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Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Opportunity number 22-627

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Details summarized from the official notice as of Sep 18, 2026. Always confirm eligibility, deadlines and requirements in the official notice before applying.

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Key facts

Opportunity number	22-627
Agency	U.S. National Science Foundation
Assistance listing (ALN, formerly CFDA)	47.049
Posted	Aug 18, 2022
Deadline	Not listed
Estimated total program funding	$8,000,000
Cost sharing or matching required	No
Funding type	Grant
Category	Science technology and other research and development
Last updated here	Sep 18, 2026

Summary from the notice

The Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI) program provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for the development of new technologies and instrumentation for use in ground-based astronomy and astrophysics.The program supports achieving the science objectives of the Division of Astronomical Sciences. The development of innovative, potentially transformative, technologies and instruments are sought, even at high technical risk.Supported categories include (but are not limited to):advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable new observations that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.Proposals may include hardware and/or software development and/or analysis to enable new types of astronomical observations. Access to the ATI supported technology and instrumentation development efforts by the US astronomical community is viewed as an important metric of success. An annual Principal Investigators meeting is planned to disseminate information between the funded research efforts.

Who can apply

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible:

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Past awards for this program

Totals for assistance listing 47.049 from public USASpending.gov data, as of Sep 23, 2026. Past awards do not predict future funding.

Year	Listing	Awards	Total	Average
2026	47.049	16	$1,790,278,386	$111,892,399
2025	47.049	21	$1,947,852,199	$92,754,867
2024	47.049	22	$1,981,475,770	$90,067,080

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Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI)

Key facts

Summary from the notice

Who can apply

Registrations you will likely need

Past awards for this program

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