Active Government Funding Opportunities

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.

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.

This FDA funding opportunity seeks development of physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and mechanistic in vitro-in vivo correlation (IVIVC) approaches for long-acting injectable suspensions and implants. The research aims to improve drug development efficiency and regulatory decision-making for complex formulations.

NSF funds anthropologically grounded archaeological research exploring past human behaviors and societies. Investigators propose field research or analytical studies addressing fundamental questions about human history without geographic or temporal constraints.

VINES supports fundamental research and technology development for next-generation intelligent networks spanning edge-to-cloud systems. The program aims to advance U.S. competitiveness in NextG wireless and emerging vertical industries while ensuring resilience and interoperability.

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.

DoD seeks basic and applied STEM research proposals through Naval Postgraduate School to advance military capabilities. A two-stage submission process allows white papers for early feedback before committing to full proposals.

This program funds research on ocean structure, movement, and transport processes, including interactions with biological, chemical, atmospheric, and geological systems. It addresses fundamental understanding of ocean dynamics critical to climate, marine ecosystems, and Earth system modeling.

NASA seeks foundational heliophysics research proposals advancing understanding of solar-terrestrial interactions and space weather phenomena. This competitive, peer-reviewed program funds innovative scientific investigations through a two-step proposal process with dual-anonymous review.

Develop expertise at the intersection of AI and biology to become a field leader applying machine learning to biological systems. This fellowship trains postdocs to drive biotechnology breakthroughs and innovations that strengthen the U.S. economy.

ERDC has developed a patented cold mix asphalt binder system to streamline repair and maintenance operations. This webinar explores licensing and commercialization opportunities for manufacturers and distributors ready to bring a field-tested solution to market.

ERDC's Arctic Infrastructure Research Center offers a 134-acre full-scale testing facility in Fairbanks for developing and evaluating infrastructure solutions in extreme Arctic environments. The facility supports DOD, industry, and academic partners in advancing cold-weather construction, permafrost engineering, and mission-critical systems for Arctic operations.

CBITEC offers a 70-acre military testing ground to evaluate contingency base technologies including power, water, waste, and construction solutions in realistic conditions with 400-soldier capacity. Partners can demonstrate effectiveness of novel capabilities in an operational environment.

ERDC seeks prototype concepts addressing military engineering and resilient systems challenges through Other Transaction Authority. Submit white papers for innovative solutions to critical defense and infrastructure problems.

Assemble interdisciplinary research teams to tackle transformative energy science challenges through integrated experiments, theory, computation, and AI/ML. EFRCs accelerate breakthroughs in materials, chemistry, geosciences, and biosciences beyond what individual researchers can achieve.