Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

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.

Synopsis

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) promotes university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available to support an eclectic mix of industry-university linkages. Special interest is focused on affording the opportunity for:

Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting;
Industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry's perspective and integrative skills to academe; and
Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct research projects.

This solicitation targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research, new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry. GOALI seeks to fund transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund.

Program contacts

Name	Email	Phone	Organization
Rathindra DasGupta	rdasgupt@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8353	ENG/IIP
Clark Cooper GOALI Program, Head of OMA	ccooper@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7899	MPS/MPS
William S. Bainbridge GOALI Program, Program Director, Information and Intelligent Systems	wbainbri@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8930	CISE/IIS
John C. Cherniavsky GOALI Program, Senior EHR Advisor for Research	jchernia@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5136	EHR/DRL
Leonard E. Johnson GOALI Program, Program Director	lejohnso@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8559	GEO/EAR
Graham M. Harrison GOALI Program, Program Director	gharriso@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7252	OD/OISE
Fahmida N. Chowdhury GOALI Program, Program Director, Office of Multidisciplinary Activities, Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economics Sciences	fchowdhu@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4672	CISE/IIS
Diane J. Okamuro GOALI Program, Program Director, Integrative Organismal Systems	dokamuro@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4400	BIO/BIO

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Program status: Archived

Program 12-513 was archived.

Program guidelines

Previous guidelines NSF 12-513

Published:

November 18, 2011

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Program contacts

Awards made through this program

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Program contacts

Awards made through this program

Organization(s)