Research Development Newsletter

Current Calls for Expressions of Interest

Hearing from you that you are interested in a limited submission opportunity helps us determine whether a full internal competition will be needed. The only information you typically need to provide in an expression of interest is your name and department information (and that of your team, if applicable) and your tentative project title. All applications are accepted through InfoReady.

 

Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships (STC)
National Science Foundation					Solicitation #	NSF 24-594
Internal Deadline:	9/4/2024	Limit:		3
Sponsor Deadlines:	Preliminary Proposal: 11/20/2024 Full Proposal: 6/2/2025
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University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics
Department of Defense				Solicitation #	TEES-JHTO-RPP-2024-001
Internal Deadline:	9/6/2024	Limit:		3 (2 across Topics 1-4; 1 in Topic 5)
Sponsor Deadlines:	Notice of Intent: 10/11/2024 Proposal: 11/15/2024
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD), Research and Engineering (R&E) Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), in partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the UCAH, is soliciting for Prototype Project Proposals (PPPs) supporting projects that will accelerate hypersonics technology development, develop the nation’s future hypersonics workforce, and facilitate the transition of ready technologies into operational capabilities. Topic areas include the following: Topic 1: Rotating Detonating Engine Advancement Topic 2: Durable Seals for Extreme Environments Topic 3: Seeing Through High-Speed Turbulence for EO Seekers Topic 4: Directed Energy – Non-Kinetic Methods for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Topic 5: UCAH 2024 Grand Challenge – Jet Interaction in Hypersonic Flight
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Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25)
National Institutes of Health – NIBIB					Solicitation #	PAR-23-114
Internal Deadline:	9/16/2024	Limit:		1
Sponsor Deadline:	12/17/2024
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. To accomplish the stated overarching goal, this FOA will support educational activities with a primary focus on courses for skills development and research experiences. The ESTEEMED program is designed to foster the development of undergraduate freshmen and sophomores from diverse backgrounds to pursue further studies and careers in bioengineering or STEM fields relevant to NIBIB’s scientific mission. Applications are encouraged to propose integrated educational activities that include 3 elements: a summer bridge program for incoming freshmen, and in the freshman and sophomore years, academic year activities and summer research experiences. The ESTEEMED program is intended to expose students to bioengineering research early in their college careers while also providing students didactic, mentoring and career development opportunities. This will prepare students to join, in their junior and senior years, an honors program that promotes STEM and entrance into a Ph.D. program. The ultimate goal is for the participants to pursue a doctoral degree and a subsequent research career in bioengineering or NIBIB-relevant field.
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Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes
National Science Foundation					Solicitation #	NSF 24-599
Internal Deadline:	12/2/2024	Limit:		2
Sponsor Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 2/7/2025 Preliminary Proposal: 3/7/2025
Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes are large-scale interdisciplinary research projects motivated by major challenges at the frontiers of quantum information science and technology (QIST). Institutes are expected to catalyze breakthroughs on important problems underpinning QIST, for example in the focus areas of quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum simulation and/or quantum sensing. Successful institutes will coordinate a variety of approaches to specific scientific, technological, and educational goals in these fields, including multiple institutions and building upon multiple disciplines, as motivated by the science and engineering challenges. In so doing, Institutes will nurture a culture of discovery, provide education, training, and workforce development opportunities in the context of cutting-edge research, and demonstrate value-added from synergistic coordination within the institute and with the broader community. Partnerships, infrastructure, industry engagement, outreach, international collaboration, and new applications for QIST should be fostered by Institutes in support of their research, education, and coordination goals.
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Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003215, University Training and Research for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
Department of Energy – FECM		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003436
Anticipated Release Date:	Q4 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has released a notice of intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in support of its University Training and Research program. The University Training and Research program encompasses the University Carbon Research and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU-MSI) programs. If released, the FOA is expected to focus on the following research and development activities: Curriculum to Grow Carbon Management Education Capacity Critical Mineral Supply Chain Career Awareness Outreach Program Soil Carbon Sequestration: Establishing Technical and Social Baselines to Enable Broader Adoption Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Advance Point Source Capture and Train the Next Generation of Engineers (HBCU-MSI only)
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Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003415, Oceans of Opportunity: U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing
Department of Energy – EERE		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003427
Anticipated Release Date:	September 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office has announced an intent to provide up to $112.5M in funding to advance the commercial readiness of wave energy technologies through open water testing and system validation. Wave energy converters (WECs) harness power from ocean waves. Wave energy is abundant and complementary to other renewable energy sources, like wind energy and solar power, and is not yet widely deployed across the country. The proposed opportunity is designed to reduce risks for deployments, increase the potential for commercial adoption through longer-duration demonstrations (expected to last nearly two years), and offer additional benefits to help quickly advance WECs. This includes the ability to identify and mature high-potential WEC technologies, reduce financial risks for developers and incentivize investors, progress technologies at smaller scales while developing toward utility scale, and increase learning for installation, operations, and maintenance.
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Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) National Science Foundation NOI # NSF 24-117 Anticipated Release Date: 2024 The National Science Foundation has announced plans to support operations of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure program during FY2026-FY2035. A forthcoming program solicitation is anticipated to be issued in 2024 by NSF’s Directorate for Engineering, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation. The new program solicitation is expected to be for a competition to establish a new NHERI portfolio for exemplary operations of experimental and field equipment/instrumentation facilities to serve as national resources for NHERI research and education. These facilities will be expected to advance frontier science and engineering research focused on the impact of climate change, earthquake, tsunami, windstorm, storm surge, flooding, and fire/wildland-urban interface (WUI) hazards on the nation’s civil infrastructure. Current NSF-supported NHERI facilities, as well as other existing facilities that can bring new national resources to NHERI, would be eligible for this competition. Through this new solicitation, it is anticipated that support will be provided, for “multi-user ready” facilities that can provide fully operational experimental laboratory and/or field equipment/instrumentation, with unique, benchmarked capabilities not elsewhere available in the U.S., coupled with fully operational data acquisition system(s). The anticipated due date for proposals submitted in response to this new program solicitation will be at least 90 days following the publication date. NSF will host an information webinar after the solicitation is issued. Read Notice of Intent

