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Each week RTT emails a newsletter of relevant funding opportunities to the Mines research announcements listserv. Below is a copied list of relevant funding opportunities currently open for submission. If you would like to be added to our weekly newsletter please contact the Research Development team at RTT@mines.edu.

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Mines Membership to the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Opens New Funding Opportunities

The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) is a 501(c)(3) biomedical technology consortium that is internationally-dispersed, collaborating with multiple government agencies with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. The consortium focuses on the development and delivery of innovative medical technologies that protect, treat, and optimize the health and performance of U.S. military personnel and civilians. As a member organization, Mines faculty may apply to any of their open solicitations, which are announced throughout the year. Solicitation topics vary but may be applicable to those in quantitative biosciences and engineering, computer science, materials science, chemistry, physics, and other disciplines. Check their website throughout the year for current and upcoming solicitations.

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Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready
Department of Energy – ARPA-E		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0003467
Deadline:	Applications are accepted any time and the NOFO will remain open until closed or modified
Amount:	$50M in total funding available
The Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides a vital mechanism for the support of innovative energy R&D that complements ARPA-E’s primary R&D focus on early-stage transformational energy technologies that still require proof-of-concept. An enduring challenge to ARPA-E’s mission is that even technologies that achieve substantial technical advancement under ARPA-E support face significant remaining technical and commercial risks upon completion of an award’s funding period, and thus are at risk of being stranded in their development path once ARPA-E funding ends. Experience across ARPA-E’s diverse energy portfolios, and input from a wide range of investors and industry stakeholders, indicates that pre-commercial “scaling” projects are critical to establishing that performance and cost parameters can be met in practice for these potentially transformative technologies. These pre-commercial scaling projects aim to translate the performance achieved at bench scale to commercially scalable versions of the technology, integrate the technology with broader systems, provide extended performance data, and validate the manufacturability and reliability of new energy technologies. Success in these scaling projects should enable industry, investors, and partners to justify the substantial commitments of financial resources, personnel, manufacturing facilities, and materials necessary to subsequently deploy the technologies at commercial scale. The objective of SCALEUP Ready is to support the scaling of high-risk and potentially disruptive new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications. This NOFO focuses only on scale-up and pre-pilot projects of promising technologies that ARPA-E has previously funded – following highly competitive selection processes – and for which the scale-up award would substantially build upon innovations achieved under the original ARPA-E award.
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Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
DOD Air Force Research Lab		Solicitation #	DO-FOA-0003418
Concept Papers:	7/18/2029
Amount:	$49M
The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate (RD) is the Department of the Air Force’s Center of Expertise for directed energy and optical technologies. The Directorate develops and transitions technologies in four core technical competencies: Laser Systems, Directed Energy and Electro-Optics for Space Superiority, High Power Electromagnetics, and Weapons Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis. This five-year, open FOA is for soliciting research applications for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in the Core Technical Competencies (CTCs) described above. Multiple awards of assistance instruments are anticipated with periods of performance ranging from one to five years.
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FY 2024-2026 Broad Agency Announcement, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
Department of Commerce – NOAA		Solicitation #	NOAA-OAR-CPO-2024-28363
Deadline:	Open until 9/30/2026
Amount:	Not specified
The NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research is responsible for maintaining and improving the viability of marine and coastal ecosystems; for delivering valuable weather, climate, and water information and services; for understanding the science and consequences of climate change; and for supporting the global commerce and transportation upon which we all depend. This Broad Agency Announcement is a mechanism to encourage research, education and outreach, innovative projects, or sponsorships that are not addressed through NOAA’s competitive discretionary programs.
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Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement
Department of Defense – DARPA		Solicitation #	HR001125S0002
Deadline:	Open through 10/29/2025
Amount:	Not specified
The Information Innovation Office (I2O) creates groundbreaking science and develops transformational capabilities in the informational and computational spheres to surprise adversaries and maintain enduring advantages for national security. I2O programs address elements of four key thrust areas: proficient artificial intelligence; resilient, adaptable and secure systems; advantage in cyber operations; and confidence in the information domain. I2O seeks unconventional computational approaches that are outside the mainstream, challenge accepted assumptions and have the potential to radically change established practices, and the state of the art.
