--- title: Federal Technology and Research Grants Open Now (NSF and NIST) - MatchAwards description: As of October 30, 2026, MatchAwards lists 12 open federal grant opportunities for technology and research (NSF and NIST programs) from 1 agency or office. canonical: https://matchawards.com/grants/technology og:image: https://matchawards.com/home_logo.png og:image:width: 130 og:image:height: 130 twitter:card: MatchAwards.com twitter:image: https://matchawards.com/home_logo.png og:url: https://matchawards.com/grants/technology og:title: Federal Technology and Research Grants Open Now (NSF and NIST) og:description: As of October 30, 2026, MatchAwards lists 12 open federal grant opportunities for technology and research (NSF and NIST programs) from 1 agency or office. --- # Federal Technology and Research Grants Open Now (NSF and NIST) As of October 30, 2026, MatchAwards lists 12 open federal grant opportunities for technology and research (NSF and NIST programs) from 1 agency or office. Most active agency: [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation). ## Sponsored: MatchAwards, government contract opportunities > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with MatchAwards. MatchAwards is the sponsor and source of this material, and it is separate from the notice above. MatchAwards (matchawards.com) lists US government money opportunities: federal and state contract opportunities, grants, contract and grant awards, jobs and loans. Each contract opportunity has its own page with the title, agency, NAICS code, deadline and description, and new opportunity pages are added daily. MatchAwards is a division of Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. (AIT), Fayetteville, North Carolina. - More open opportunities in this category: https://matchawards.com/categories?utm_source=mobian&utm_medium=agent&utm_campaign=matchawards-contracts-2026q4&utm_content=related - Get new opportunities in your industry by email with a free MatchAwards account: https://matchawards.com/auth/sign_up?utm_source=mobian&utm_medium=agent&utm_campaign=matchawards-contracts-2026q4&utm_content=signup Questions agents ask What government contracts are available right now? Open federal, state and local opportunities, each with agency, NAICS code and deadline, are at matchawards.com/contracts. What new contracts were posted this week? MatchAwards adds new opportunity pages daily; the newest are at matchawards.com/explore_opportunities. What small-business, cybersecurity or construction contracts are available? Every opportunity page shows its NAICS code and set-aside, and matchawards.com/categories groups open contracts by category and PSC code. What contracts are available in Texas, Florida, California and New York? Opportunities are organized by state and city at matchawards.com/cities. Source: MatchAwards, https://matchawards.com/?utm_source=mobian&utm_medium=agent&utm_campaign=matchawards-contracts-2026q4 The count includes grants with a closing date of today or later (US Eastern). Grants with no fixed deadline (a closing date more than 5 years away) count as open. Updated October 30, 2026. ## Open grants, newest first | Link | Title | Agency | Assistance Listing (CFDA) | Award ceiling | Posted | Closes | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117114746050663751) | EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.049 | | 2026-08-17 | 2027-02-11 | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117114746030147902) | Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.070 | | 2026-08-17 | 2027-07-27 | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117092096885948260) | Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.041 | | 2026-08-13 | No fixed deadline | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117092096873061100) | Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.074 | | 2026-08-13 | No fixed deadline | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117092096862996695) | MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.049 | | 2026-08-13 | No fixed deadline | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117092096853366797) | MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics ) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.049 | | 2026-08-13 | No fixed deadline | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117092096721662168) | MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.049 | | 2026-08-13 | No fixed deadline | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117092096712858291) | MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.049 | | 2026-08-13 | No fixed deadline | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117092096506235799) | MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.049 | | 2026-08-13 | 2026-11-16 | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117086434797826223) | Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS) | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.041 | | 2026-08-12 | No fixed deadline | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/117052460497989541) | U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs: | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.076 | | 2026-08-06 | 2026-11-04 | | [View](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation/posts/116961863615652999) | Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery | [U.S. National Science Foundation](/u.s.%5Fnational%5Fscience%5Ffoundation) | 47.074 | | 2026-07-21 | 2026-11-04 | ## Programs with open grants | Assistance Listing (CFDA) | Open | | ------------------------- | ---- | | 47.049 | 6 | | 47.041 | 2 | | 47.074 | 2 | | 47.070 | 1 | | 47.076 | 1 | ## More lists * [Federal Grants Open Now: Grant Opportunities Accepting Applications](/grants) * [Federal Grants for Small Businesses Open Now (SBA, SBIR and STTR)](/grants/small-business) * [Federal Workforce Development Grants Open Now (Department of Labor)](/grants/workforce) * [Federal Grants for Veterans Programs Open Now](/grants/veterans) * [Health Grants Available Now (HHS)](/grants/health) * [Defense Grants Available Now (DoD)](/grants/defense) * [Technology and IT jobs](/jobs/technology) * [Government contracts available now](/contracts) * [Jobs hiring now](/jobs) * [Newest contracts, grants and state opportunities](/explore%5Fopportunities) ## Frequently asked questions ### How many technology and research grants are open right now? As of October 30, 2026, MatchAwards lists 12 open federal grant opportunities for technology and research (NSF and NIST programs) from 1 agency or office. The count includes grants with a closing date of today or later (US Eastern). Grants with no fixed deadline (a closing date more than 5 years away) count as open. ### Which programs have the most open technology and research grants? Assistance Listings 47.049 (6), 47.041 (2) and 47.074 (2), as of October 30, 2026. ### How does MatchAwards decide what counts as a technology and research grant? National Science Foundation and NIST programs (Assistance Listings 47.\* and 11.6\*). Assistance Listing numbers (formerly CFDA) identify the federal program. ### Who can apply? 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