 

Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003328 Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas FY24
Department of Energy – OCED		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003423
Anticipated Release Date:	September 2024
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) intends to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) entitled “Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas FY24”. The goals of this NOFO are to deliver measurable and sustained benefits to people who live in rural or remote areas; demonstrate rural or remote energy system approaches; and build clean energy knowledge, capacity, and self-reliance in rural and remote parts of America. OCED anticipates that funding will support materials, equipment, time, labor, and other resources to build clean energy projects in rural or remote communities and run other allowable activities (e.g., collaboration, outreach, and engagement with Tribes and stakeholders, or workforce development programs).
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Notice of Intent related to Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies
Department of Energy – NETL		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003424
Anticipated Release Date:	Fall 2024
The objective of the planned AMPD FOA will be to facilitate innovative energy storage technology material, subcomponent, component, or system design to improve the preproduction manufacturability of one or more energy storage technologies. Identifying and implementing design innovations will align pre-production storage system design to set the stage for manufacturing scale up. Applications to the AMPD FOA must propose design innovations as R&D solutions that address domestic pre-production manufacturability challenges and improve manufacturability against an estimated baseline. The design innovations must be solutions for specific, clearly identified manufacturability challenges, including, but not limited to, the selection, modification, or development of the size, shape, or composition of a material, subcomponent, component, or system. If the AMPD FOA is released, approximately $8M in federal funds, subject to annual congressional appropriation, is expected to be available for awarding new cooperative agreements.
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NOI: DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI)
Dept. of Defense – DARPA		Solicitation #	DARPA-SN-24-87
Deadline:	TBD
Amount:	TBD
The purpose of this Special Notice (SN) is to provide public notification of additional research areas of interest to DARPA Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), specifically for the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) program. It has been credibly hypothesized – but not proven – that quantum computers will have a transformative impact on a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. DARPA is interested in innovative approaches to constructing a utility-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer and applications that can run on those machines.
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Notice of Intent to Issue CHIPS National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) Advanced Packaging Research and Development
Department of Commerce – NIST		NOI #	n/a
Anticipated Release Date:	Unknown, although applicants should expect a 60-day period between NOFO release date and the deadline for concepts.
The CHIPS Research and Development Office (CHIPS R&D) intends to release a NOFO for new research and development (R&D) activities to establish and accelerate domestic capacity for semiconductor advanced packaging. The technical focus and R&D goals of the NOFO are expected to be informed by recent industry roadmaps, which share the common theme that emerging applications like high performance computing and low power electronics, both needed for artificial intelligence (AI), require leap-ahead advances in microelectronics capabilities, including advanced packaging. Achieving these goals requires coordinated investments to support integrated R&D activities to establish leading-edge domestic capacity for semiconductor advanced packaging. The anticipated NOFO will seek proposals relevant to one or more of five R&D areas: (1) Equipment, Tools, Processes, and Process Integration; (2) Power Delivery and Thermal Management; (3) Connector Technology, Including Photonics and Radio Frequency (RF); (4) Chiplets Ecosystem; and (5) Codesign/Electronic Design Automation (EDA). In addition to the R&D areas, the NOFO is expected to include a specific opportunity for prototype development in exemplar application areas.
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Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003399 Energy Storage Pilot Demonstrations
Department of Energy – OCED		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003398
Anticipated Release Date:	August 2024
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) intends to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) entitled “Energy Storage Pilot Demonstrations”. The goal of this NOFO is to support pilot-scale demonstrations for non-lithium, long duration energy storage solutions that advance technical maturity, reduce uncertainty in cost and performance characteristics, generate operational datasets, and increase investor and end-user confidence in technical and commercial maturation pathways and timelines. OCED anticipates that funding will support technology maturation activities including design for manufacturability, pilot system development, fabrication and installation, operational testing and validation, and commercial scale system design and supply chain maturation. Total DOE funding for this opportunity is anticipated to be $100M; individual awards will be for $5M to $20M with 50% cost share.
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Notice of Intent: FY2024 Batteries & Electrification FOA
Department of Energy – EERE		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003382
Anticipated Release Date:	July/August 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy announced an intent to fund projects that will advance research, development, demonstration, and deployment in several areas critical to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. The potential funding will drive innovations in low-cost electric vehicle battery manufacturing, using inexpensive and abundant battery materials in support of a viable domestic materials supply chain, and conducting smart-charge management demonstrations. The anticipated FOA (DE-FOA-0003382) targets Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) research and development projects potentially including: Demonstration of Smart Charge Management for Electric Vehicles Improved 12 Volt Lead Acid Batteries for Safety-Critical Electric Vehicle Applications Develop Vehicle or Structural Level Strategies to Reduce the Likelihood of the Cascading Effects of Electric Vehicle Fires Battery Electrode, Cell, and Pack Manufacturing Cost Reduction Silicon-Based Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries High Energy Density Conversion Cathodes
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CHIPS for America Announces Vision and Future Funding Opportunities for $3B Semiconductor Packaging Program

