Active Government Funding Opportunities

AI and distributed command-and-control R&D for contested environments. Develops AI-enabled battle management and orchestration capabilities for joint all-domain operations at scale.

Multi-source data fusion and AI-driven knowledge discovery for battlespace awareness. Automated analysis of classified and open-source intelligence to improve decision support systems.

Army aviation and missile R&D BAA seeking competitive research proposals for defense technology advancement across multiple technical focus areas.

ISR systems and information operations R&D across seabed-to-space domains. Develops algorithm, hardware, software, autonomous systems, and cybersecurity capabilities for Navy surveillance and reconnaissance.

Space environment R&D seeking advanced observing systems and prediction models for solar activity, ionospheric conditions, magnetospheric dynamics, and satellite drag to protect DoD systems.

AFRL BAA seeking innovative research on composable collaborative planning to enable parallel force flow planning and reduce operational planning time through dependency management.

AFRL Advanced Research Announcement for next-generation target tracking architectures leveraging AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing across diverse sensor data sources.

AFRL Advanced Research Announcement seeking research on intelligent tasking, processing, and analysis of data for space domain awareness and space superiority using high-performance computing.

NGA's BIG-ST BAA seeking innovative GEOINT solutions across foundational geospatial intelligence, advanced phenomenologies, and analytic technologies including AI-based media manipulation detection.

Space-to-Space Communications BAA addressing proliferated low-earth orbit networking challenges, seeking Link-182 system development and space mesh networking architectures.

Missile Defense Agency's Mentor-Protégé Program BAA seeking eligible mentor and protégé firms for DoD partnership development in missile defense technology innovation.

Naval Aviation North Stars BAA seeking R&D, rapid prototyping, and demonstrations for integrated warfighting capabilities across naval operations and aviation mission areas.

Space Systems Command FreeSol BAA seeking innovative space and cyber technology solutions to counter emerging space threats and enable integrated space-cyber capabilities with rapid fielding.

Missile Defense Agency's umbrella BAA (NOBLE) seeking disruptive technologies and rapid capability development across multiple non-traditional acquisition authorities including low-cost interceptors and infrared search-track systems.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing RFI for device-assisted security features research and development. Small business R&D opportunity for anti-counterfeiting and document authentication innovation.

Space Force Commercial Solutions Opening for Space Domain Awareness innovations including software engineering and data analytics. Multi-phase white paper and proposal process for small business set-aside.

Air Force CHEERS (Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining) open period solicitation under 10 U.S.C. 4023 for experimental research. Multi-award advanced research projects across multiple technical areas.

NASA Ames Research Center soliciting partners for science investigations, research activities, and technology development aligned with NASA missions. Open call for space science, Earth sciences, and technology demonstrations.

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) small business networking event with one-on-one meetings. Informational notice for subcontracting opportunities, not R&D focused.

Space Development Agency seeks novel architecture concepts and emerging technologies for Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) enabling leap-ahead improvements in space-based warfighter capabilities and command systems.

DoD seeks innovative R&D proposals across four critical areas: naval fleet readiness through predictive analytics and AI-driven training, hypersonic vehicle development and testing, directed energy and cybersecurity technologies, and advanced manufacturing capabilities to rapidly prototype specialized hardware.

Build interdisciplinary research networks combining learning science, education practice, and data science to create high-value datasets advancing K-12 mathematics learning. Phase I funds dataset generation; Phase II establishes a collaborative platform for sustained innovation.

LSAMP funds alliances of colleges and universities to increase STEM degrees among underrepresented minorities through evidence-based strategies, from community college transfers to graduate research pathways, addressing the critical need to diversify the nation's STEM workforce.

NSF supports mathematics research driven by real-world science and engineering problems, seeking proposals that demonstrate mathematical innovation and practical impact. Projects involving junior researcher training and interdisciplinary collaboration are particularly encouraged.

Sustained funding for university-based materials research centers tackling fundamental science problems through multidisciplinary collaboration. MRSECs support infrastructure, industry partnerships, and a national network advancing materials discovery and education.