NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award

The NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award supports individual investigators who propose novel research projects with the potential to innovatively and creatively address new areas of fundamental or applied research. The award aims to catalyze development of new industries or capabilities that increase the leadership position for the country and make significant progress towards addressing a national need or grand challenge. The program will support engineers and scientists who leverage their distinctive track record of innovation and creativity to pursue new research directions. Some key points to consider: • The program is open to non-profit, non-academic organizations and institutions of higher education. • The principal investigator must hold a tenured or tenure-eligible faculty appointment at the Associate or Full Professor rank or equivalent. • Prior or concurrent funding support for other projects that overlap with the proposed TRAILBLAZER project will preclude eligibility for a TRAILBLAZER award. • Only single PI TRAILBLAZER proposals will be accepted in response to this solicitation.