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  1. CDCStrategyCurrent

    Public Health Data Strategy

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    CDC describes a mission-focused, annually updated strategy for strengthening public health data infrastructure, exchange, analytics, and the ability to identify and monitor public health threats.

    Public healthCritical infrastructure
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    CDC states that the strategy is updated annually and published 2026 milestones that were reviewed in August 2026.
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    The PHDS summary and PHDS Milestones for 2026
    Last verified
    Source updated
    Source note
    The landing page is updated as milestones change. The date shown here uses the strategy launch year and the page's most recent expert review date.
    Open official source
  2. NIHInitiativeCurrent

    Bio Genesis Mission

    National Institutes of Health

    NIH describes its contribution to the national Genesis Mission as an effort to use AI, advanced computing, data resources, clinical infrastructure, and partnerships to accelerate biomedical discovery and translation.

    Artificial intelligenceBiotechnology and biomanufacturingBiomedical and medical researchCritical and emerging technologies
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    Currentness basis
    NIH launched the mission in July 2026, describes a five-to-ten-year objective, and states that it is building the supporting infrastructure, partnerships, and governance.
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    Goal; Background; Focus Areas; National Effort
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    Source note
    This is a broad federal mission page. It does not establish that a particular biomedical project participates in the mission.
    Open official source
  3. NSFProgramCurrent

    NSF Regional Innovation Engines

    U.S. National Science Foundation

    NSF supports regional partnerships that translate research into economic and societal impact across technologies such as semiconductors, AI, wireless, biotechnology, energy grid security, critical minerals, and quantum computing.

    Critical and emerging technologiesArtificial intelligenceSemiconductors and microelectronicsBiotechnology and biomanufacturingQuantum information scienceClean energy and energy systems
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    Currentness basis
    NSF made new Engine awards in July 2026 with initial two-year funding and describes the initiative as a continuing decade-scale program.
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    Program purpose; NSF Engines cohorts 1 and 2
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    Source updated
    Source note
    The page describes awarded regional ecosystems. It does not indicate that unrelated work in the same technology area is part of an NSF Engine.
    Open official source
  4. DOTStrategyCurrent

    U.S. Department of Transportation Strategic Plan, FY 2026-2030

    U.S. Department of Transportation

    DOT describes its current mission, vision, and strategic goals for a safer, stronger, and more efficient transportation system supporting families, workers, and businesses.

    Transportation and infrastructureCritical infrastructureSupply chains
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    Currentness basis
    The plan has an express fiscal years 2026-2030 period and DOT published the operative plan in April 2026.
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    U.S. DOT Strategic Plan page and linked FY 2026-2030 plan
    Last verified
    Source updated
    Source note
    The landing page gives a high-level description. The linked plan controls for detailed goals and measures.
    Open official source
  5. NISTOfficial frameworkCurrent

    Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    This NIST companion to the AI RMF identifies risks that are distinctive to or intensified by generative AI and suggests actions for governing, mapping, measuring, and managing those risks.

    Artificial intelligenceCybersecurity
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    Currentness basis
    NIST updated the publication in April 2026 and continues to reference AI 600-1 as the generative-AI companion resource in current AI risk-management work.
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    Publication abstract; NIST AI 600-1, Section 1, Introduction
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    Source updated
    Source note
    This is a risk management profile. It does not designate particular commercial applications as federal priorities.
    Open official source
  6. USDA NIFAPriority listCurrent

    USDA Research Priorities and NIFA’s Role

    National Institute of Food and Agriculture

    NIFA describes USDA research priorities involving national security, agricultural productivity, soil health, water-use efficiency, precision nutrition, food quality, and applied research for producers and consumers.

    Agriculture and food systemsPublic healthSupply chains
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    Currentness basis
    NIFA published these as the Secretary's 2026 research priorities in March 2026, and USDA continued to present its current priorities in an agency page updated in August 2026.
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    USDA’s Research Priorities and NIFA’s Role, topic headings
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    Source updated
    Source note
    This is an official agency explanation of announced priorities, not a funding notice or a complete inventory of funded research.
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  7. NISTStrategyCurrent

    Manufacturing USA Program Strategic Plan

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    The four-year Manufacturing USA plan focuses on domestic manufacturing competitiveness, scaling emerging technologies, workforce development, supply chain resilience, and a durable national network of institutes.

