The Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Program: Fostering University-Industry Collaboration

For fellowships/traineeships, only U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents are eligible to apply for support under this program.

NSF funds cannot go to an industry partner; they can only be used by the academic institution. The industry partner is expected to participate in the research effort to facilitate in the commercialization of the research.

• Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting;
• Industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry’s perspective and integrative skills to academe; and
• Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct research projects.

This solicitation targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research, new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry. GOALI seeks to fund transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund.