Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI)
National Science Foundation
Award
Not specified
Closing date
Closed
Location
Global
For
Individuals, Team
About this opportunity
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 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.
10 awards
6 months
Who can apply
Applicant Types
individual, team
Organization Types
academic, nonprofit
Project Locations
🇺🇸 United States
Region
United States
How to apply
Stages
- 1 single_stage
Required documents
research_proposal · budget
Review process
Merit review by ad hoc reviewers and/or panel review using NSF merit review criteria plus additional program-specific criteria including motivation, innovation, commitment to the public, technology outreach, and project management.
Additional benefits
- networking
Restrictions
- reporting_requirements
Post-award obligations
- final_report
- acknowledge_funder
- present_findings