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Request for Information (RFI): Identifying the Next Generation of NSF X-Labs Topics

DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS · Alexandria, Virginia, 22314

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Response status

Due in 42 days

Oct 31, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Sep 16, 2026
Archive date
Nov 14, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is Alexandria, Virginia.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
bafd3caf995c454692e864795143a545
Solicitation
NSF-XLABS-RFI-SEP2026
Base type
Special Notice
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
NSF-XLABS-RFI-SEP2026
NAICS
541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
PSC
AJ11 — GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Sep 16, 2026
Responses due
Oct 31, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC
Archive date
Nov 14, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Sep 19, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
National Science Foundation
Department code
—
Subagency
National Science Foundation
Subagency code
—
Office
DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, & PARTNERSHIPS
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
Place of performance
Alexandria, Virginia, 22314
City code
—
State
Virginia
State code
VA
Postal code
22314
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to obtain public input on scientific and technological opportunities that could become future topics for the NSF X-Labs Initiative. NSF seeks information on high impact platform technology opportunities, critical technical bottlenecks, enabling infrastructure, potential partnerships, and conditions under which dedicated X-Labs teams could accelerate scientific and technological breakthroughs. This RFI is for planning and information gathering purposes only. It is not a solicitation, funding opportunity, or request for proposals, and NSF will not make an award based on responses to this RFI. Responses are due October 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

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No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 19, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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