Partnerships to Accelerate Technological Development

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering (ENG) engages in partnerships to accelerate discovery and technological innovation in critical areas of science and engineering.

ENG cultivates strategic partnerships between academia, industry, nonprofits, government, civil society and other sectors to build U.S. research capacity, strengthen the nation's innovation ecosystem and explore solutions to pressing national and societal challenges.

This page highlights NSF programs that fund partnership opportunities that may interest to the engineering community, including industry, nonprofits and other organizations.

Visit the Partnering with NSF page to learn about working directly with NSF to invest in programs that support research and education.

Industry-university partnerships

ENG research centers and funding opportunities expand and strengthen industry-university partnerships that pursue potentially transformative engineering research. Explore industry partnership opportunities below.

Federal partnerships

Through interagency agreements with NSF, ENG partners with several federal agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Explore the interagency programs below that support engineering research and education.

International partnerships

ENG participates in NSF agreements with Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, the United Kingdom and others, designed to reduce barriers to international research collaboration.

For more information about engineering-related partnership opportunities, please contact ENG senior advisor Brandi Schottel.