National Robotics Initiative 3.0: Innovations in Integration of Robotics (NRI-3.0)

National Robotics Initiative 3.0: Innovations in Integration of Robotics (NRI-3.0)

PROGRAM SOLICITATION
NSF 21-559

REPLACES DOCUMENT(S):
NSF 20-522

National Science Foundation

Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Division of Information and Intelligent Systems

Directorate for Engineering

Directorate for Education and Human Resources

Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

National Institute on Aging

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

National Eye Institute

National Institute of Nursing Research

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Submission Window Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):

April 19, 2021 - May 03, 2021

February 08, 2022 - February 22, 2022

February 8 - February 22, Annually Thereafter

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES

This solicitation is a revision of NSF 20-522, the solicitation for the National Robotics Initiative.

The significant changes in the FY 2021 NRI-3.0 solicitation are as follows:

• The deadlines have been revised;
• A single class of projects exists for all proposals for NRI 3.0. The NRI program now focuses on research in the innovative integration of robotic technologies.
• The NRI program has expanded to include robotic research that does not necessarily emphasize collaboration.
• The NRI 2.0 theme requirements have been largely eliminated.
• All proposals must have a collaboration plan as described in V.A.3.
• Additional solicitation-specific sections are required in the project description, as detailed in Section V.A.
• NASA will only consider projects that are within its stated cost limits.
• NIFA will only consider projects that are within its stated cost limits.
• NIOSH will only consider projects that are within its stated cost limits.
• DOT and NIH have been added as partner organizations.

Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation should be submitted in accordance with the revised NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), which is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after June 1, 2020.