The CHIPS for America initiative run by NIST has released its vision to boost U.S. capabilities for advanced packaging, a key technology for manufacturing semiconductors. Advanced packaging is a cutting-edge design and manufacturing method that places multiple chips with a variety of functions in a densely interconnected two- or three-dimensional “package.” This design paradigm can help the sector achieve the ever denser, smaller dimensions that the most advanced semiconductors require. Advanced packaging requires an interdisciplinary approach that brings together chip designers, materials scientists, process and mechanical engineers, measurement scientists, and many more. It also requires access to resources such as advanced packaging facilities. Currently, the United States is limited in both conventional and advanced packaging capacity. The approximately $3B program will be dedicated to activities that include an advanced packaging piloting facility for validating and transitioning new technologies to U.S. manufacturers; workforce training programs to ensure that new processes and tools are capably staffed; and funding for projects that focus on: 

• materials and substrates
• equipment, tools and processes
• power delivery and thermal management
• photonics and connectors
• a chiplet ecosystem
• co-design for test, repair, security, interoperability and reliability

The first FOA focused on materials and substrates is anticipated in early 2024.

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Pivot Search BAA’s search – https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352238

FY25-29 Strategic Trends Research Initiative Broad Agency Announcement

This is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting strategic research on challenges related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) 5–10 years in the future in support of the mission of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The BAA covers Fiscal Year (FY) 2025–2029 with a total funding amount of $35,880,000, subject to availability of funds. This BAA will remain posted on the Government point of entry, https://sam.gov/content/home until superseded.

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FY 2025 Phase I Release 1 (SBIR/STTR)

Phase I grants resulting from this competition will be made during FY 2025 to small businesses with maximum award sizes of $200,000 or $250,000. Refer to the individual topic for its respective maximum award size (a proposal submitted that exceeds the maximum award size for the respective topic will be declined without review). The period of performance will depend on the scope of the effort but will not exceed 12 months. Please note that the Phase II grant application will be due approximately 9.5 months after the grant start date. This will be the only opportunity to submit a Phase II application for a Phase I award made under this FOA. Grantees that select a Phase I period of performance of 9 months or less will be able to complete their Phase I project prior to submission of their Phase II grant application. Grantees that select a Phase I longer than 9 months will be able to continue research and development (R&D) after their Phase II application is submitted but will not be able to utilize these results in the preparation of their Phase II application.

Phase I is to evaluate, insofar as possible, the scientific or technical merit and feasibility of ideas that appear to have commercial potential and/or substantial application in support of DOE mission research. The grant application should concentrate on research that will contribute to proving scientific or technical feasibility of the approach or concept. Success in a DOE Phase I is a prerequisite to further DOE support in Phase II.

