s mm-Wave Communication and Networking	NSF	Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2025	Ali M Niknejad	nsf.gov
RINGS: Coding over High-Frequency for Absolute Post-Quantum Security (CHAPS)	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2025	Muriel Medard	nsf.gov
RINGS: Power Resilient NextG Data Centers	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Simon Peter	nsf.gov
RINGS: Resilient and Low-Latency Networks for Situation Awareness in the Factory of the Future	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Moe Z Win	nsf.gov
RINGS: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Enabled Large-scale UAV Network with Distributed Navigation, Mobility Control, and Resilience	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Yingbin Liang	nsf.gov
RINGS: Resilient mmWave Networks via Distributed In-Surface Computing (mmRISC)	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Kaushik Sengupta	nsf.gov
RINGS: Massive Extended-Array Transceivers for Robust Scaling of All-Digital mmWave MIMO	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Upamanyu Madhow	nsf.gov
RINGS: LARA: Layering for Active Resiliency and Awareness in Next-generation Wireless Networks	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	December 31, 2025	Tara Javidi	nsf.gov
RINGS: Resilient Wireless Systems for Future Uplink Traffic through Cell-Free, Loosely Coordinated Access	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Krishna R Narayanan	nsf.gov
RINGS: Enabling Data-Driven Innovation for Next-Generation Networks Via Synthetic Data	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Giulia Fanti	nsf.gov
RINGS: Bumblebee: A Neural Network Transformer Architecture for Summarization and Prediction in Interactive XR Applications	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	December 31, 2025	Anthony Rowe	nsf.gov
RINGS: NextSec: Zero-Trust, Programmable and Verifiable Security Transformation for NextG	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$1,000,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Guofei Gu	nsf.gov
RINGS-VO: Building Resilient NextG Systems for Experimentation (RINGS BRIDGE)	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2023	$1,000,000	August 1, 2023	January 31, 2027	Paul S Bedrosian	nsf.gov
RINGS: Internet of Things Resilience through Spectrum-Agile Circuits, Learning-Based Communications and Thermal Hardware Security	NSF	Electrical, Communications, & Cyber Systems	2022	$999,996	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Marvin Onabajo	nsf.gov
RINGS: Building Next Generation Resilient Wireless Systems from Unsecure Hardware	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$999,960	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Sundeep Rangan	nsf.gov
RINGS: Resilience of NextG Communication Systems to Malicious Modification Attacks	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$998,168	May 1, 2022	December 31, 2026	Aria Nosratinia	nsf.gov
RINGS: l-RIM: Learning based Resilient Immersive Media-Compression, Delivery, and Interaction	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$993,319	May 1, 2022	September 30, 2027	Shiwen Mao	nsf.gov
RINGS: Deployable End-to-End Resilience for Critical Internet Applications via Modular Redundancy	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$991,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Dan Rubenstein	nsf.gov
RINGS: Language-Agnostic Resilience Engineering at the Edge with WebAssembly	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$965,959	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Heather Miller	nsf.gov
RINGS: Reshaping the Last Mile for High Availability and Resilience	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$900,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Sylvia Ratnasamy	nsf.gov
RINGS: Accelerating the NextG Protocols Definition to Code Generation with an Automatic and Secure Verification-Compilation Tool-Chain	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$899,998	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Yan Chen	nsf.gov
RINGS: Resilient Delivery of Real-Time Interactive Services Over NextG Compute-Dense Mobile Networks	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$899,995	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Andreas Molisch	nsf.gov
RINGS: Robust and Resilient Wireless Networks using Next Generation Spectrum	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$855,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Randall A Berry	nsf.gov
RINGS: Enabling Wireless Edge-cloud Services via Autonomous Resource Allocation and Robust Physical Layer Technologies	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$850,000	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2027	Eytan Modiano	nsf.gov
RINGS: Collaborative Inference and Learning between Edge Swarms and the Cloud	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$849,999	May 1, 2022	September 30, 2026	Sandeep P Chinchali	nsf.gov
RINGS: Learning-Enabled Ground and Air Integrated Networks (GAINs)	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$794,000	August 1, 2022	September 30, 2027	Lingjia Liu	nsf.gov
RINGS:Deep Generative Models for Ultra High-Dimensional Next Generation Communication Systems	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$732,371	May 1, 2022	April 30, 2026	Jeffrey G Andrews	nsf.gov
RINGS: Enabling Joint Sensing, Communication, and Multi-tenant Edge AI for Cooperative Perception Systems	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$665,053	July 15, 2022	June 30, 2027	Kaikai Liu	nsf.gov
RINGS: Scalable and Resilient Networked Learning Systems	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$630,000	May 1, 2022	January 31, 2027	Gustavo A de Veciana	nsf.gov
RINGS: WISECOM - Wireless Integrated Sensing, Learning and Communication Networks	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2024	$609,876	January 1, 2024	January 31, 2026	Nuria Gonzalez Prelcic	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 1: Photonics-Enabled Energy-Efficient Radio Architecture With In-Line Signal Processing for Massive MIMO (PRISM)	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2026	$366,666	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Ali M Niknejad	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 1: Coexistence of wireless applications for drone highways	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2026	$349,971	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Zoya Popovic	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 1: AI-Enhanced Reconfigurable and Scalable Terahertz CMOS Transceiver Panel for NextG Communication Systems via Multidimensional Integration	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2026	$282,816	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Milad Koohi	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 1: AI-Enhanced Reconfigurable and Scalable Terahertz CMOS Transceiver Panel for NextG Communication Systems via Multidimensional Integration	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2026	$196,920	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Hossein Naghavi	nsf.gov
RINGS: WISECOM - Wireless Integrated Sensing, Learning and Communication Networks	NSF	Division Of Computer and Network Systems	2022	$184,109	August 1, 2022	July 31, 2024	Nuria Gonzalez Prelcic	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 1: Coexistence of wireless applications for drone highways	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2026	$150,031	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Linda P Katehi	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 1: Photonics-Enabled Energy-Efficient Radio Architecture With In-Line Signal Processing for Massive MIMO (PRISM)	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2026	$133,336	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Tingjun Chen	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 1: AI-Enhanced Reconfigurable and Scalable Terahertz CMOS Transceiver Panel for NextG Communication Systems via Multidimensional Integration	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2026	$120,260	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Morteza Fayazi	nsf.gov

