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.
- $3M-$10M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 3
- expected awards
- 14.536
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration - is cataloged under number PDR-2600-DC-029Q and tied to CFDA assistance listing 14.536, posted by Department of Housing and Urban Development. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 29, 2026 and last updated on July 2, 2026. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $3,000,000 -- $10,000,000. The agency has projected $10.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 3 awards. If the agency funds the expected 3 awards from the $10.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $3.3 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 13, 2026. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$3,000,000 -- $10,000,000
Close Date
July 13, 2026
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.
Posted
May 29, 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.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 06, 12, 13, 20, 22, 23. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Research Partnerships researchpartnerships@hud.gov
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