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SDSC: Discovering the Next Generation of Battery Materials Using GenAI

Sept. 3, 2025 -- As electric vehicles flood global markets and renewable energy storage demands soar, researchers are confronting a harsh reality: the world's battery supply chain depends on lithium, ...Full Article

NSF Announces Funding to Establish the National AI Research Resource Operations Center

Sept. 3, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a new solicitation to establish a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Operations Center (NAIRR-OC). This marks a critical, initial ...Full Article

NSF, NVIDIA Partner in $152M Ai2-Led Project to Build Open AI Models for US Science

Aug. 14, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced a partnership with NVIDIA to develop a set of artificial intelligence models that will transform the ability of America's ...Full Article

NSF Invests Nearly $32M to Accelerate Novel AI-Driven Approaches in Protein Design

Aug. 8, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) announced an inaugural investment of nearly $32 million to five teams across the ...Full Article

NSF Invests in AI-Ready Test Beds to Accelerate U.S. Leadership

Aug. 8, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation announced over $2 million in planning grants to support the development of artificial intelligence-ready test beds — real-world environments that ...Full Article

NSF to Invest in New National Network of AI-Programmable Cloud Laboratories

Aug. 6, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity that would invest up to $100 million to support a network of "programmable cloud laboratories," ...Full Article

Georgia Tech to Build $20M National AI Supercomputer

ATLANTA, July 15, 2025 -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Georgia Tech and its partners $20 million to build a powerful new supercomputer that will use artificial intelligence ...Full Article

University of Vermont Secures $5.5M from NSF for AI Supercomputer, Underground Robots, Health Science

July 15, 2025 -- The University of Vermont has secured over $5.5 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to support researchers investigating next-generation artificial intelligence computing, human tissue mechanics, ...Full Article

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Bipartisan ‘ASAP’ Plan Aims to Supercharge US Science with Data, Compute and AI

Lawmakers are giving fresh consideration to science funding thanks to a recent initiative, the American Science Acceleration Project, or ASAP. Unveiled by Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Mike Rounds ...Full Article

NSF Director Announces Immediate Resignation

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2025 -- The Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Sethuraman Panchanathan, yesterday announced his resignation, ending a five-year tenure during a period of heightened ...Full Article