The National Science Foundation

[Jonfliesgoats]

KSP gets creative nerds talking to each other.  A little bit of attention to the way weirdos turn ideas into research into advancement may be worthwhile.  The NSF is very important to American non-military technological progress and is under appreciated.  Also, if there is a high school senior or college freshman perusing these posts, don't be shy about grant proposals.  We fund all kinds of whacky research that may or may not mature into something brilliant.  Why not yours?  I'll paste a few links to hopefully encourage more folks to write the proposals which they may have been privately considering.

https://nsf.gov/funding/azindex.jsp

Also, this.  You have the (delicious) brains!  

http://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities

NASA:

https://www.nasa.gov/about/research/index.html

AFIT:

https://www.afit.edu/

Edited December 19, 2016 by Jonfliesgoats

[Jonfliesgoats]

Most universities have plenty of support for writing your proposal, but if you don't have access to that:

http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/07/05/dr-karens-foolproof-grant-template/

Finally, I have concluded that I have no idea what I am doing, talking about or what anyone else is doing.  If a fool like me can figure out how to get by, you can too.  There is a wealth of brain power in these forums ready to assist a student or budding Bond villain in their goals.