NJIT NSF 26-508 round dates (web)

Citation

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Research. “TechAccess: AI-Ready America.” Funding opportunity listing, date not stated. https://research.njit.edu/node/18606. Read 2026-11-09.

Bottom line

A university research office’s listing of the National Science Foundation (NSF) program TechAccess: AI-Ready America, NSF 26-508.
It gives the award sizes, the total funding and the dates of the three rounds for the State/Territory Coordination Hubs.

Background

NJIT is a university in Newark, New Jersey. Its research office lists funding opportunities for its researchers. This listing restates parts of NSF 26-508 and links to the NSF solicitation. NSF 26-508 TechAccess solicitation (web) is the primary record.

Key claims

“State/Territory Coordination Hub Awards: Up to 56 awards; one for every state, the District of Columbia, or territory in the U.S.” (Awards)
“Coordination Hubs will be selected over three rounds: 10 Coordination Hubs in round one, 20 in round two, and the remainder in round three.” (Awards)
“Each Coordination Hub Award will receive support of $1M/year for three years, with the possibility for one additional year of support” (Awards)
“$168,000,000 to $224,000,000” (Anticipated Funding Amount)
“Required: State/Territory Coordination Hubs: June 16, 2026 (round 1); December 15, 2027 (round 2); June 1, 2027 (round 3)” (Letter of Intent)
“State/Territory Coordination Hubs: July 16, 2026 (round 1); January 15, 2027 (round 2); July 1, 2027 (round 3)” (Full Proposal Submission Deadline)
“Unlike initiatives centered around K – 16 education, AI-Ready America additionally reaches businesses, public-serving organizations, and individuals” (Description)

Evidence and method

A secondary listing of a federal solicitation. It gives the award type as “Standard Grant or Continuing Grant”. It names the three parts of the program: Coordination Hubs, a National Coordination Lead and AI-Ready Catalyst Award Competitions. It says the National Lead “will be funded as an Other Transaction (OT)”. The fields for proposal limits, preliminary proposals and contacts are empty.

Limits

The listing does not give the hub responsibilities or the review criteria.
It does not say when NJIT posted or last updated it.

⚠️ Contradiction: this listing gives the round 2 letter of intent date as “December 15, 2027”, after the round 2 full proposal date of January 15, 2027. NSF 26-508 TechAccess solicitation (web) gives Dec. 15, 2026.

Source file: wiki/sources/NJIT NSF 26-508 round dates (web).md, updated 2026-11-09.