Closed · 24-590 · CFDA 47.041 · Discretionary

Engineering Research Initiation

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

$200K+
Award range
Closed
Status
October 9, 2026
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Engineering Research Initiation is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $200,000 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.

$200K+
award range
Closed
application status
47.041
CFDA program
1,338
other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on October 9, 2026. Watch CFDA 47.041 (Engineering Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $200,000 or more.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed October 9, 2026

Posted Jul 17 Closes Oct 9

Est. Total Funding

$11,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

The NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) seeks to build engineering research capacity across the nation by investing in new academic investigators who have yet to receive sufficient research funding from Federal Agencies. The Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) program will support new investigators as they initiate their research programs and advance in their careers as researchers, educators, and innovators. This funding opportunity aims to broaden the base of investigators involved in engineering research and therefore is limited to investigators that are not affiliated with “very high research activity” R1 institutions (according to the Carnegie Classificationhttps://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 24-590

Grants.gov marks Engineering Research Initiation 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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 47.041

Engineering Grants

National Science Foundation

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Engineering Research Initiation is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 47.041 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Engineering Grants indexes 319 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. National Science Foundation lists 1,338 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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