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Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Funds the mathematics that explains why AI works and where it fails — $500,000 to $1.5 million for cross-disciplinary teams.

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Machine learning has produced results across protein folding, language, drug synthesis, recommendation and materials discovery, and nobody can fully explain why it works or where it stops working. NSF's position in this notice is blunt: the foundational gaps are real, they will limit progress, and more computing power and more experiments will probably not close them.

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Last verified: 27 Aug 2026Source: www.nsf.gov