The Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration (PDR-2600-DC-029Q) is a funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), that supports demonstration projects to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence in factory-built housing and offsite components.
This opportunity aims to fund projects that test and scale the use of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence in factory-built housing to help build homes faster, at lower cost, and in ways that can meaningfully increase housing supply. Awards are made as cooperative agreements, with HUD providing active involvement, technical guidance, and oversight throughout the project period. The program supports Administration priorities to lower housing costs and expand housing supply and requires projects to follow principles of Gold Standard Science.
HUD is especially interested in projects that use automation, robotics, or AI at specific stages of the factory-built housing process, whether onsite or offsite. Eligible approaches may include panelized systems, modular construction, or fully volumetric homes. Projects must demonstrate that the proposed technology can produce housing components at a scale sufficient to deliver a defined number of homes and clearly explain how the technology improves construction speed, labor efficiency, quality, or cost.
Additional funds may become available for award. All awards are subject to the selection process contained in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Eligible Applicant Types:
Faith-based organizations may apply. Non-profit eligibility will be confirmed using data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Ineligible: Individuals cannot apply as individuals. Foreign entities and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for or receive awards under this announcement.
The program seeks projects that bridge the gap between early development and commercial use of robotics and AI technologies for home construction. Applicants should quantify expected affordability benefits, such as reduced construction time or labor needs. The overall goal is to support technologies that can move beyond a single pilot and be scaled for wider use, contributing to long-term increases in housing supply.
Key focus areas include the use of automation, robotics, or AI at specific stages of factory-built housing processes, including panelized systems, modular construction, or fully volumetric construction approaches.
Applicants must have an active and up-to-date registration in SAM.gov (including a valid Unique Entity Identifier) and an active Grants.gov registration (requiring a Login.gov registration) at the time of application and throughout the life of any award. Registration in SAM.gov can take several weeks.
Applications will undergo threshold review, merit review, and risk review. The merit review includes four rating factors. Key application components include standard forms, a budget, narratives, and attachments. The narrative is limited to 15 pages, with appendices for resumes, letters of commitment, and references that do not count toward the page limit.
Posted Date: May 29, 2026
Application Deadline: July 13, 2026, at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time
Performance Period: 36 months
For questions regarding this opportunity, contact HUD's Research Partnerships:
Email: researchpartnerships@hud.gov
Phone: 202-402-2440
Additional resources are available through Grants.gov and SAM.gov.
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Submission Deadline
Jul 13, 2026
Project Duration
36 Months
Collaboration
Industry–academia
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