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NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER)

Published: 15 December 2025
Categories: NSF Pgm Announcements

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U.S. National Science Foundation

Directorate for Engineering
     Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities

Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

     January 20, 2026

Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

     March 10, 2026

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

     July 24, 2026

Important Information And Revision Notes

TRAILBLAZER projects are expected to catalyze development of new industries or capabilities that increase the leadership position for the country, and/or make significant progress towards addressing a national need or grand challenge, particularly in current priority areas that include, but are not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), bioengineering, quantum engineering, robotics, and nuclear engineering.

Proposals must be prepared in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). Use the version of the guide that

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Colder winter weather increases our home heating expenditure forecasts

Published: 15 December 2025
Categories: US Energy Information Administration

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In-brief analysis

December 15, 2025

Our estimates for residential energy expenditures this winter (November 2025 through March 2026) have increased since the publication of our initial Winter Fuels Outlook forecasts in mid-October. We now expect a colder winter, and our retail energy price forecasts have risen, especially for natural gas and propane.

Each October, we publish a Winter Fuels Outlook with forecasts for energy consumption, prices, and expenditures for U.S. households. We categorize homes based on their main heating fuel: natural gas, electricity, propane, or heating oil. Almost all U.S. homes use one of these four fuels as their main heating source.

In each month from November through March, we update these forecasts based on actual weather and prices and the most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts for future weather and prices. As the winter

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Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE)

Published: 13 December 2025
Categories: NSF Due Dates

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Synopsis

Vulnerabilities in an open-source product and/or its continuous development, integration and deployment infrastructure can potentially be exploited to attack any user (human, organization, and/or another product/entity) of the product. To respond to the growing threats to the safety, security, and privacy of open-source ecosystems (OSEs), NSF is launching the Safety, Security, and Privacy for Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) program. This program solicits proposals from OSEs, including those not originally funded by NSF’s Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program, to address significant safety, security, and/or privacy vulnerabilities, both technical (e.g., vulnerabilities in code and side-channels) and socio-technical (e.g., supply chain, insider threats). 

Although most open-source products are software-based, it is important to note that Safe-OSE applies to any type of OSE, including those based on scientific methodologies, models, and processes; manufacturing processes and process specifications; materials formulations; programming languages and formats; hardware instruction sets; system designs or specifications;

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Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE)

Published: 13 December 2025
Categories: NSF Due Dates

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Synopsis

The Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program aims to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance. Many NSF-funded projects result in publicly accessible, modifiable, and distributable open-source products, including software, hardware, models, specifications, programming languages, or data platforms that catalyze further innovation. In some cases, an open-source product that shows potential for wide adoption forms the basis for a self-sustaining open-source ecosystem (OSE) that comprises a leadership team; a managing organization with a well-defined governance structure and distributed development model; a cohesive community of external intellectual content developers; and a broad base of users across academia, industry, and/or government. The overarching vision of POSE is that proactive and intentional formation of managing organizations will ensure adoption of open-source products; increased coordination of external intellectual content developer contributions; and a

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