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Engineering Research Initiation (ERI)

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Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 9, 2026<br/><br/>Program Guidelines: NSF 24-590<br/><p><p>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<span>...</span><br/>More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities</p></p><p><br/>This is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates item.</p>
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INELIGIBLE
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2026-10-09
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2026-09-21 OPEN → INELIGIBLE · The applicant is an independent researcher (not affiliated with a non-R1 institution of higher education) and lacks a formal academic affiliation required by the NSF ERI program. The program explicitly excludes investigators not affiliated with 'non-R1 institutions of higher education, including community colleges,' and the applicant's current enrollment in an M.Sc. program (University of Potsdam) does not qualify as a permanent institutional affiliation for this grant.