NSF Solicitation Seeks Proposals to Advance Future Cyber-Physical Systems Research
*** "Please note that that CPS is now part of the CISE core, and that S&CC is now a track in CPS."
The U.S. National Science Foundation has issued a new solicitation (NSF 25-543) inviting proposals for transformative research in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) through its Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) and CPS programs. With support for both foundational theory and community-driven challenges, the call aims to accelerate the development of intelligent, secure, and scalable CPS technologies across critical sectors like transportation, agriculture, infrastructure, and manufacturing.
CPS are engineered systems that seamlessly integrate computational and physical components. The solicitation emphasizes the growing role of AI, machine learning, and quantum information systems in addressing the complexity and scale of modern CPS. It also highlights opportunities to push the boundaries of resilience, assurance, autonomy, and formal verification.
Two proposal tracks are available:
CPS-FR (Foundational Research): Supports new scientific and engineering principles, including work in AI-enabled autonomy, quantum approaches, neuro-symbolic computing, and cybersecurity.
CPS-CIR (Community-Inspired Research): Seeks real-world, interdisciplinary collaborations with defined user communities (e.g., infrastructure operators, emergency responders) to co-develop use-inspired CPS solutions.
All proposals must clearly describe how computational and physical elements are integrated, include quantitative evaluation metrics, and describe validation approaches. The NSF also welcomes workshop proposals to explore emerging CPS research directions.
đź”— Read the full solicitation
đź”— Link to related webinar for the NSF CISE Core Solicitation: Future Computing Research - NSF 25-543
(Thursday, August 14, 2025 - 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET)