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Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences

Issued by U.S. National Science Foundation · via Grants.gov — US federal funding opportunities

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Published
18 Aug 2022
Closes
16 Nov 2026, 23:59 UTC
Value
USD 8,000,000
Reference
22-627
Location
United States
Sector
Financial & Professional Services

At a glance

U.S. National Science Foundation in United States has published a funding call in financial & professional services: “Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences”. Submissions close on 16 November 2026, 37 days from today. The stated value is USD 8,000,000. Quote reference 22-627 in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 144 notices from this buyer since 2009, 128 of them currently open. There are 352 open financial & professional services notices in United States on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through Grants.gov — US federal funding opportunities, not through FreeTender.

Details

The Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI) program provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for the development of new technologies and instrumentation for use in ground-based astronomy and astrophysics.The program supports achieving the science objectives of the Division of Astronomical Sciences. The development of innovative, potentially transformative, technologies and instruments are sought, even at high technical risk.Supported categories include (but are not limited to):advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable new observations that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.Proposals may include hardware and/or software development and/or analysis to enable new types of astronomical observations. Access to the ATI supported technology and instrumentation development efforts by the US astronomical community is viewed as an important metric of success. An annual Principal Investigators meeting is planned to disseminate information between the funded research efforts.

Estimated total programme funding: USD 8000000

CFDA number(s): 47.049

Federal funding opportunity published on Grants.gov. Applications are submitted through Grants.gov — see the official listing.

Context for bidders

We hold 144 notices from U.S. National Science Foundation, going back to March 2009 — 128 of them still open. They buy mostly in Financial & Professional Services, IT & Telecom and Education & Training. There are 352 open Financial & Professional Services tenders in United States. This one closes in 37 days.

Before you bid on this tender

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