The National Science Foundation announced the NSF Tech Accelerators initiative to support the full lab-to-market life cycle. NSF Tech Accelerators will seek proposals from individual research teams in specific deep technology areas aiming to accelerate their ideas from basic research into scalable, market-ready technologies. This Request for Information (RFI) seeks input from potential teams that would benefit from the NSF Tech Accelerators on the program model, the key stakeholders necessary to engage in this effort, and suitable deep-tech areas. NSF has identified four initial deep-tech areas (agricultural technology, materials technology, ocean technology, and scientific instrumentation) and seeks input on these topics and other areas ripe for this framework.
In support of a coordinated institutional response, we are collecting input from the campus community through the following Google Form.
Google Form Information
Google Form Responses Due: Thursday, June 18th, 2026
NSF Tech Accelerators Webinar
Join the NSF Tech Accelerators webinar to learn about the initiative and RFI. The webinar will include a 60-minute presentation covering the initiative’s program model, details about the RFI and the role of an NSF Tech Accelerator. A 30-minute Q&A will follow the presentation.
Webinar Information
- Date: Friday, June 5th, 2026
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MT
- Location: Zoom