Only awardees issued Phase I grants under this FOA are eligible to submit a Phase II application under the corresponding FY 2026 Phase II FOA, i.e., FY 2026 Phase II Release 1.

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BAA for Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Defense Efforts
Department of Defense – Dept of the Army		Solicitation #	W911SR-24-R-DEVB
Deadline:	Open until 8/20/2029
Amount:
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) mission is to provide innovative chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense capabilities to enable the Joint Warfighters’ dominance on the battlefield and interagency defense of the homeland. Mission areas and technical points of contact for within DEVCOM CBC are shown in the Broad Agency Announcement. Proposals are sought from all eligible sources as specified herein, including educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private industry. This BAA provides general information, proposal preparation instructions, evaluation and selection criteria, and award administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Releases Crop of Broad Agency Announcements and Funding Announcements

National Ocean Services (NOS) Line Office FY 2024-2026 BAA
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-NOS-MB-27779
Deadline:	Proposals accepted on a rolling basis through 9/30/2026
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Line Office S&T FY 2024-2026 BAA
NOAA				Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-OER-2024-27749
Deadline:	Proposals accepted on a rolling basis through 9/30/2026
FY 2024-2026 BAA for the Office of Education
NOAA			Solicitation #			NOAA-SEC-OED-2024-28060
Deadline:	Proposals accepted on a rolling basis through 9/30/2026

 

Funding Opportunity Announcements

Climate Program Office FY2025 Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) Program: Climate Change Projections to 2050: Applied Information for Industrial Applications
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-CPO-2025-27755
Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 10/18/2024 Full Application: 1/10/2025		Amount:	$50K – $170K per year for up to 3 years
Understanding and Assessing Drought in a Changing Climate (NIDIS)
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-CPO-2025-27758
Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 9/18/2024 Full Application: 12/9/2024		Amount:	$50K – $250K per year for 2 years
Leveraging Uncrewed Systems Data for Climate Applications
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-CPO-2025-27829
Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 9/18/2024 Full Application: 12/9/2024		Amount:	$50K – $200K per year for up to 3 years
Climate Program Office FY2025 Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) Program: TEPEX-E
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-CPO-2025-27756
Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 10/1/2024 Full Application: 1/17/2025		Amount:	$525K – $750K over 3 years
Climate Program Office FY2025 Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) Program: TEPEX-C
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-CPO-2025-27999
Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 10/1/2024 Full Application: 1/17/2025		Amount:	$525K – $750K over 3 years
Integrating Observations and Modeling in Support of Process Understanding Relevant to Solar Radiation Modification Research
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-CPO-2025-27994
Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 9/18/2024 Full Application: 12/9/2024		Amount:	$300K per year for 2-3 years
Climate Program Office FY2025 Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4) Program
NOAA		Solicitation #			NOAA-OAR-CPO-2025-27839
Deadlines:	Letter of Intent: 9/18/2024 Full Application: 12/9/2024		Amount:

