Department of Defense

This DoD funding accelerates spinal cord injury research from promising ideas to clinical applications through translational research. It supports early-career partnerships and requires community engagement to ensure real-world relevance.

This DoD funding supports clinical translation research to move spinal cord injury treatments from preliminary studies into larger clinical trials. It prioritizes removing barriers to clinical success and identifying effective diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation options.

Develop advanced communications and networking technologies to enable seamless, secure connectivity for distributed naval operations across manned and unmanned platforms. Address challenges like jamming, spectrum limitations, and infrastructure constraints to support real-time command and control.

Fund continuation of military medical R&D projects ranging from late-stage preclinical to clinical research that address Service Member health needs. Supports pharmaceutical, biologic, medical device, and technology development through clinical trials and translational studies.

Develop research resources, datasets, and infrastructure to advance rare cancers research and treatment outcomes. Supports patient tissue repositories, tumor models, data-sharing platforms, and community engagement strategies.

The Army seeks applied research innovations in orthopaedic medicine to advance soldier health and readiness. This award funds development of new treatments, devices, or technologies addressing musculoskeletal injuries and combat-related orthopedic conditions.

This DoD funding supports early-stage rare cancer research ideas with potential for high-impact discoveries. The program welcomes exploratory approaches and accepts preliminary data from related disease studies to advance novel investigation pathways.

The Army seeks orthopaedic clinical research to advance musculoskeletal injury treatment and recovery for military personnel. This award funds innovative studies addressing combat-related and service-connected orthopaedic conditions.

This DOD program funds translational trauma care research that moves promising medical technologies from concept toward real-world solutions. Projects must demonstrate preliminary data and advance casualty survivability and point-of-injury care.

This Army Medical Research funding supports translational research addressing health impacts from toxic exposures on military personnel. Projects bridge discovery science to clinical solutions for affected service members and veterans.

This Army funding opportunity supports investigator-initiated research into toxic exposures affecting military personnel, seeking novel scientific studies to understand health impacts and inform prevention strategies.

This award supports clinical trials investigating health outcomes and treatments for service members exposed to toxic substances during military operations. The research aims to establish evidence-based interventions and improve medical care for affected veterans.

DoN seeks naval science and technology research from HBCUs/minority institutions, focusing on basic research that advances Navy/Marine Corps missions while building institutional research capacity and engaging students in STEM discovery.

DoD seeks to prototype TITANS, a veteran-led innovation workforce model embedding military talent into federal, academic, and commercial innovation roles. The program bridges operationally-grounded expertise with emerging technology development to accelerate dual-use capability transition.

DARPA TTO seeks revolutionary defense platforms and systems demonstrating disruptive capabilities in rapid force building, sustainment, long-range effects, and adaptive design. Focus areas include innovative hardware solutions that reduce complexity, cost, and manufacturing risk while enabling responsive, affordable production.

The Department of War seeks a ground-based, affordable mass (G-BAM) precision payload delivery system using commercial technologies to provide cost-effective, high-volume alternatives to expensive hypersonic systems. This initiative addresses the need for sustained "magazine depth" capability against peer adversaries while maintaining operational affordability.

The Army seeks autonomous and minimally-manned ground and aerial systems for sustainment and recovery in contested environments where GPS and communications are degraded. Solutions must operate with minimal oversight across payload transport, power generation, refueling, and vehicle recovery to reduce soldier exposure and maintain mission continuity.

ERDC seeks research proposals across hydraulics, geotechnical engineering, coastal systems, environmental remediation, and military infrastructure. This continuously open BAA funds innovative solutions for Army engineering challenges from multiple specialized laboratories.

DEPSCoR Capacity Building funds science and engineering research at universities in under-represented states to build DoD-relevant research capabilities and strengthen competitive federal funding competitiveness for institutions.

DEPSCoR funds science and engineering research at universities in underrepresented states to build DoD-relevant research capacity and national security capabilities. The program strengthens institutional competitiveness for federal research funding through multiyear grants.

DARPA IPTO seeks revolutionary research ideas in information processing and computing that fall outside current programs. Proposals should address novel technical challenges with potential defense and national security applications.

The Army is seeking innovative small businesses developing sensors, AI/ML, immersive technologies, or contested logistics solutions that provide disruptive advantages for military operations. Selected finalists from this competition will be eligible to submit SBIR or STTR proposals addressing critical Army priorities.

The Army is seeking innovative technologies in sensors, AI/ML, immersive wearables, and contested logistics to gain disruptive advantages in military operations. Small businesses can compete through xTech|Search 10 to potentially qualify for subsequent SBIR funding.

The Air Force seeks innovative research proposals to enhance human performance, medical capabilities, and operational effectiveness through the CHEERS program. This open solicitation invites white papers across all technical areas addressing military readiness and human sustainability challenges.

The Air Force seeks research proposals on human performance enhancement, restoration, and sustainability across multiple technical areas. CHEERS supports innovative solutions to optimize warfighter effectiveness and readiness through human-focused R&D.