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NSF program NRI-National Robotics Initiati (801300): 39 awards, $18.4M to 31 organizations

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39 NSF awards ($18.4M) under the program element NRI-National Robotics Initiati (801300) to 31 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.

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Program element code: 801300
Directorate: Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Division: CSE - Core Programs

Awards

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Award	Agency	Institute or division	Fiscal year	Amount in window	Start	End	Principal investigator	Source
NRI: Adaptive Wearable Robots for Movement Assistance via Bio-Inspired Sensorimotor Integration	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$1,474,497	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2027	Jonathan Realmuto	nsf.gov
NRI: A Novel Framework for the Hardware and Control Co-design of Dynamic Humanoid Robots with Electric Motors	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$1,200,000	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Justin Yim	nsf.gov
NRI/Collaborative Research: Robotic Iceberg Sentinels (RISE)	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$1,044,135	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Mingxi Zhou	nsf.gov
NRI: Collaborative Research: Adaptive multi-Robot Configurable Teams Investigating Changing Ecosystem	NSF	Cyber, Physical, & Intelligent Systems	2022	$991,860	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2026	Brittany A Duncan	nsf.gov
NRI: Enhancing Autonomous Underwater Robot Perception for Aquatic Species Management	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$945,291	January 1, 2023	December 31, 2027	Junaed Sattar	nsf.gov
NRI: Human-Robot Interface for Extraterrestrial Construction	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$900,000	January 1, 2023	July 31, 2027	H David Jeong	nsf.gov
NRI: Electronically Integrated Microscopic Robot Swarms	NSF	Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$900,000	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2025	Marc Miskin	nsf.gov
NRI: Integrating Perception and Manipulation of Deformable Objects by Learning Implicit Representations	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$749,653	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Nima Fazeli	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Smart Skins for Robotic Prosthetic Hand	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$729,000	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2026	Jie Yin	nsf.gov
NRI: Food Is Fundamental: The Profound Ethical and Social Impacts of Robot Kitchens	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$715,309	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2027	Patrick Lin	nsf.gov
NRI: Decision-making Foundations for Human-supervised Legged Robot Teams	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$676,010	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2026	Quan T Nguyen	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Remotely Operated Reconfigurable Walker Robots for Eldercare	NSF	Division of Information & Intelligent Systems	2022	$620,240	March 15, 2022	February 28, 2025	Haruhiko H Asada	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Shape-Based Remote Manipulation	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$606,545	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Carl A Moore	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Shape-Based Remote Manipulation	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$603,183	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	James E Colgate	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Understanding Underlying Risks and Sociotechnical Challenges of Powered Wearable Exoskeleton to Construction Workers	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2024	$477,000	October 1, 2023	October 31, 2026	Houtan Jebelli	nsf.gov
NRI: Addressing Safe Interaction Between Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2023	$476,123	September 1, 2023	March 31, 2027	Andreas Malikopoulos	nsf.gov
NRI/Collaborative Research: Robotic Iceberg Sentinels (RISE)	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$455,460	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Michael Krieg	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Reducing Falling Risk in Robot-Assisted Retail Environments	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$382,796	August 1, 2022	July 31, 2026	Yu Gu	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Reducing Falling Risk in Robot-Assisted Retail Environments	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$382,479	August 1, 2022	July 31, 2027	Boyi Hu	nsf.gov
NRI/Collaborative Research: Robotic Disassembly of High-Precision Electronic Devices	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2024	$378,858	January 1, 2024	January 31, 2027	Minghui Zheng	nsf.gov
MRI: Development of an Innovative Underwater Robot Testing Facility for the Kilo Nalu Natural Coastal Marine Observatory	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$346,007	September 1, 2022	December 31, 2026	Michael Krieg	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Visual Tactile Neural Fields for Active Digital Twin Generation	NSF	Cyber, Physical, & Intelligent Systems	2022	$337,020	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2026	Monroe D Kennedy	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Remotely Operated Reconfigurable Walker Robots for Eldercare	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$300,000	March 15, 2022	February 28, 2025	Paolo Bonato	nsf.gov
NRI/Collaborative Research: Robust Design and Reliable Autonomy for Transforming Modular Hybrid Rigid-Soft Robots	NSF	Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$281,645	March 1, 2022	June 30, 2023	Isuru S Godage	nsf.gov
NRI/Collaborative Research: Robust Design and Reliable Autonomy for Transforming Modular Hybrid Rigid-Soft Robots	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2023	$281,645	January 15, 2023	February 28, 2027	Isuru S Godage	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Visual Tactile Neural Fields for Active Digital Twin Generation	NSF	Cyber, Physical, & Intelligent Systems	2022	$272,290	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2026	Kostas Daniilidis	nsf.gov
NRI/Collaborative Research: Robust Design and Reliable Autonomy for Transforming Modular Hybrid Rigid-Soft Robots	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$258,554	March 1, 2022	February 28, 2027	Hunter B Gilbert	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Smart Skins for Robotic Prosthetic Hand	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2022	$243,000	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2026	Bo Li	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Smart Skins for Robotic Prosthetic Hand	NSF	Division of Information & Intelligent Systems	2022	$243,000	September 1, 2022	May 31, 2024	Chenglin Wu	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Smart Skins for Robotic Prosthetic Hand	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2024	$243,000	October 1, 2023	January 31, 2028	Chenglin Wu	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Visual Tactile Neural Fields for Active Digital Twin Generation	NSF	Cyber, Physical, & Intelligent Systems	2022	$234,439	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2026	Philip M Dames	nsf.gov
NRI: Collaborative Research: Adaptive multi-Robot Configurable Teams Investigating Changing Ecosystem	NSF	Cyber, Physical, & Intelligent Systems	2022	$214,391	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2026	Kenneth D Tape	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Understanding Underlying Risks and Sociotechnical Challenges of Powered Wearable Exoskeleton to Construction Workers	NSF	Division of Information & Intelligent Systems	2022	$180,000	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2025	Abiola A Akanmu	nsf.gov
NRI/Collaborative Research: Robotic Disassembly of High-Precision Electronic Devices	NSF	Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	2025	$119,466	October 1, 2024	January 31, 2026	Beiwen Li	nsf.gov
NRI: Addressing Safe Interaction Between Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles	NSF	Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation	2022	$53,421	October 1, 2022	October 31, 2023	Andreas Malikopoulos	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: INT: Cooperative Underwater Structure Inspection and Mapping	NSF	Cyber, Physical, & Intelligent Systems	2025	$22,664	July 1, 2025	September 30, 2026	Ioannis Rekleitis	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NRI: Understanding Underlying Risks and Sociotechnical Challenges of Powered Wearable Exoskeleton to Construction Workers	NSF	Division of Information & Intelligent Systems	2022	$18,000	September 1, 2022	February 29, 2024	Houtan Jebelli	nsf.gov
NRI: Hierarchical Representation Learning for Robot Assistants	NSF	CSE - Core Programs	2024	$11,435	October 1, 2023	January 31, 2027	Shuran Song	nsf.gov
NRI: FND: Collaborative Research: DeepSoRo: High-dimensional Proprioceptive and Tactile Sensing and Modeling for Soft Grippers	NSF	Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation	2024	$8,000	October 1, 2023	February 28, 2025	Wenzhen Yuan	nsf.gov