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
Department of Commerce – NIST		Solicitation #	2024-NIST-MSE-01
Deadline:	Proposals accepted on a rolling basis through 3/5/2026
Amount:	Varies by program
This broad NOFO seeks to fund education and research activities across the following NIST programs: (1)   Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services (ADIIS); (2)   Associate Director for Laboratory Programs (ADLP); (3)   CHIPS Research & Development Program Office (CRDO) (4)   Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL); (5)   Engineering Laboratory (EL); (6)   Fire Research (FR); (7)   Information Technology Laboratory (ITL); (8)   International and Academic Affairs Office (IAAO); (9)   Material Measurement Laboratory (MML); (10) NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR);  (11) Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML); (12) Special Programs Office (SPO); and (13) Standards Coordination Office (SCO). Refer to the solicitation for specific activities and funding levels related to each program.
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BAA Disruptive Application – Army Application Lab
Army Application Lab		Solicitation #	W911NF-24-S-0008
Deadline:	Apr 04, 2029
The three main lines of effort associated with this BAA are discovery, acceleration, and translation of disruptive technology applications: ‐ Discovery of novel capability concepts that capitalize on emerging technologies and application insights from the widest possible range of sources. ‐ Acceleration of disruptive applications of technology that delivers a 2-4 times improvement over current or planned Army capabilities through the research, development, and validation of technology demonstrators. ‐ Translation of breakthrough innovations that create a scalable, first-mover advantage for the Army in strategic technology areas by synchronizing knowledge generated in the discovery and acceleration phases with key decision points across the Army Future Force Modernization Enterprise (FFME).
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BAA FY24 NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT
Navel		Solicitation #	N00421-24-S-0001
Deadline:	6/20/25
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is interested in receiving white papers for Research and Development projects which offer potential for advancement and improvement of NAWCAD operations. See opportunity for further details on the different focus areas.
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Computational Modeling of Aviation Systems BAA
Department of Defense – Army Research Laboratory		Solicitation #	ARL-BAA-0101
Deadline:	Proposals are accepted through 11/19/2027
Amount:	Not specified
Next-generation Army aviation platforms will need to integrate novel technologies in multiple areas including aerodynamics, acoustics, structural dynamics, and flight controls. These technologies will be evaluated in computational and experimental environments for real-world applications. Fundamental modeling and analysis capabilities also need to be developed at different degrees of fidelity from low fidelity for conceptual design and trade-space exploration to high fidelity for detailed design or scientific exploration. Novel technologies for next-generation Army aviation platforms are sought, including both manned platforms and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Associated modeling and simulation approaches for these technologies will be required at varying degrees of fidelity to accommodate assessments at different stages of design and analysis processes including conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design stages.
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Mechanical Metamaterials for Advanced Protection BAA
Department of Defense – Army Research Laboratory		Solicitation #	ARL-BAA-0096
Deadline:	Proposals accepted through 11/19/2027
Amount:	Not specified
DEVCOM ARL is seeking proposals on the exploration and maturation of mechanical metamaterials and associated concepts, testing/diagnostics methods for characterization, scale-up methods etc., in a manner relevant to ballistic impact conditions. Novel manufacturing and processing techniques are of interest, provided that the work will involve high strain rate relevant characterization. Research in this area seeks to understand and control/manipulate material behavior to ballistic advantage, understand behavior on various scales, advanced modeling and simulation associated with these materials for enhanced understanding and further design/development of mechanical metamaterials. Specific research areas include: Mechanical metamaterials, nanostructured composites, engineered materials specifically built for manipulating shock and damage propagation due to ballistic impact and penetration. Special consideration for increasing thickness, towards building 3D mechanical metamaterials. Fundamental systematic studies to link manufacturing/synthesis process, nano/microstructure, mechanical properties, high strain rate properties, and ballistic performance. Use or development of machine learning based approaches to aid in material discovery and design of mechanical metamaterials when there is no ‘big data’. Modeling and simulation of such structures at various scales. Multi-scale modeling approaches, verification, and validation involving mechanical metamaterials. Developing/using experimental techniques and diagnostics to assess/characterize mechanical metamaterials. Scaling effects associated with small scale experimentation of such materials, and exploration of how they translate to continuum scale dynamic properties and performance.
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Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) – Environmental Technology Demonstrations – Open Topics BAA
Department of Defense – Dept of the Army		Solicitation #	W912HQ24S0005
Deadline:	Open until 8/21/2025
Amount:	ESTCP may make multiple awards up to a collectively shared maximum value of the $10,000,000.00 under this BAA
The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense’s (DoD) demonstration and validation program for environmental and installation energy technologies. The ESTCP Office is interested in receiving white papers for innovative technology demonstrations that address DoD environmental and installation energy requirements as candidates for funding.
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Disruptioneering BAA
Department of Defense – DARPA		Solicitation #	DARPA-PA-24-04
Deadline:	Open until 8/16/2025. Individual Disruption Opportunities have deadlines.
Amount:	Undetermined and based on project and DO
The mission of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is to identify, investigate, and leverage nascent scientific advances for national security applications by pursuing high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines. Disruption Opportunity (DO) topics are issued to rapidly investigate new concepts with targeted and limited scope investments. DOs enable DARPA to initiate a new investment in less than 120 calendar days from idea inception. To enable this approach, DSO will issue individual Disruption Opportunities under this solicitation. These opportunities will target specific technical domains important to DSO’s mission to pursue innovative research that leads to a prototype demonstration. More information about DSO’s technical domains and research topics of interest may be found at http://www.darpa.mil/aboutus/offices/dso.
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program
Department of Defense – Office of Naval Research (ONR)		Solicitation #	N0001424SF005
Deadline:	Open until 4/4/2025
Amount:	Varies depending on technology area and technical approach
ONR seeks a broad range of applications for augmenting existing and/or developing innovative solutions that directly maintain and/or cultivate a diverse, world-class Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce to maintain the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ technological superiority. The goal of proposed efforts must provide solutions that establish, build and/or maintain STEM educational pathways and workforce opportunities for diverse U.S. citizens directly relevant to ONR science and technology areas.
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FY24 Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Environmental Technologies and Methodologies
Department of Defense – Department of the Navy		Solicitation #	N3943024S2000
Deadline:	Open until 4/7/2025
Amount:	Varies depending on technology area and technical approach
This announcement seeks out technologies and methodologies to reduce environmental impacts from current and past Navy operations, and applies to Navy installations worldwide. NEXWC is interested in environmental technologies and methodologies that are either new, innovative, advance the state-of-the art, or increase knowledge or understanding of a technology or methodology. The technology or methodology shall address one of the following topic areas. Environmental assessment, restoration and cleanup Conservation of natural resources Unexploded Ordnance Technologies and methodologies addressing emerging chemicals Environmental compliance Resilient infrasctructue crucial for enduring environmental protection Remote sensing, and web based data processing, modeling, and reporting of environmental data
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Scientific Feasibility (SciFy)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative and revolutionary computational approaches that measure the feasibility of technical claims to enable accurate assessments of scientific content.

