National Science Foundation Translation to Practice
Funds the step between a laboratory result and something people use — $600,000 to $2 million, with partners from outside academia.
About
NSF's Technology, Innovation and Partnerships directorate exists to move research into use, and this is its general translation programme. The premise is that discoveries reach society through winding routes rather than a straight line, and that use-inspired research needs its own funding rather than being an afterthought to basic work.
Four goals sit behind the programme: supporting use-inspired…
Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.