Active Government Funding Opportunities

Research on invasive Grass Carp spawning and early life history in Great Lakes tributaries to identify optimal timing and locations for targeted removal and control efforts. This work directly supports the Presidential directive to prevent and manage aquatic invasive species threatening the Great Lakes ecosystem.

USGS seeks university research partners to develop satellite-based plant species detection models that work reliably across broad geographic regions. The research will improve invasive species management and wildfire prevention by creating transferable, uncertainty-quantified tools for land managers.

USGS seeks a CESU partner to create an Innovation Landscape identifying and scaling new land management technologies for military installations in the Southern Great Plains. The initiative connects military needs with natural resource solutions to enhance operations and regulatory flexibility.

USGS seeks research to develop and validate remote sensing algorithms for monitoring phytoplankton in the Barataria estuary. This technology supports ecosystem health assessment and food web monitoring in coastal waters.

Market research RFI seeking vendors for Chip-S1 Basic Research Kits and Microphysiological Systems consumables to support FDA drug evaluation research.

NASA sources sought for Atmosphere Discipline Node to preserve planetary science data, develop standards, and ensure cybersecurity compliance for long-term data preservation.

DoD sources sought for ManTech Program conference support services under no-cost follow-on contract with 18-month base and two optional periods.

Project Able Baker seeks a Sea-Based Recovery Station framework that repurposes decommissioned offshore oil platforms into landing pads for heavy-lift launch vehicles. This solution addresses costly platform removal while enhancing launch cadence, reducing environmental disruption, and providing distributed recovery infrastructure for U.S. Space Force operations.

DLA seeks U.S.-based manufacturers to rapidly produce custom and replacement fixtures for Navy ship maintenance. This capability addresses critical supply chain gaps where missing or broken specialized tools currently halt fleet operations for months.

The Army seeks innovative reconstructive transplant approaches to restore form and function for combat casualties with severe injuries. This concept award supports early-stage research and development of surgical techniques, biomaterials, or technologies to advance transplantation capabilities.

NOAA small business set-aside RFQ for Super Typhoon Sinlaku Reef Impact Assessments, studying environmental damage and recovery implications.

NRL seeks high-fidelity digital twin modeling and software for Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research facility to simulate robotic and autonomous system behaviors in realistic environments.

NASA/GSFC market research RFI for Planetary Plasma Interactions Discipline Node, managing planetary plasma data and supporting science community research standards.

NASA/GSFC market research RFI for Small Bodies Discipline Node supporting long-term preservation and interoperability of small bodies asteroid and comet science data.

NASA/GSFC market research RFI for Geoscience Discipline Node of Planetary Data System, managing geoscience data preservation and enabling standards for planetary research community.

NASA/GSFC market research RFI for Ring Moon System Discipline Node supporting planetary data preservation, standards development, and science community support services.

NASA/GSFC market research RFI for Asteroids and Dust Subnode of Planetary Data System, supporting long-term planetary science data management and interoperability standards.

NASA/GSFC market research RFI for Atmosphere Discipline Node of Planetary Data System, seeking capability statements for long-term preservation and standards development for planetary science data.

NGA Industry Day event showcasing multiple AI-focused GEOINT opportunities including MANTIS II, MERCURY, GRAND CANYON, and HATTERAS contracts for advanced analytic tools and machine learning capabilities.

This SBIR seeks passive SLAM technology enabling small unmanned aircraft to autonomously navigate complex environments using onboard sensors and compute. The solution must identify obstacles, plan dynamic routes to static or moving targets, and maintain accuracy without external connectivity or cloud support.

The Navy seeks mature, autonomous mine detection and neutralization systems to safely neutralize diverse maritime threats in high-current chokepoints. Solutions must be rapidly fieldable (TRL 7+) and reduce risk to personnel and assets.

DoD seeks modular, scalable simulation architectures that decouple cockpit interfaces from aircraft-specific software to enable 100+ players to train simultaneously in shared synthetic environments. The solution addresses constraints on physical space, power, and cooling while supporting rapid reconfiguration across multiple military platforms.

DoD seeks autonomous unmanned resupply vessels capable of delivering containerized cargo across 1,600+ nautical miles in contested Indo-Pacific waters with minimal personnel and high survivability. Solutions must demonstrate autonomous operations, shallow-water capability, and rapid scalability within 12 months.

The Navy seeks an EO/IR sensing technology to rapidly determine ranges of multiple small, fast-moving airborne targets simultaneously—solving the limitation that current gimbal-mounted systems cannot track numerous maneuvering aircraft fast enough during complex raid scenarios.

The Navy seeks an active electro-optic/infrared sensing technology to detect small, hard-to-spot surface targets obscured by wave clutter and ocean conditions. The solution should complement existing shipboard cameras by reliably identifying low-observable objects like mines and sea drones at 100-500 meter ranges.