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Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences

Federal funding opportunity 22-627 from U.S. National Science Foundation.

Posted: August 18, 2022
Closed: November 16, 2026
Program funding: $8,000,000
Cost sharing: No
Instrument: Grant
Assistance listing: 47.049
Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Archives: December 15, 2030

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 47.049 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated: $1.6B
FY2025 obligated: $1.7B
FY2026 (to date) obligated: $1.2B
Awards in window: 9,597

Top recipients: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., Associated Universities Inc, California Institute of Technology, Florida State University, Cornell University

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

The Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI) program provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for the development of new technologies and instrumentation for use in ground-based astronomy and astrophysics. The program supports achieving the science objectives of the Division of Astronomical Sciences. The development of innovative, potentially transformative, technologies and instruments are sought, even at high technical risk. Supported categories include (but are not limited to):advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable new observations that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means. Proposals may include hardware and/or software development and/or analysis to enable new types of astronomical observations. Access to the ATI supported technology and instrumentation development efforts by the US astronomical community is viewed as an important metric of success. An annual Principal Investigators meeting is planned to disseminate information between the funded research efforts.

Who can apply

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