Office of Research

National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)

Limited Submissions

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI) program will empower researchers nationwide to advance critical and emerging technologies. Through NQNI, NSF will establish an open-access network of research facilities to spur innovations in future quantum technologies, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, manufacturing, biotechnology, and other areas of national priority.

The NQNI solicitation establishes a competition for a network of university user facility Sites. The selection of user facility Sites will be based on their technical capabilities and instrumentation (specifically, fabrication, characterization, and expertise) to address current and anticipated user needs across quantum information science and engineering (QISE), nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology. Site selection will also be based on plans to open facilities and instrumentation for external use, education, training, outreach, and workforce development.

Application Instructions

Please submit the following as a combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent stating the research area to be addressed.
  2. If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV of the PI (not biosketch) that covers current, pending and past funding.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, February 25, 2026. Late applications will not be accepted. If given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee, a required LOI is due 3/16/2026 and the full application is due 5/14/2026 with the OSP deadline of 5/5/2026.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

NSF 26-505

Deadlines
02/25/2026 UW Internal Deadline Open
03/16/2026 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Funding amount

$500,000 (and up to $2,000,000 per year for up to 5 years)

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.