AFOSR · US
FA955027S0002 AFRL/AFOSR-Taiwan NSTC Frontiers in Materials and Nanostructures: AI-Driven Discovery, Quantum Geometry, and Energy-Efficient Information Technologies 2027-2030
What this means for your lab
This three-year basic-research program covers nanoscience, quantum geometry and energy-efficient information technologies. Grants of this size usually go to people and research costs, but they can support lab equipment such as low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy of nanostructures, ARPES measurements of band topology and quantum geometry, or MBE growth of thin-film and heterostructure samples on existing UHV systems.
Who can apply
Open competition for joint US-Taiwan teams. Each team pairs one investigator at a US institution or DoD laboratory with one at a Taiwan institution. Pre-proposals (white papers) are required to take part: each pair submits one joint pre-proposal to both AFOSR and NSTC by 18 November 2026. Full applications are due 19 February 2027, 11:59 PM Eastern. The NOFO was posted October 28, 2026 and amended November 2, 2026; watch Grants.gov for further amendments.
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