    Advanced manufacturingSupply chainsCritical and emerging technologies
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    Currentness basis
    NIST released this expressly four-year strategic plan in March 2026, placing the review date within its operative period.
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    Publication abstract and four stated strategic goals
    Last verified
    Open official source
  8. NIHStrategyCurrent

    NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science, 2025-2030

    National Institutes of Health

    NIH sets five data science goals, including human-derived research data, software and computational methods, artificial intelligence, federated biomedical data infrastructure, and workforce development.

    Artificial intelligenceBiomedical and medical research
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    Currentness basis
    The plan has an express 2025-2030 period, and NIH states that its Office of Data Science Strategy leads implementation of the plan.
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    About the Strategic Plan; Goals 1 through 5
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    Source updated
    Source note
    The publication page identifies the plan period and goals. Individual funding opportunities and institute priorities require separate review.
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  9. NISTFunding programCurrent

    CHIPS Research and Development Funding Opportunities

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    NIST lists CHIPS research funding activity, including a broad agency announcement for U.S. microelectronics research, prototyping, commercialization, standards, and work connected with AI, quantum, biotechnology, and biomanufacturing.

    Semiconductors and microelectronicsAdvanced manufacturingArtificial intelligenceQuantum information scienceBiotechnology and biomanufacturing
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    Currentness basis
    NIST continued to maintain and direct eligible applicants to the rolling CHIPS R&D broad agency announcement in 2026; the official page identifies a temporary September 2026 submission pause for system upgrades rather than program closure.
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    September 24, 2025 Broad Agency Announcement entry
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    Source updated
    Source note
    The page warns that its overview does not replace or supplement the controlling notices. Several older competitions listed on the same page are closed.
    Open official source
  10. USDA NIFAFunding programCurrent

    NIFA Research: Funding National Priorities

    National Institute of Food and Agriculture

    NIFA identifies high-priority agricultural research areas including food and fiber production, food security, food safety, nutrition, rural prosperity, and foundational and applied agricultural science.

    Agriculture and food systemsPublic healthSupply chains
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    Currentness basis
    NIFA's current research overview and fiscal year 2026 agency materials continue to organize active research funding around these national priorities.
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    Funding National Priorities and high-priority area list
    Last verified
    Source updated
    Source note
    This overview does not replace program-specific eligibility, application, or award criteria.
    Open official source
  11. USDA NIFAPriority listCurrent

    NIFA Science Emphasis Areas Portfolios

    National Institute of Food and Agriculture

    NIFA organizes science portfolios across bioeconomy and bioproducts, environmental systems, food safety, human nutrition, meteorology, and sustainable agricultural production systems.

    Agriculture and food systemsBiotechnology and biomanufacturingPublic healthClean energy and energy systems
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    NIFA's current planning and reporting materials state that the Science Emphasis Areas are used to develop, deliver, and evaluate agency science objectives.
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    Science Emphasis Areas portfolio descriptions
    Last verified
    Source updated
    Source note
    Portfolio descriptions are broad administrative groupings. Program pages and notices govern individual awards.
    Open official source
  12. NISTOfficial frameworkCurrent

    The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    CSF 2.0 provides a high-level taxonomy and guidance for organizations in any sector to understand, assess, prioritize, and communicate cybersecurity risk management outcomes.

    CybersecurityCritical infrastructureSupply chains
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    Currentness basis
    NIST continued implementing CSF 2.0 through new quick-start guidance, profiles, mappings, and reference-tool updates during 2026.
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    Publication abstract; CSF 2.0 Core functions
    Last verified
    Source note
    The framework describes risk management outcomes and does not prescribe one implementation or identify every sector-specific priority.
    Open official source
  13. HHSOfficial frameworkCurrent

    Healthcare and Public Health Cybersecurity Performance Goals

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    HHS provides voluntary, healthcare-specific cybersecurity goals that prioritize high-impact practices for protecting health information, patient safety, and sector resilience.

