Closed · 18-515 · CFDA 47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.079;47.083;47.084 · Discretionary

Innovation Corps Teams (I-CorpsTM* Teams) Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$50K+
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Innovation Corps Teams (I-CorpsTM* Teams) Program is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $50,000 or more. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,338 other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation.

$50K+
award range
Closed
application status
47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.079;47.083;47.084
CFDA program
1,338
other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation

Archived opportunity record

Innovation Corps Teams is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. National Science Foundation still indexes 1,338 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

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Posted Jun 6 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$12,750,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that builds upon fundamental research to guide the output to facilitate the application of scientific discoveries closer to the development of technologies, products and processes that benefit society. In order to maintain, strengthen and grow a national innovation ecosystem, NSF has established the Innovation Corps - National Innovation Network Teams Program (I-Corps Teams). The NSF I-Corps Teams Program purpose is to identify NSF-funded researchers who will receive additional support in the form of entrepreneurial education, mentoring and funding to accelerate innovation that can attract subsequent third-party funding. The purpose of the I-Corps Teams program is to identify NSF-funded researchers who will receive additional support in the form of entrepreneurial education, mentoring and funding to accelerate the translation of knowledge derived from fundamental research into emerging products and services that can attract subsequent third-party funding. The outcomes of I-Corps Teams projects will be threefold: 1) a clear go/no go decision based on an assessment of the viability of the overall business model, 2) substantial first-hand evidence for or against product-market fit, with a pithy definition of the customer segments and corresponding value propositions, and 3) a narrative of a compelling technology demonstration for potential partners. WEBINAR: A webinar will be held monthly to answer questions about this program. Details will be posted on the I-Corps website (see http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/program.jsp) as they become available.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 18-515

Grants.gov marks Innovation Corps Teams with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. National Science Foundation book (722 peers, 54% of 1,339).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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