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NSWCDD University Research and Development Projects and Capstone Projects for FY 2025
Department of Defense – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)		Solicitation #	NSWCDD BAA N00178-25-0002
Deadline:	Open through 10/14/2025
Amount:	Awards will range from $2.5K to $3M; average award value for most recent cycle was $450K.
This BAA will fund basic and applied research projects involving faculty and students. NSWCDD is especially interested in research projects and collaborative efforts dealing with Hypersonics, Software Engineering, Quantum Computing and Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Model-Based Systems Engineering, Machine Learning, Unmanned systems and Autonomy, Safety Systems, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, Human Systems Integration, and Warfare System Development and Integration which includes cyber security, directed energy, high powered lasers and microwaves, sensor systems, materials, and biological defense, among others. Projects should develop student interests in Naval engineering and develop the next generation of naval scientists and engineers.
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FY 2025 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Department of Energy – Office of Science		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0003432
Deadlines:	Open until 9/30/2025
Amount:	Historically, awards from $5K to $5M have been made in response to the NOFO each year
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its annual Open Call for FY 2025 through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). This NOFO provides a vehicle for the Office of Science to solicit applications from institutions for research support in areas not covered by more specific, topical NOFOs that are issued by the office in FY 2025. Altogether, through this mechanism, the DOE will provide up to $500M in funding for basic research in support of DOE’s clean energy, economic, and national security goals. The funding will advance the priorities of DOE’s Office of Science and its major programs, including 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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Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-515
Deadline:	Target date of 9/29/2025
Amount:	RES designation: up to $1.2M for up to 4 years EDU designation: up to $500K for up to 3 years SEED designation: up to $300K for up to 2 years
The Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0) program aims to build trust in global cyber ecosystems. Trust is the core tenet of this program and, for the purposes of this solicitation, is broadly defined to include our confidence in the security, privacy, and resilience of cyberspace, particularly in the face of malicious intent. Achieving this level of confidence in cyberspace requires not only understanding the vulnerabilities in a system that could be exploited and how they can be addressed, but also understanding the social and technical dimensions of trust in cyber systems, along with the educational efforts needed to increase public awareness of risks in cyberspace, and building a well-trained corps of privacy and security professionals. Proposals are accepted under one of three designations: Research (RES), Education (EDU), and Seedling (SEED), which is for special topics defined by accompanying Dear Colleague Letters.
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Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) NASA Research Announcement Pre-Solicitation Notice
NASA		Solicitation #	80JSC025NA001
Deadlines:	The parent announcement remains open from 11/1/2024 to 10/31/2025
Amount:	Ranges of the anticipated projects are typically 1-year of funding, for up to $250K per award; and typically, 3-5 years of funding, ranging between $1M – $1.5M, per award.
NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) plans to issue an NRA entitled “Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) – 2025”, soliciting applied research in support of NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP). The research will fall into one or more categories corresponding to HRP’s five Elements: Space Radiation; Human Health Countermeasures; Exploration Medical Capability; Human Factors and Behavioral Performance; and Research Operations and Integration. HRP anticipates releasing and awarding up to approximately 12 proposals. Funding will be made available through topic-specific solicitations that are released as separate appendices.
