Closed · PDR-2600-DC-029Q · CFDA 14.536 · Discretionary
Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Housing and Urban Development, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $3M-$10M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 13, 2026
- Close date
- 3
- Expected awards
The verdict
Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Housing and Urban Development that offered $3,000,000 -- $10,000,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 627 other opportunities from Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- $3M-$10M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 3
- expected awards
- 14.536
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on July 13, 2026. CFDA 14.536 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $3,000,000 -- $10,000,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 13, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$10,000,000
Expected Awards
3
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development"s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) expects to release a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration. This anticipated NOFO is intended to fund demonstration projects that test and scale the use of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence in factory-built housing to help build homes faster, at lower cost, and in ways that can meaningfully increase housing supply.Awards are expected to be made as cooperative agreements, which means HUD will be actively involved throughout the project period. PD&R will provide technical guidance and oversight to help ensure projects are well designed, aligned with program goals, and able to generate lessons that can be applied more broadly across the housing industry.HUD is especially interested in projects that use automation, robotics, or AI at specific stages of the factory-built housing process, whether onsite or offsite. Eligible approaches may include panelized systems, modular construction, or fully volumetric homes. Projects must show that the proposed technology can produce housing components at a scale sufficient to deliver a defined number of homes and clearly explain how the technology improves construction speed, labor efficiency, quality, or cost.The overall goal of this NOFO is to support technologies that can move beyond a single pilot and be scaled for wider use, contributing to long-term increases in housing supply. Applicants should explain how their project bridges the gap between early development and commercial use and should quantify expected affordability benefits, such as reduced construction time or labor needs. The program supports Administration priorities to lower housing costs and expand housing supply and requires projects to follow principles of Gold Standard Science.
Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door
The eligibility set for Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics… includes a for-profit door among 6 printed types (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; +2 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Housing · Science and Technology / R&D (HO;ST). Only 1 other Department of Housing and Urban Development listing share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 628).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Code 23
- Small businesses
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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Agency Contact
Research Partnerships researchpartnerships@hud.gov
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