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NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

NRL requests white papers for long-range Science and Technology (S&T) projects which may offer advancement and improvement potential for Navy and Marine Corps operations. This announcement emphasizes NRL’s broad role in the competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines.

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DOD Strategic Capabilities Office Broad Agency Announcement

Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is an organization within the Office of the Secretary of Defense which seeks to identify, analyze, and prototype disruptive applications of new systems, unconventional uses of existing systems, and implement emerging technologies to create operational strategic effects. SCO is a rapid prototyping organization focused on delivering capabilities in 3-5 years to address high priority operational and strategic challenges.

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DOD 2024 ERDC BAA

The ERDC is responsible for conducting research in the broad fields of hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil effects, vehicle mobility, self-contained munitions, military engineering, geophysics, pavements, protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material, treatment of hazardous waste, wetlands, physical/mechanical/ chemical properties of snow and other frozen precipitation, infrastructure and environmental issues for installations, computer science, telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage conservation, and ecological processes.

This announcement is continuously open; pre-proposals may be submitted and will be reviewed at any time throughout the year.  The availability of funds may limit the ability of the U.S. Government to make awards in specific areas, nevertheless, pre-proposals are sought under this announcement for all research areas identified

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DARPA Defense Sciences Office Office-wide

This opportunity is to identify and create the next generation of scientific discovery to fuel innovation throughout the Agency and beyond. DSO frames its office according to the thrust areas described further below, but encourages any fundamental research concept, idea, or effort that addresses DARPA’s mission to make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security.

Novel Materials & Structures: This thrust includes, but is not limited to, science and technology in quantum devices, atomic scale systems, and functional and structural materials.

Sensing & Measurement: This thrust includes but is not limited to, science and technology in quantum sensing and metrology, seeing (sensing) the unseen, and novel light sources.
Computation & Processing: This thrust includes, but is not limited to, science and technology of quantum computing, cryptography, and modeling of complex systems.
Enabling Operations: This thrust includes, but is not limited to, technologies to support spacebased operations, tactically remote environments, and resource assurance.
Collective Intelligence: This thrust includes, but is not limited to, exploration of complex social systems, adaptable Artificial Intelligence (AI), and AI-accelerated learning.
Emerging Threats: This thrust includes, but is not limited to, national security concerns related to global issues associated with raw material availability, environmental catastrophes, and digital societies.

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DOE – FY 2024 CONTINUATION OF SOLICITATION FOR THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The Office of Science (SC) of the Department of Energy (DOE) hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, and Accelerator R&D and Production.

This FOA is our annual, broad, open solicitation that covers all research areas in SC and is open throughout the Fiscal Year. Any research within SC’s Congressionally-authorized mission may be proposed under this FOA. This FOA will remain open until September 30, 2024, 11:59 PM Eastern Time, or until it is succeeded by another issuance, whichever occurs first.

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Army Contracting Command Announces Broad Agency Announcement for Development, Maturing, Demonstrating and Transitioning Aviation-Related Critical Technologies

Through this Master Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (W911W6-23-R-0010), the Army Contracting Command announces its intent to solicit future proposals in alignment with its mission to develop, mature, demonstrate and transition critical technologies and products through technology programs and customer support that modernize, maintain and sustain Army Aviation as the dominant land force aviation component in the world. Individual calls will specify the research area(s) being solicited. This BAA closes on June 20, 2024.

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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Broad Agency Announcement on Enabling Cyber-Linked Physical Sensing Exploitation Accepting White Papers

This Broad Agency Announcement (FA8650-21-S-1016) on Enabling Cyber-Linked Physical Sensing Exploitation (ECLPSE) will be a Two Step, Open BAA to support research and analysis on cyber-physical sensing and Electronic Warfare (EW)-kinetic effects to enable understanding how cyber-connected devices interact with the physical environment found in manufacturing automation, utilities, transportation, agricultural, medical, and other common applications. This effort will also support research and analysis regarding the prevention and exploitation of information leakages similar to electromagnetic security (EMSEC) vulnerabilities in the cyber/EW-physical domain. Individual contracts will be up to $20M. The first step is submission of a white paper. Approved white paper offerors will receive Requests for Proposals. This BAA closes on February 25, 2026.