    CybersecurityPublic healthCritical infrastructure
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    Currentness basis
    HHS's 2026 RISC 2.0 cybersecurity module expressly scores healthcare facilities against these HHS goals, demonstrating current agency implementation rather than mere continued hosting.
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    Purpose; Essential Goals; Enhanced Goals
    Last verified
    Source note
    These are voluntary cybersecurity goals, not grant criteria or an endorsement of a specific security product.
    Open official source
  14. DOEOfficial reportCurrentness unclear

    2023 DOE Critical Materials Assessment

    U.S. Department of Energy

    DOE evaluates supply risk and importance to energy technologies for materials used across eight technology areas, providing a basis for research, development, demonstration, and deployment priorities.

    Clean energy and energy systemsSupply chainsAdvanced manufacturing
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    Currentness basis
    Currentness is unclear because the assessment anticipated another review on an approximately three-year cycle and DOE later amended its materials list, but a clearly controlling successor assessment was not established.
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    Assessment overview; report Chapter 6, Conclusions and Next Steps
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    Source note
    The report anticipated another assessment in approximately three years. DOE has since amended its materials list, so current material designations should be checked separately.
    Open official source
  15. NISTOfficial frameworkCurrent

    Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    NIST provides a voluntary, sector-neutral framework for organizations that design, develop, deploy, or use AI systems to manage AI risks and promote trustworthy and responsible use.

    Artificial intelligenceCritical and emerging technologies
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    Currentness basis
    NIST continues to use AI RMF 1.0 in its 2026 crosswalks and resource center while expressly describing the next version as a revision in progress, so 1.0 remains the operative published version pending that revision.
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    Publication abstract and Overview of the AI RMF
    Last verified
    Source note
    NIST states that AI RMF 1.0 is being revised. The current official resource center still identifies version 1.0 as the core framework.
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  16. DOTPlanCurrent

    U.S. DOT Research, Development, and Technology Strategic Plan, FY 2022-2026

    U.S. Department of Transportation

    DOT sets a national transportation research vision and priorities for coordinating research, development, technology, and deployment across the transportation system.

    Transportation and infrastructureCritical infrastructure
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    The express fiscal years 2022-2026 period still includes the September 22, 2026 review date, while DOT's next research plan remained in development rather than published as a replacement.
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    Plan landing page purpose statement; linked plan Chapters 3 and 4
    Last verified
    Source note
    The stated plan period ends with fiscal year 2026. A later research-specific plan was not located during this review.
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  17. NIHProgramCurrent

    Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI)

    National Institutes of Health Common Fund

    The NIH Common Fund program develops AI-ready biomedical and behavioral datasets, tools, standards, best practices, and training resources, with a second stage focused on trusted AI health solutions.

    Artificial intelligenceBiomedical and medical research
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    Currentness basis
    The NIH Council of Councils approved Bridge2AI Stage 2 in January 2026, with Stage 1 concluding in fiscal year 2026 and the program continuing into its second stage.
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    Program Snapshot; Resources from Bridge2AI Stage I; Bridge2AI Stage II
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    Source note
    The program page describes a research program and its resources, not a finding about any outside project or applicant.
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  18. NISTProgramCurrent

    CHIPS for America Research and Development Programs

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    NIST describes four coordinated CHIPS research and development areas intended to advance semiconductor technologies, speed commercialization, and develop the domestic semiconductor workforce.

    Semiconductors and microelectronicsAdvanced manufacturingSupply chainsCritical and emerging technologies
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    NIST identifies ongoing CHIPS R&D projects and continued program implementation in 2026, including current CHIPS R&D office activity and funding updates.
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    Research & Development Programs, goals and Groups
    Last verified
    Source note
    The page is a program overview. Specific awards and open opportunities have their own controlling documents.
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  19. CISAPriority listCurrent

    Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

    CISA identifies 16 critical infrastructure sectors and explains that their interconnected assets, systems, and networks provide functions necessary to national security, the economy, public health, and safety.