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Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program Field Support
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-526
Deadline:	6/1/2025 (Target Date)
Amount:	Unspecified; Average grant is $1.2M
Through this solicitation, the Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT) of the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) funds cutting-edge research that: improves understanding of interactions among the Antarctic region and global systems; improves understanding of the dynamic linkages among processes operating in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean and linkages to global Earth systems, which helps inform decision making regarding environmental change; advances fundamental understanding of Earth systems and the biological, geochemical, and physical processes in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean as drivers and responders to changes on a global scale; expands fundamental knowledge of Antarctic systems, biota, and processes; utilizes the unique characteristics of the Antarctic region as a science observing platform; and/or builds capacity and enhances diversity in the US workforce for polar-related science. ANT encourages and supports research that combines disciplinary perspectives and approaches from other fields, research that uses existing data and samples, and other research not requiring a physical presence in Antarctica. This may include projects conducted at locations outside Antarctica that serve as analogues of Antarctic sites or systems. This solicitation does not support projects that would need logistical support from the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP). Proposers requiring USAP logistical support should consult the Antarctic Sciences web page for current opportunities. Proposers of projects with logistics needs that would be wholly provided by another Antarctic program or organization should contact an ANT Program Officer for guidance.
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FY25 Department of Navy Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program
Department of Defense – Office of Naval Research		Solicitation #	N0001425SF003
Deadlines:	White Paper: 4/11/2025 (Required) Application: 8/29/2025
Amount:	$600K total over 3 years
This NOFO is for STEM education programs and activities vital to the Department of the Navy, which is formal or informal education that is primarily focused on physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, social sciences, and mathematics disciplines. STEM education programs and activities that could be supported by this NOFO include one or more of the following as the primary objective: · Develop learners’ knowledge, skill, or interest in STEM. · Attract students to pursue certifications, licenses, or degrees (two-year degrees through postdoctoral degrees) or careers in STEM fields. · Provide growth and research opportunities for post-secondary, college and graduate students in STEM fields, such as working with researchers or conducting research that is primarily intended to further education. · Improve mentor/educator (K-12 pre-service or in-service, post-secondary, and informal) quality in STEM areas. · Improve or expand the capacity of institutions to promote or foster STEM fields. This NOFO will not consider applications for research, with the exception of those whose primary purpose is intended to further education (as described in third bullet above) and that are not expected to generate intellectual property.
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Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 24-518
Deadline:	4/2/2025
Amount:	$6M to $10M is available for an anticipated 5 to 9 awards for duration of up to 3 years
The Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) program seeks to advance the development and adoption of innovative artificial intelligence (AI) methods to increase scientific understanding of the Earth system. The program supports projects that advance AI techniques and/or innovative uses of sophisticated or novel AI methods to enable significant breakthroughs in addressing geoscience research question(s) by building partnerships between experts in AI and Geosciences. The key characteristic of a CAIG project is its potential to both answer important geoscience questions and improve AI techniques while also bringing together experts from both the AI and geoscience fields.
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Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-524
Deadline:	3/17/2025
Amount:	$1M to $2M annually for up to 5 years
Funded jointly by the NSF and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the objective of the PACSP Program is to support conservation research that investigates organismal biology, ecology, and/or evolution and is designed to contribute to the development and implementation of evidence-based activities and/or technology solutions to advance biodiversity conservation. We seek proposals that involve the implementation of conservation activities based on conservation science principles via academic-conservation organization partnerships. The strongest projects will involve ongoing assessment of biodiversity outcomes, for instance via an adaptive management framework, that inform both scientific understanding and conservation actions. Proposals submitted to the PACSP program must make clear and well-defined connections between basic research questions and the implementation of conservation focused actions.
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NSF-AFRL Research in Floquet Engineering Quantum Systems (NSF-AFRL REFLEQTS)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-520
Deadline:	3/14/2025 Note that an Expression of Interest must be submitted by 1/24/2025
Amount:	$3M for up to 3 years
To advance the understanding of novel quantum systems under the influence of time-periodic driving forces, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have a mutual interest in exploring innovative concepts on the REsearch in FLoquet Engineered QuanTum Systems (REFLEQTS). For transformational capabilities promised by quantum science to become deployable, new approaches must be developed to create, control, and conserve fragile quantum states on demand. This solicitation encourages research teams consisting of multiple Principal Investigators (PIs) from multiple institutions to submit proposals on transformative approaches and solutions in materials, devices, theory, and systems to realize the innovative REFLEQTS.
