The NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships previously invested in these programs and activities, but they are either inactive or no longer making new awards.
Convergence Accelerator
Supported transdisciplinary teams of researchers, innovators and other partners from academia, industry, nonprofits, government, civil society and other sectors to co-design and co-create technology advances that solve societal and economic challenges.
Learn about the NSF Convergence Accelerator.
Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC)
Provided institutions with training and networking support to develop the capacity and institutional knowledge needed to help enable participation in regional innovation ecosystems, potentially connecting to NSF Regional Innovation Engines.
Responsible Design, Development and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT)
Supported the creation of technologies that promote the public's well-being and mitigate potential harm.
Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)
Provided NSF-funded researchers the opportunity to increase the impact of their discoveries and taught researchers how to develop and implement a technology road map, create a business model and develop their technology into a prototype or proof of concept.
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies prize challenge
Supported privacy-preserving artificial intelligence solutions to tackle financial crime and improve pandemic responses.
Learn about the prize challenge.
Visionary Interdisciplinary Teams Advancing Learning (VITAL) Prize Challenge
Supported the development of innovative learning technologies for K-12 students.