Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)

Research
Funding Agency:
Funding Agency
National Science Foundation
RFP# and Website:
RFP# and Website
NSF 26-509
Awards:
Awards

Standard Grant or Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: 3 to 9

The estimated number of awards in each Category is as follows: 1 to 2 (Category I), 1 to 2 (Category II), 1 to 5 (Category III). 

The type of award in each category is as follows: Cooperative Agreement (Category I and II), Standard Grant (Category III)
Anticipated Funding Amount:
Anticipated Funding Amount

$500,000 to $60,000,000
Letter of Intent:
Letter of Intent
Not Required
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
Preliminary Proposal Deadline:
Full Proposal Submission Deadline:
Full Proposal Submission Deadline

July 28, 2026

Fourth Tuesday in July, Annually Thereafter

Category II Submissions

July 27, 2027

Fourth Tuesday in July, Annually Thereafter

Category I and III Submissions
Contacts:
Contacts
  • Andrey Kanaev, telephone: (703) 292-2841, email: idss@nsf.gov
  • Kevin L. Thompson, telephone: (703) 292-4220, email: idss@nsf.gov
  • Marlon Pierce, telephone: (703) 292-7743, email: idss@nsf.gov
Description

The Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education. 

Through this solicitation, the IDSS program is accepting proposals for three categories of projects: 

  • Category I. Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services, as appropriate to the project;
  • Category II.  Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services; and
  • Category III. Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects. 

NSF and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) have long supported the development of innovative foundational and application-specific cyberinfrastructure resources and systems to address data-intensive research needs at the campus, regional, and community scales, through programs such as Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*), and other investments. The primary goal of the IDSS program is to support national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables data- and artificial intelligence-driven research for many communities. The IDSS program supports foundational transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects aimed to broadly impact the science and engineering research and education community. Projects that aim to primarily benefit a single science discipline, domain, project, or application are not supported. 

It is recommended that prospective PIs contact program officer(s) from the list of Cognizant Program Officers to gain insight about alignment of their project ideas with the priorities of the IDSS program and Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. As part of contacting Cognizant Program Officers, prospective PIs are also encouraged to ascertain that the focus and budget of their proposed work are appropriate for this solicitation.