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Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-510
Deadline:	3/5/2025
Amount:	Typical award size is $150K per year
The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program supports research to increase our understanding of the behavior of atmospheric regions from the middle atmosphere upward through the thermosphere and ionosphere into the exosphere. Projects explore coupling, energetics, chemistry, and dynamics on regional and global scales. The research topics include investigations of upper atmosphere responses due to a) processes driven by the lower atmospheric perturbations and (b) solar radiation and particle inputs from above. The activities supported by this program include observations from ground-based and space-based platforms, as well as theory and modeling of the upper atmosphere of the Earth and other planets in our solar systems. Novel approaches that include AI and ML tools and open data and open science practices are encouraged.
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NSF Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering (BRITE)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-512
Deadline:	3/3/2025
Amount:	Up to $600K for up to 3 years
This solicitation seeks proposals that enable experienced researchers with active research programs to take risks not typically associated with proposals submitted to core programs by pivoting to research areas where they have no proven track record or gaining knowledge from a different discipline and using it to forge new directions in their research field, or enter a new field; or experienced researchers with a hiatus in research activity to reestablish a foundation for sustained research productivity and broader impacts. All BRITE proposals are expected to address fundamental research that creates new knowledge in one or more program areas of the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI). Proposals are accepted in two tracks: Pivot and Relaunch. A program webinar will take place January 6, 2025, from 12:00 – 1:15 pm MT. Register here.
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Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-509
Deadline:	3/3/2025
Amount:	Up to $6M is available in total funding. The agency anticipates making 10 to 15 awards for a three-year performance period
The Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) program seeks to stimulate the development of innovative mathematical theories, techniques, and approaches to investigate challenging questions of great interest to biologists and public health policymakers. It supports truly integrative research projects in mathematical biology that address challenging and significant biological questions through novel applications of traditional, but nontrivial, mathematical tools and methods or the development of new mathematical theories particularly from foundational mathematics, including the mathematical foundation of Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning/Machine Learning (AI/DL/ML) enabling explainable AI or mechanistic insight. The program emphasizes the uses of mathematical methodologies to advance our understanding of complex, dynamic, and heterogenous biological systems at all scales (molecular, cellular, organismal, population, ecosystems, evolutionary, etc.).
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BIL: Point Source Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilots, Commercial Demonstrations, and Networked Demonstration Commercialization
Department of Energy – OCED		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0003473
Deadlines:	Concept paper: 3/1/2025 Full application: 7/1/2025
Amount:	Topic Area 1: up to $400M for 8-10 years Topic Area 2: up to $135M for 8-10 years Topic Area 3: up to $30M for 8-10 years
This NOFO will fund integrated carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects that demonstrate substantial improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness, cost, and environmental performance of carbon capture technologies for power, industrial, and other commercial applications. The overarching goal of this NOFO is to unlock a wave of follow-on investment in low-carbon power and low-carbon industrial products by increasing the capital flow to sectors where it is already occurring and by expanding the CCUS market to additional power, industrial, and commercial applications. Topic Areas include: Topic Area 1: The technical and commercial viability of established carbon capture technologies (TRL >7) in both new applications and at commercial scale. Topic Area 2: First-of-a-kind transformational technologies (TRL 5–6) at the large pilot scale. Topic Area 3: Region-specific carbon management networks with multiple emitters to reduce offtake uncertainty and increase emitter access to storage facilities.
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Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS)
Department of Energy – EERE		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0003396
Deadline:	2/28/2025
Amount:	Topic Area 1: $1.5M for up to 3 years Topic Area 2: $3.25M for up to 3 years
This NOFO serves as the next action in a series of actions taken by DOE to expand deployment of HVDC transmission technology in the U.S., by investing in standards development and innovative solutions to reduce cost and footprint of HV DCCB technology for widespread use in the U.S. Topic Area 1 aims to expand on the standards development being conducted through DOE FOA 2828‘s Topic Area 1 by developing technical specifications and operational requirements for HVDC power circuit breakers to the suite of available standards. Topic Area 2 aims to explore potential innovative concepts and designs that can reduce the cost to produce, install, and operate HV DCCB, as well as reduce the footprint of the equipment and improve performance, given that power plant and/or platform space is at a premium, especially for offshore wind applications. The goal is to build off the work conducted, and lessons learned under the DOE ARPA-E BREAKERS program focused on the development of novel technologies for medium voltage direct current power circuit breakers.