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DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Broad Agency Announcement for Foundational Research – Updated Topic List
Department of Defense – Department of the Army		Solicitation #	W911NF-23-S-0001
Deadline:	Proposals accepted through 11/20/2027
Amount:	Not specified
This BAA solicits white papers and proposals for both basic and applied research across areas of interest to the ARL. The extensive list of topics has been updated and republished.
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Advanced Manufacturing Research in support of the Sciences of Extreme Materials Competency – Closing date Nov. 19, 2027

Army modernization requires a set of robust manufacturing strategies and integrated capabilities that enable a highly connected and collaborative enterprise. Agile manufacturing involves digitally enabled advanced manufacturing (AdvM) technologies with ubiquitous access to rapid prototyping, small-scale production, materials by design, etc. that are capable of scalable, and on-demand distributed production of components and systems. Agile manufacturing integrates the procedures, resources, and preparation that are needed to respond to changes in the demand utilizing systems, resources, and practice to react to these demands and adapt quickly without jeopardizing the Army’s ability to meet the performance requirements.

This area seeks transformational materials that can operate in extreme conditions, and methods to manufacture them readily in the organic US industrial base as well as in austere environments at the point of need. Next generation Army components and systems will need to integrate novel structures of unmatched geometric complexity, and novel materials produced using novel data driven digital manufacturing methods. Topics of interest include:  Additive manufacturing, Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques for AdvM, Printed hybrid electronics including multi-functional devices and structures, Novel and robust design methodologies for convergent manufacturing, and more. 

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Electric- and Magnetic-Field Sensor Technology – Closing date Nov. 19, 2027

Research proposals are desired that are related to small, rugged, low-power electric- and magnetic-field sensors that can be deployed on a battlefield using artillery-based delivery systems, or scattered from air or ground vehicles, or emplaced by individual soldiers. These sensors should be passive or semi-active (i.e., with no local field-generating element), and may operate at low frequencies in the quasi-static zone (or “near field”), where the electric and magnetic fields are not coupled. These sensors should be characterized by exceptionally low power, size, weight, and cost, and/or by exceptionally high sensitivity and low noise (i.e., with performance limited by the background environment). Sensor bandwidth generally falls between DC and ~1 MHz, but may be further limited for specific applications: e.g., 0.001-10 Hz for anomaly detection; 30-3000 Hz for electric-power sensing; 3-30 kHz for very low frequency (VLF) sensing.

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Invincible Materials Research in support of the Sciences of Extreme Materials Competency – Closing date Nov. 19, 2027

The invincible materials portfolio focuses on the fundamental, basic and applied material science and engineering to identify novel and emerging materials, systems and technologies for use across multiple high valued platforms and systems. The portfolio seeks to expand knowledge of materials and the related science and engineering of all materials classes with respect to synthesis, processing, development of novel materials or feedstocks, methods, advanced manufacturing techniques, experimentation, high through put techniques, machine learning, characterization, and modeling and simulation. The portfolio seeks to enable the discovery, development, design and integration of emerging structural, chemical and biological protection, electronic, laser and energy, materials in traditional and extreme environments such as materials under high rate and dynamic conditions. The portfolio also seeks material science and manufacturing technologies that supports the soldier, combat vehicles, combat support vehicles and other high valued assets to enable improved performance and survivability.

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Invisible Materials Research in support of the Sciences of Extreme Materials Competency – Closing date Nov. 19, 2027

The Invisible Materials Portfolio seeks to identify novel electromagnetic spectrum materials (EMS) for use in a wide range of military applications. The portfolio seeks materials with advanced capabilities to increase, decreases or alter the energy emitted, scattered or absorbed in a controlled manner.

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Multimodal Synthetic Data for Machine Learning – Closing date Nov. 19, 2027

The use of artificial intelligence solutions for Army field applications will rely heavily on machine learning (ML) algorithms. Current ML algorithms need large amounts of mission-relevant training data to enable them to perform well in tasks such as object and activity recognition, and high-level decision making. Battlefield data sources can be heterogeneous, encompassing multiple sensing modalities. Present open-source data sets for training ML approaches provide inadequate representation of scenes and situations of interest to the Army, in both content and sensing modalities. There is a push to use synthetic data to make up for the paucity of real-world training data relevant to military multi-domain operations of the future. However, there are no systematic approaches for synthetic generation of data that provide any degree of assurance of improved real-world performance of the ML techniques trained on such data. The problem of effective synthetic data generation for ML raises deeper questions than that of artificially generating speech or imagery that humans find realistic.

