NVIDIA Academic Grant Program

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NVIDIA's Academic Grant Program provides computational resources and support to full-time faculty members at accredited academic institutions who are advancing research using NVIDIA technology across three strategic areas: Simulation and Modeling, Data Science, and Robotics and Edge AI.

Overview

  • Compute resources available upon request (specific amounts detailed in individual Call for Proposals documents for each interest area)
  • Access to NVIDIA's advanced software distributions and pretrained models
  • Technical support and collaboration opportunities with NVIDIA research teams
  • Recognition through NVIDIA's academic network and research community

Priority Areas

  • Simulation and Modeling: Scientific simulation, quantum computing, and physics-informed machine learning
  • Data Science: Data processing and analytics, operational research and route optimization, statistical methods, graph analytics, graph neural networks, and visual analytics
  • Robotics and Edge AI: Robotics, autonomous vehicles, 5G/6G, smart spaces, and federated learning

Eligibility & Requirements

  • Applicant must be a full-time faculty member at an accredited academic institution
  • Proposals must incorporate pretrained models from ai.nvidia.com and/or make extensive use of NVIDIA software distributions
  • Relevant NVIDIA technologies include: PhysicsNeMo, Omniverse™, CUDA-Q™, Isaac™, NeMo Framework™, NVIDIA Cosmos™, and CUDA-X™ Data Science libraries
  • Must use required proposal template provided by NVIDIA
  • Proposals evaluated based on technical merit, innovation, and alignment with NVIDIA technology ecosystem

How to Submit:

  • Review the specific Call for Proposals (CFP) document for your chosen interest area (Simulation and Modeling, Data Science, or Robotics and Edge AI) for detailed eligibility information and compute resource options 
  • Download and complete the required proposal templat
  • Review the example proposal to understand high-quality submission standards
  • Watch the NVIDIA webinar for best practices guidance
  • Consult the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document for clarification
  • Submit proposal through the process outlined in your interest area's CFP document by March 31, 2026
     

Additional Resources

Proposal template
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
 

Please note: Full RFP is attached in the "More Information" section of this page. Faculty and researchers interested in applying for these opportunities based on technologies developed or disclosed at Vanderbilt must submit their proposals through the CTTC.