Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

Team Highlights

The Innovation Corps (I-CorpsTM) Teams program is at the heart of the U.S. National Science Foundation's mission to develop and nurture a national innovation network. The I-Corps Teams program supports researchers through experiential learning using the customer discovery process — allowing teams to quickly assess their inventions' market potential.

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Meet the teams

Eyebot

123 SEE

123 SEE is helping more people keep their vision up to date by offering convenience and professional oversight.

Appscale ATS Management Panel

Appscale Systems

AppScale Systems allows developers to migrate their apps between cloud systems without rewriting their code.

Arable Mark monitor

Arable Labs

Through internet of things (IoT), machine learning, and hardware development, Arable Labs is improving crop forecasts.

Cross section of AxoSim's 3D NerveSim platform

AxoSim

AxoSim empowers advancements in human neuroscience through technologies that provide predictive models of the human nervous system.

Bloomfield Robotics device

Bloomfield Robotics

Bloomfield uses computer vision and deep learning to observe, pixel-by-pixel, images of plants.

research sensor prototypes

Butlr

Butlr has built a patented sensor to provide a seamless automated smart building experience without compromising privacy.

Carbice Corporation Team

Carbice Corporation

At the core of Carbice Carbon is the highest thermal conductivity material in the world — the carbon nanotube.

Diligent Robotics Team

Diligent Robotics

Diligent Robotics created “Moxi,” a robot that supports clinical staff teams in acute care hospitals.

Marinus Analytics Process

Marinus Analytics

In the last two years, the Marinus Analytics solution "Traffic Jam" has contributed to the ID of 6,800 victims of sex trafficking.

Meati Foods Product Image

Meati Foods

Meati's process is highly efficient and sustainable, using 1% of the land, water, and energy compared to traditional animal meats.

Metalmark Innovations

Metalmark Innovations

Metalmark is a Harvard startup that leverages patented 3D nano-architectured materials to create air purification systems.

PhotoniCare’s OtoSight

PhotoniCare

PhotoniCare has developed an ear diagnosis device to see through the eardrum, enabling clinicians to assess the middle ear directly and provide treatment.

CEO, Cambre Kelly

Reselute

Reselute's antibiotic reservoir technology offers a one-stage definitive solution for orthopedic surgical fixation

Sensatek Propulsion Technology

Sensatek Propulsion Technology

Sensatek Propulsion Technology develops ceramic materials derived from fused polymers for wireless sensors.

CDC gravid trap to collect adult mosquitoes

Vectech

Vectech is a Johns Hopkins University spinout that has built Identification-X (IDX), the world's first artificial intelligence-enabled medical entomology system. 

Installation of Via Separations' pilot system

Via Separations

Via Separations makes a new membrane to enable a new industrial filtration process.