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Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-511
Deadline:	2/24/2025
Amount:	A total of $30M is available for an anticipated 25 to 35 awards
Through this initiative, the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) and the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), in partnership with Micron Technology, Inc. (Micron) through the Micron Foundation, seek to support experiential learning opportunities for individuals from all professional and educational backgrounds, resulting in increased access to, and interest in, career pathways in emerging technology fields (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics). The program funds experiential learning projects under three tracks – Pivots, Beginnings, and Explorations – that provide a broad range of learners career pathways into the emerging technology workforce.
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Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-527
Deadlines:	Preliminary Proposal: 2/20/2025 Full Proposal (Target Date): 4/4/2025
Amount:	S&CC Development Grants: Up to $150K for a one-year period S&CC Integrative Research Grants: Up to $1.5M for 3-4 years Large-Scale Research: Up to $5M for 4-5 years
The purpose of the NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program solicitation is to accelerate the creation of novel intelligent technologies and concepts through high-risk/high-reward research that addresses major challenges and issues faced by communities across the US. A “smart and connected community” is defined as a community that synergistically integrates intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments and with the functions of civic institutions and organizations. Proposals submitted to the program should be designed to advance one or more of the following community priorities: economic opportunity and growth; safety and security; human and environmental health and wellness; accessibility of critical services and resources; and the overall quality of life for those who live, work, learn, or travel within the community. To meet the goals of the program, researchers should work with community stakeholders to identify and define challenges the community faces, using that interaction and input to generate high-impact, use-inspired, basic research that advances science and engineering.
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Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem (GEO OSE)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-506
Deadline:	Track 1: 2/14/2025
Amount:	$500K for 2-year performance period
The Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem (GEO OSE) program seeks to realize the benefits of open science practices toward advancing research and education in the geosciences. To achieve this vision, the GEO OSE program encourages efforts to foster adoption of open, inclusive, and equitable scientific practices across geoscience domains. The program supports development of innovative open science approaches that advance geosciences research and education through leveraging expanding information resources and computing capabilities. The program also supports initiatives to strengthen the capacity of current and future geoscientists to access, utilize, and collaborate within the growing ecosystem of open science resources. Track 1 awards support smaller-scale activities seeking to organize geoscience research communities toward adoption of open science practices that accelerate scientific discovery in the geosciences. Projects may guide the future design, development, and deployment of open science resources, possibly via separate NSF funding opportunities.
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BIL: Carbon Capture Technology Program, Front-End Engineering and Design for Carbon Dioxide Transport
Department of Energy – FECM		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0002730
Deadline:	2/12/2025
Amount:	Individual awards will be for up to $6M over 2 years
The objective of this program is to support the development and execution of FEED studies for regional-scale CO2 transport projects that can support improvements to system scale and efficiency, strengthen connectivity between disparate CO2 sources, conversion sites, and storage sites, and incorporate constructive community feedback through effective engagement.
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Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 21-576
Deadline:	Preliminary Proposal: 2/11/2025
Amount:	Catalyst Alliance Track: up to $400K Institutional Transformation Track: up to $4.4M
The NSF’s Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program has a goal to increase the number of historically underrepresented minority faculty in STEM. Furthering the AGEP goal requires advancing knowledge about new academic STEM career pathway models, and about evidence-based systemic or institutional change initiatives to promote equity and the professional advancement of the AGEP populations who are pursuing, entering and continuing in non-tenure and tenure-track STEM faculty positions. All AGEP Alliances are expected to engage similar institutions of higher education (IHE) to work collaboratively and use intersectional approaches in the design, implementation, and evaluation of systemic change strategies. Proposals may be submitted under two Tracks: Catalyst Alliance and Institutional Transformation Alliance.
