The U.S. National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. NSF was established in 1950 by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense.
The Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) program is dedicated to supporting fundamental and innovative research focused on the design, operation, and management of civil infrastructure, with the goal of fostering smart, sustainable, and resilient communities on local, national, and international levels. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of civil infrastructure systems, including transportation, power, water, and pipelines, aiming at transformative research with potentially disruptive ideas across a wide range of disciplines. This program encourages projects that offer novel approaches to system and service design, system integration, big data analytics, and the intertwining of socio-technological-infrastructure aspects. It seeks diverse theoretical, scientific, mathematical, or computational contributions but does not back research primarily concerned with individual infrastructure components such as materials or sensor technology.