Engineering (47.041)
Engineering (Assistance Listing 47.041) is run by the National Science Foundation. It awarded $4.3 billion in 11,244 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $385,774 per award on average. 35 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.
The typical award was $256,000. Half of the 11,244 awards fell between $100,000 and $450,013, and they ranged from $1 to $41.9 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$4.3 billion
- Grant awards11,244
- Typical award$256,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$744 million
- Size rank102 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $1.1 billion in fiscal 2021 to $744 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 102nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 34% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 53 states and territories.
What the program funds
Promote breakthroughs to help ensure future U.S. prosperity, resilience, security, health, and technological leadership.
Open opportunities
- PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)
- National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)
- Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
- Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)
- GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
- EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)
- Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)
- NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows
- IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED)
- Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)
- EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- Engineering Research Initiation (ERI)
- Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)
- Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)
- Transport Phenomena (TP)
- Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
- Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET)
- NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems
- National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program
Rules from the program listing
What the money can and cannot pay for
Specific Restrictions Determined at NOFO Level
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Range Low $4,125 Range High $26,000,000 Average $184,060
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Engineering (47.041) awarded $4.3 billion across 11,244 grant awards, an average of $385,774 per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 89% of the money, small businesses 8.6% and businesses 1.5%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 9,991 | $3.9 billion | 89% |
| Small businesses | 962 | $374 million | 8.6% |
| Businesses | 210 | $65.8 million | 1.5% |
| Other | 75 | $18.0 million | 0.4% |
| Individuals | 5 | $1.3 million | less than 0.1% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 1 | $171,549 | 0% |
By state
52 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1,133 | $485 million |
| Texas | 889 | $346 million |
| New York | 814 | $297 million |
| Pennsylvania | 636 | $269 million |
| Massachusetts | 655 | $265 million |
| Illinois | 437 | $178 million |
| Michigan | 503 | $177 million |
| North Carolina | 355 | $154 million |
| Indiana | 370 | $149 million |
| Florida | 472 | $147 million |
| Arizona | 274 | $138 million |
| Georgia | 298 | $136 million |
| Virginia | 371 | $121 million |
| Ohio | 311 | $117 million |
| Colorado | 299 | $115 million |
| Maryland | 261 | $106 million |
| Washington | 183 | $92.7 million |
| New Jersey | 297 | $87.1 million |
| Utah | 156 | $75.9 million |
| Minnesota | 150 | $74.9 million |
| Wisconsin | 173 | $65.8 million |
| District of Columbia | 93 | $65.5 million |
| Missouri | 145 | $55.3 million |
| Tennessee | 161 | $54.5 million |
| South Carolina | 132 | $49.7 million |
| Iowa | 136 | $46.3 million |
| Oregon | 115 | $40.7 million |
| Alabama | 144 | $38.4 million |
| Connecticut | 127 | $36.9 million |
| Oklahoma | 112 | $33.1 million |
| Kentucky | 85 | $29.6 million |
| New Mexico | 55 | $29.2 million |
| Delaware | 78 | $27.7 million |
| Louisiana | 89 | $26.2 million |
| Arkansas | 59 | $22.3 million |
| Kansas | 65 | $20.0 million |
| Rhode Island | 105 | $19.8 million |
| Nebraska | 71 | $19.4 million |
| Nevada | 47 | $15.6 million |
| Montana | 36 | $14.2 million |
| New Hampshire | 45 | $13.9 million |
| South Dakota | 41 | $13.7 million |
| Mississippi | 52 | $13.1 million |
| Idaho | 35 | $9.8 million |
| North Dakota | 25 | $9.6 million |
| West Virginia | 40 | $8.4 million |
| Vermont | 28 | $7.7 million |
| Hawaii | 22 | $5.7 million |
| Maine | 24 | $5.0 million |
| Wyoming | 18 | $4.7 million |
| Puerto Rico | 12 | $2.7 million |
| Alaska | 8 | $2.0 million |
| Guam | 1 | $275,081 |