Organizations

Organization	Place	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Urbana, IL	$0	3	$1.7 million
University of California-Riverside	Riverside, CA	$0	1	$1.5 million
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	$0	2	$1.2 million
University of Rhode Island	Kingston, RI	$0	1	$1 million
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lincoln, NE	$0	1	$991,860
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	$0	1	$945,291
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	College Station, TX	$0	3	$903,503
Texas A&M University	College Station, TX	$0	1	$900,000
University of Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	$0	2	$801,467
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	$0	1	$749,653
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC	$0	1	$729,000
California Polytechnic State University Foundation	San Luis Obispo, CA	$0	1	$715,309
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$0	1	$676,010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	$0	1	$620,240
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Tallahassee, FL	$0	1	$606,545
Northwestern University at Chicago	Chicago, IL	$0	1	$603,183
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	$0	1	$476,123
West Virginia University Research Corporation	Morgantown, WV	$0	1	$382,796
University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	$0	1	$382,479
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	$0	2	$348,455
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	Boston, MA	$0	1	$300,000
DePaul University	Chicago, IL	$0	1	$281,645
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, LA	$0	1	$258,554
Villanova University	Villanova, PA	$0	1	$243,000
Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla, MO	$0	1	$243,000
Temple Univ of the Commonwealth	Philadelphia, PA	$0	1	$234,439
University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus	Fairbanks, AK	$0	1	$214,391
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	$0	1	$180,000
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	Athens, GA	$0	1	$119,466
University of Delaware	Newark, DE	$0	2	$76,085
Pennsylvania State Univ University Park	University Park, PA	$0	1	$18,000

Funding by fiscal year

Fiscal year	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
2024	$0	1	$53,757
2023	$0	2	$32,000
2022	$0	34	$17,245,026

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 23 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 23 awards here
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1	24-598	NSF	47.070	February 8, 2027	$20 million	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 23 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 23 awards here
Expeditions in Computing	20-544	NSF	47.070	March 31, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 23 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 23 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 23 awards here
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)	22-586	NSF	47.070	July 28, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 23 awards here
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)	23-601	NSF	47.070	August 18, 2027	$500,000	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 awards here
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities	24-540	NSF	47.070		$200,000	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 23 awards here
Foundational Research in Robotics	PD-20-144Y	NSF	47.070		Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 23 awards here
Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science	PD-24-7414	NSF	47.070		$600,000	Same assistance listing 47.070 as 23 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 16 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 16 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 16 awards here
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)	24-527	NSF	47.041	February 8, 2027	$3.6 million	Same assistance listing 47.041 as 16 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 16 awards here

Updated November 3, 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 2026-11-02). 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.