    Critical infrastructureCybersecurity
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    Currentness basis
    CISA continues to organize and deliver its current security and resilience services around the 16-sector framework, including in its fiscal years 2025-2026 operating plan.
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    Critical Infrastructure overview and 16 Critical Infrastructure Sectors
    Last verified
    Source note
    Sector inclusion describes infrastructure context. It does not establish the importance of a particular project within a sector.
    Open official source
  20. DOEProgramCurrent

    Critical Minerals and Materials Program

    U.S. Department of Energy

    DOE states a program vision of reliable, resilient, affordable, and secure domestic critical mineral and material supply chains supporting energy, manufacturing, and transportation.

    Clean energy and energy systemsAdvanced manufacturingSupply chainsTransportation and infrastructure
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    DOE published current program activity and open 2026 funding opportunities with September and October 2026 deadlines.
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    Vision; What Are Critical Minerals and Materials; Resources
    Last verified
    Source note
    Individual materials and designations can change. The current official list and later amendments should be checked for material-specific research.
    Open official source
  21. CISAOfficial frameworkCurrentness unclear

    Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

    CISA presents a prioritized set of voluntary cybersecurity practices intended to reduce risk to critical infrastructure operations and the public, with cross-sector and selected sector-specific goals.

    CybersecurityCritical infrastructure
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    Currentness is unclear because CISA says the goals are being updated to align with CSF 2.0 while the page retains stale rollout language; the operative status of every listed goal was not affirmatively established.
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    Cross-Sector CPG purpose and Available Now sections
    Last verified
    Source note
    The page says CISA is updating the goals to align with CSF 2.0 and contains some dated rollout language. The status of every listed sector-specific goal was not independently established.
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  22. DOEInitiativeCurrent

    Grid Modernization Initiative

    U.S. Department of Energy

    DOE describes a department-wide initiative to develop tools and technologies for measuring, analyzing, predicting, protecting, and controlling a more reliable, resilient, flexible, secure, and affordable electric grid.

    Clean energy and energy systemsCritical infrastructureCybersecurity
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    DOE's current initiative materials expressly identify both active and completed projects and describe ongoing department-wide grid-modernization work.
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    About the GMI and portfolio description
    Last verified
    Source note
    The page is a broad initiative overview and includes links to work from different years. Project-level currentness requires checking the linked program or funding page.
    Open official source
  23. DOEProgramCurrent

    Long-Duration Energy Storage Portfolio

    U.S. Department of Energy

    DOE describes demonstration, joint DOE and DOD, and pilot programs intended to move storage systems that can deliver electricity for at least ten hours toward commercial deployment and improve grid reliability and resilience.

    Clean energy and energy systemsCritical infrastructureAdvanced manufacturing
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    DOE continues to identify an awarded multi-program project portfolio, including demonstration work with implementation dates extending through 2026 and beyond.
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    Background; Program Overview; listed LDES programs
    Last verified
    Source note
    Funding notices on the page have separate dates and requirements. The page does not indicate that every storage technology is eligible for current funding.
    Open official source
  24. NQCOInitiativeCurrent

    National Quantum Initiative

    National Quantum Coordination Office

    The federal initiative coordinates quantum information science work across agencies and supports research centers, an industry consortium, computing, networking, sensing, technology development, and workforce activity.

    Quantum information scienceCritical and emerging technologies
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    The National Quantum Coordination Office documented active 2026 implementation, including a June executive direction to update the initiative and a July summit reaffirming continued federal work.
    Evidence locator
    The National Quantum Initiative; QIS Centers; Coordinating Bodies
    Last verified
    Source note
    The initiative spans many agencies and programs. A connection to the initiative should be confirmed at the relevant agency or center level.
    Open official source
  25. EOPStrategyCurrent

    National Security Science and Technology Strategy

    Executive Office of the President

    The strategy directs federal national security science and technology activity toward specified priorities and updates the federal list of critical and emerging technologies.