Organizations

Organization	Place	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	$0	3	$3 million
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	$0	3	$2.9 million
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	College Station, TX	$0	4	$2.4 million
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	$0	3	$2.3 million
University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	$0	3	$2.2 million
Rutgers University New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ	$0	2	$2.1 million
New York University	New York, NY	$0	2	$2.1 million
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	$0	2	$2 million
Northwestern University at Chicago	Chicago, IL	$0	2	$1.8 million
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, CA	$0	2	$1.6 million
University of Washington	Seattle, WA	$0	2	$1.2 million
University of North Texas	Denton, TX	$0	1	$1.1 million
Yale University	New Haven, CT	$0	1	$1 million
Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, FL	$0	1	$1 million
New Mexico State University	Las Cruces, NM	$0	1	$1 million
University of California Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	$0	1	$1 million
Georgia Tech Research Corporation	Atlanta, GA	$0	1	$1 million
University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, MD	$0	1	$1 million
Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	$0	1	$1 million
University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	$0	1	$1 million
Mitre Corporation Virginia	Mc Lean, VA	$0	1	$1 million
Northeastern University	Boston, MA	$0	1	$999,996
University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson, TX	$0	1	$998,168
Auburn University	Auburn, AL	$0	1	$993,319
Columbia University	New York, NY	$0	1	$991,000
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$0	1	$899,995
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	$0	1	$794,000
San Jose State University Foundation	San Jose, CA	$0	1	$665,053
University of Colorado at Boulder	Boulder, CO	$0	1	$349,971
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC	$0	1	$184,109
Duke University	Durham, NC	$0	1	$133,336
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	$0	1	$120,260

Funding by fiscal year

Fiscal year	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
2026	$0	8	$1,675,000
2025	$0	4	$454,341
2024	$0	36	$10,900,581
2023	$0	37	$12,281,440
2022	$0	41	$15,514,122

Open federal funding opportunities

From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.

Open opportunity	Number	Agency	Listing	Closes	Award ceiling	Why it matches
National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)	25-540	NSF	47.070	November 17, 2026	$2 million	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)	24-573	NSF	47.070	January 26, 2027	$1.5 million	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1	24-598	NSF	47.070	February 8, 2027	$20 million	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)	22-615	NSF	47.070	February 16, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Expeditions in Computing	20-544	NSF	47.070	March 31, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows	24-528	NSF	47.070	April 13, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)	25-533	NSF	47.070	April 14, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)	22-586	NSF	47.070	July 28, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)	23-601	NSF	47.070	August 18, 2027	$500,000	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)	23-598	NSF	47.070	October 19, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program	25-549	NSF	47.070	October 6, 2076	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)	14-579	NSF	47.070	October 14, 2076	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities	24-540	NSF	47.070		$200,000	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Foundational Research in Robotics	PD-20-144Y	NSF	47.070		Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science	PD-24-7414	NSF	47.070		$600,000	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 37 awards here
Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)	26-512	NSF	47.041	November 4, 2026	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.041 as 12 awards here
PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)	20-558	NSF	47.041	November 10, 2026	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.041 as 12 awards here
Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure	23-520	NSF	47.041	January 21, 2027	$1 million	Same assistance listing 47.041 as 12 awards here
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)	24-527	NSF	47.041	February 8, 2027	$3.6 million	Same assistance listing 47.041 as 12 awards here
EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)	26-524	NSF	47.041	February 11, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.041 as 12 awards here

Updated November 4, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-04). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.