AFRL/AFOSR-Taiwan NSTC Frontiers in Materials and Nanostructures: AI-Driven Discovery, Quantum Geometry, and Energy-Efficient Information Technologies 2027-2030

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Funder

U.S. Department of Defense – AFOSR

Deadline

18 Nov 2026

All deadlines

18 Nov 2026 – Pre-proposal (white paper) due; 19 Feb 2027 – Full proposal due (invitation only)

Deadline details

Joint US-Taiwan pre-proposal (white paper) due 18 Nov 2026, 11:59 PM EST: email to AFOSR plus the Taiwan partner's submission in the NSTC online system. Selections announced by 15 Jan 2027. Full proposals are by invitation only, due 19 Feb 2027.

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Amount

Award: Up to $150,000 per year per US PI for 3 years; US-side funding $1,200,000 per year in total

Checked

12 Nov 2026 against the Grants.gov listing (listing facts confirmed; not every eligibility interpretation re-derived)

Region / eligibility

United States

Career stage

established / PI

Fields

materials

Reference

FA955027S0002

Official call

Grants.gov listing

Eligibility in plain language

Teams of two: one investigator from a US institution or DoD lab and one from a Taiwan institution submit one joint pre-proposal (white paper) to both AFOSR and NSTC. US awards go to US institutions of higher education; the US PI must be a US citizen, national or permanent resident in a full-time permanent, career-competitive or tenure-track (non-contractor) position, or have an institutional letter of consideration for one. FFRDCs and individuals are not eligible as primary recipients. Taiwan investigators are funded by NSTC under its rules.

At a glance

Who submits

You (the researcher) apply, usually with a host or employer that supports the application.

Your role

Personal / PI-led application where the funder allows individual researchers to apply (usually with a host).

Funding figure

Stated as per-award / award-size wording: Award: Up to $150,000 per year per US PI for 3 years; US-side funding $1,200,000 per year in total.

Next required milestone

18 Nov 2026 (application deadline)

Unresolved conditions

consortium required

Listing facts checked: 12 Nov 2026. Eligibility interpretation date: not separately recorded (do not treat the listing check as a full rules re-audit).

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Who should apply

Materials scientists and engineers — best fit for PIs and research groups.

Summary from source

This is a special Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which will hereafter generally be referred to as “we, us, our, or AFOSR.” We announce the solicitation for a three-year program entitled “Frontiers in Materials and Nanostructures: AI-Driven Discovery, Quantum Geometry, and Energy-Efficient Information Technologies.” The US Air Force-Taiwan Nanoscience Program is one of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR) International Research Initiatives. This international program is focused on shaping the direction and advancing the state-of-the-art in nanoscience research. Full text on the official call

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