    Critical and emerging technologiesArtificial intelligenceAdvanced manufacturingBiotechnology and biomanufacturingCybersecurityQuantum information scienceSemiconductors and microelectronicsSupply chains
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    The White House published this strategy in August 2026 as the current national-security science and technology strategy supporting the 2025 National Security Strategy.
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    Pillars 1 through 4; Appendix A, pp. 20-22, Critical and Emerging Technologies List Update
    Last verified
    Source note
    The document defines technologies relevant to national security science and technology. Listing does not establish that a specific civilian endeavor has national importance.
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  26. NISTInitiativeCurrent

    National Semiconductor Technology Center

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    NIST describes the NSTC as a public-private consortium for domestic semiconductor research, advanced manufacturing, design, packaging, prototyping, commercialization, workforce, and supply chain collaboration.

    Semiconductors and microelectronicsAdvanced manufacturingSupply chainsCritical and emerging technologies
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    NIST published an updated NSTC charter in April 2026 and updated its official implementation-strategies page in August 2026.
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    Establishing U.S. Leadership in Future Semiconductor Technologies; NSTC functions
    Last verified
    Source note
    The page uses future-oriented program language. It should be read with later CHIPS implementation notices for project-level details.
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  27. NSFStrategyCurrent

    NSF Strategic Plan, FY 2026-2030

    U.S. National Science Foundation

    NSF makes critical and emerging technologies a strategic objective, expressly naming artificial intelligence, quantum information science, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, wireless, microelectronics, and semiconductors.

    Critical and emerging technologiesArtificial intelligenceQuantum information scienceBiotechnology and biomanufacturingAdvanced manufacturingSemiconductors and microelectronics
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    The plan has an express fiscal years 2026-2030 period, and NSF's fiscal year 2027 performance plan states that it advances this strategic plan's goals.
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    Goal 1, Objective 1.2; Goal 2, Objective 2.1
    Last verified
    Source note
    The plan states agency-wide objectives. It is not a substitute for a program solicitation or award decision.
    Open official source
  28. NIHProgramCurrent

    Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data

    National Institutes of Health Common Fund

    PRIMED-AI is an NIH Common Fund program for combining clinical imaging with other health data to develop and evaluate AI-enabled clinical decision support tools for personalized medicine.

    Artificial intelligenceBiomedical and medical research
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    NIH lists active 2026 PRIMED-AI funding opportunities with October 2026 due dates and reviewed the program page in August 2026.
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    Program Snapshot and the six listed program efforts
    Last verified
    Source note
    The program covers wide-ranging health conditions. The page does not state that every medical imaging or diagnostic application falls within its funded work.
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  29. NSFFunding programCurrent

    Quantum Information Science

    U.S. National Science Foundation

    NSF supports theoretical and experimental research in quantum information processing, simulation, computing, sensing, networking, algorithms, protocols, applications, and multidisciplinary quantum frontiers.

    Quantum information scienceCritical and emerging technologies
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    NSF lists the current QIS solicitation NSF 26-523 with a December 2026 target date for fiscal year 2027 proposals.
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    Synopsis and Program guidelines, NSF 26-523
    Last verified
    Source note
    The page directs applicants to the current solicitation and NSF proposal policies, which control over the summary.
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  30. ITAProgramCurrent

    Supply Chain Center

    International Trade Administration

    The Department of Commerce center combines industry expertise, data analytics, risk assessment, scenario modeling, and partnerships to study and strengthen selected critical supply chains.

    Supply chainsCritical infrastructureAdvanced manufacturing
    Verification details
    Currentness basis
    Commerce currently identifies the center, its leadership, and its ongoing supply-chain risk, analytics, and partnership work in present operational terms.
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    What We’re Doing and Supply Chain Center Partnerships
    Last verified
    Source note
    The center studies selected supply chains. The page does not publish a complete list of current case-study sectors.
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Public priorities and applicant-specific support

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