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DOD Tactical Heterogeneous Sensing in Complex Environments, Aerosols, and Impacts- November 19, 2027

 This program focuses on basic and applied research investigations designed to enhance situational and operational awareness with respect to operations in complex, multi-domain environments enabling C4ISR and maneuver capabilities. The research covers a broad portfolio including aerosol sciences, propagation of electro-optic (EO), electro-magnetic (EM), radio-frequency (RF) and acoustic signals in complex environments, impacts thereof, and heterogeneous sensing. Areas of specific interest are optical spectroscopy and characterization of aerosols, modeling of light interaction with material, atmospheric aerosol composition, heterogeneous remote sensing, and propagation modeling. Complex environments of particular interest are urban, littoral, forested, and domain interfaces.

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DOD Quantum networking for communications, distributed entanglement and information processing – November 19, 2027

 The Army seeks proposals in the development of quantum networks to advance performance metrics across a range of applications, including information distribution/security/processing, logistics, conventional networking and computing.

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DARPA Strategic Technology Office (STO) – October 31, 2024

DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office (STO) is seeking innovative ideas and disruptive
technologies that provide the U.S. military and national security leaders trusted, disruptive
capabilities to win in all physical domains (Air, Space, Sea, and Land) and across the spectrum
of competition, from deterrence to high-end peer combat. STO seeks to carry out DARPA’s
mission of creating high-risk, high-reward “breakthrough” technologies with a focus on
ambitious, difficult, and revolutionary projects that achieve significant changes or fundamental
shifts in technical capabilities and give our warfighters new ways to fight. STO will develop and
deliver solutions at a speed and scale to be operationally relevant in a relatively short time, just a
few years, from the initiation of the project to proof of concept.

STO is a “systems office,” seeking to create new “proof-of-concept” mission systems. Its goals
are to develop and demonstrate new capabilities that expand what is technically possible.

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DARPA Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide – October 29, 2024

The Information Innovation Office (I2O) creates groundbreaking science and develops transformational capabilities in the informational and computational spheres to surprise adversaries and maintain enduring advantage for national security. I2O programs address elements of four key thrust areas:  Proficient artificial intelligence (AI), Resilient, adaptable, and secure systems, Advantage in cyber operations, and Confidence in the information domain.

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DARPA Exploration Announcement (EA) Master Solicitation for Advanced Research Concepts (ARC) – October 26, 2024

The Advanced Research Concepts (ARC) program will rapidly solicit and explore a high volume of promising new ideas for limited-scope investments. Projects will focus on answering high-risk/high-reward fundamental research questions and assessing the impact of further investment on problems of importance to the Department of Defense.

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DOE FY 2024 CONTINUATION OF SOLICITATION FOR THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – September 30, 2024

The Office of Science (SC) of the Department of Energy (DOE) hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, and Accelerator R&D and Production.

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DOD Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology – Sept. 30, 2024

ONR, ONRG, and MCWL are interested in receiving proposals for Long-Range S&T Projects that offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operations.

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DARPA – Microsystems Technology Office: Intensity-Squeezed Photonic Integration for Revolutionary Detectors (INSPIRED) 

DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office seeks innovative proposals to develop compact, ultralow-noise optical detectors that employ squeezed-light measurement techniques to advance precision optical sensing. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.

The principal objective of the Intensity-Squeezed Photonic Integration for Revolutionary Detectors (INSPIRED) program is the development of optoelectronic detector modules that integrate squeezed-light measurement techniques into form factors comparable to commercial photodetector modules, thereby achieving sensitivity significantly beyond the quantum shot-noise limit. Such “squeezed-light detectors” will be transformative in advancing squeezed-light quantum measurement beyond laboratory environments as practical, general-purpose detector components that can be employed in diverse optical systems. The superior sensitivity of squeezed-light detectors is expected to provide decisive quantum advantages in wide-ranging application domains such as active imaging; atomic sensing; navigation; microscopy; and communications.

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NASA 2024 Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) – multiple due dates

 The goal of the HRP is to provide human health and performance countermeasures, knowledge, technologies, and tools to enable safe, reliable, and productive human space exploration. The scope of this goal includes both the successful completion of exploration missions and the preservation of health over the astronaut’s lifetime. The HRP contains five Elements: Space Radiation, Human Health Countermeasures, Exploration Medical Capability, Human Factors and Behavioral Performance, and Research Operations and Integration.

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