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Wind Turbine Technology Recycling
Department of Energy		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0003373
Deadline:	2/11/2025
Amount:	Total of $20M is available for awards
This funding opportunity will help address the technological and supply chain challenges that currently limit recycling of fiber-reinforced composites and rare earth element magnets in wind turbines; accelerate the creation of designs that are more easily recyclable and reusable; and speed up the development of end-of-life processing technologies to cost effectively, sustainably, and efficiently recycle and recover materials from wind turbines, including manufacturing waste. Topic areas include: 1) Enabling sustainable wind turbine components; 2) Enabling wind turbine material recycling and reuse processes; and 3) Recycled and recyclable material qualification.
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Focused Technology Research and Development
National Institutes of Health – NIGMS		Solicitation #	PAR-25-203
Deadlines:	2/5/2025; 6/5/2025; 10/5/2025
Amount:	Not specified
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports projects relevant to the NIGMS mission that focus solely on the development of technologies with potential to enable acquisition of biomedical knowledge. Projects should be justified in terms of technical innovation and utility of such technical innovation for impacting future biomedical research. Outcomes or products of the proposed project should significantly advance the current state of the art and be sufficiently characterized for application in addressing a broad range of biomedical research questions. These outcomes may include, but are not limited to: laboratory instruments and other devices, algorithms and software, chemical reagents and processes, biological molecules or systems that have been modified by human intervention for use as research tools. The goal of this NOFO is to support the development of technologies that have demonstrated proof-of-concept but must overcome significant technical hurdles to prototype development and tests of potential broad utility. As such, applications should not propose to test specific biological questions.
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Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning (AIMing)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 24-554
Deadline:	2/5/2025
Amount:	Awards will range from $500K to $1.3M total for up to 3 years
The AIMing program supports research at the interface of innovative computational and AI technologies and new strategies/technologies in mathematical reasoning to guide and enhance research in the mathematical sciences, formal methods and AI. Mathematical reasoning is a central ability of human intelligence that plays an important role in knowledge discovery. In the last decades, both the mathematics and computer science communities have contributed to research in machine-assisted mathematical reasoning, encompassing conjecture, proof, and verification. This has been in the form of both formal methods and interactive theorem provers, as well as using techniques from artificial intelligence. Recent technological advances have led to a surge of interest in machine-assisted mathematical reasoning from the mathematical sciences, formal methods, and AI communities. In turn, advances in this field have potential impact on research in AI.
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Building Synthetic Microbial Communities for Biology, Mitigating Climate Change, Sustainability and Biotechnology (Synthetic Communities)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-501
Deadline:	2/3/2025
Amount:	$8M to $12M in total funding is available to make 7 to 12 awards
This solicitation seeks projects that use a model synthetic microbial community to better understand the formation, maintenance or functionality of natural communities and to understand a natural community’s impact on the host, when applicable. This solicitation also seeks projects that create synthetic communities with novel capabilities and aim to understand the biological underpinnings for these novel capabilities. Projects that address fundamental biological principles at any scale, from the molecular to the ecosystem scale, are welcome. Ultimately, this solicitation aims to build a comprehensive biological knowledge base that scientists can use to rationally design synthetic microbial communities with novel applications in climate resiliency, sustainability, biotechnology, and bio-manufacturing.
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Multiple Halo Industry Research Opportunities
Halo		Solicitation #	n/a
Deadline:	1/31/2025
Amount:	up to $100K with potential follow-on, along with in-kind resources and other potential partnership models
Tata Steel: Reduction of trivalent chromium in steel-making by-product slag Tata Steel: Argon gas purification and recycling The full list of Halo-affiliated industry research opportunities can be found here.

Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs
Department of Energy – OCED		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0003442
Deadlines:	Concept Papers and Pre-Applications: 1/31/2025 Full Application: 7/31/205
Amount:	Topic Area 1: $250M Topic Area 2: $50M Topic Area 3: $600M
The goal of this program is to provide potential applicants with flexible and comprehensive pathways to spur the development of commercial DAC facilities, including DAC facilities at mid- to large-scale along with supporting infrastructure, and expand to Regional DAC Hubs. The Program seeks to realize the potential of the diverse DAC technologies that have achieved or are approaching commercial readiness, while addressing the most critical obstacles to their adoption and scaling. For this opportunity, OCED plans to offer funding across the following three topic areas: Topic Area 1: Infrastructure Access Platforms Topic Area 2: Mid-Scale Commercial DAC Facilities Topic Area 3: Large-Scale Commercial DAC Facilities
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Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry
National Institutes of Health – NIBIB, NEI, NIA, NCI		Solicitation #	PAR-24-325
Deadlines:	1/28/2025 5/28/2025
Amount:	Not specified
This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits applications from research partnerships formed by academic and industrial investigators to accelerate the development and adoption of promising bioengineering tools and technologies that can address important biomedical problems. The objectives are to establish these tools and technologies as robust, well-characterized solutions that fulfill an unmet need and are capable of enhancing our understanding of life science processes or the practice of medicine. Awards will focus on supporting multidisciplinary teams that apply an integrative, quantitative bioengineering approach to developing technologies. The goal of the program is to support technological innovations that deliver new capabilities which can realize meaningful solutions within 5 – 10 years.
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DCL: Microorganism-Mediated Organismal Resilience to Climate Change (MMORCC)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-014
Deadline:	1/23/2025
Amount:	An additional $5M is available from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation for MMORCC track proposals
The Organismal Resilience to Climate Change (ORCC) program supports integrative, cross-disciplinary research that explores the mechanistic and eco-evolutionary responses of organisms to climate change, aiming to improve predictions, develop solutions for mitigating impacts and support the bioeconomy. With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the NSF BIO Division for Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS), The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, and The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation encourage submission of Microorganism-mediated organismal resilience to climate change (MMORCC) proposals to a new track in the current ORCC solicitation for fiscal year 2025.
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Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 24-604
Deadline:	1/23/2025
Amount:	· Conference Projects: $50K for up to 12 months · Incubation Projects: $100K for up to 12 months · Standard Research Projects: $400K for up to 3 years · Partnership for Transformational Research Projects: $700K for up to 4 years
The ER2 program supports projects that focus on what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The ER2 program promotes the development, improvement, and dissemination of responsible and ethical research practices and aims to build on organizational cultures that value and reward such practices. Proposers to the ER2 program may examine responsible and ethical research practices across one or more career stages. This can include, for example, the research practices of students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, or practitioners. ER2 projects could seek to improve responsible and ethical research practices in teams, organizations, or communities, or between researchers and the public. ER2 projects may include the development of interventions that promote responsible and ethical research practices, including in multidisciplinary, inter-organizational, cross-sector, translational, or international contexts. An ER2 project can also identify challenges that undermine or erode responsible and ethical research practices in STEM fields and evaluate measures to prevent or mitigate such challenges. A comprehensive approach to responsible and ethical research not only influences individual behavior, but it also contributes to an inclusive, equitable, and respectful research culture. Thus, proposers could examine organizational or other factors that positively influence responsible and ethical research practices in STEM fields.
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Addressing Systems Challenges through Engineering Teams (ASCENT)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-503
Deadline:	1/22/2025
Amount:	$1M – $1.5M over 4 years
The ASCENT program will support high-quality and ambitious fundamental research projects that involve the research areas of two or three Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Division (ECCS) clusters and are unsuitable for smaller teams or shorter durations. The three ECCS clusters are: Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS), Electronics, Photonics and Magnetic Devices (EPMD), and Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN). The ASCENT program is intended to produce results leading to disruptive technologies that lay the foundation for novel scientific and technological concepts to enable significant improvements in the environment, health, quality of life, and national prosperity. Integral to every ASCENT project must be an element to communicate the leadership role of engineering in addressing critical societal needs. A compelling and innovative research problem, critically involving two or three ECCS cluster research areas must lie at the heart of an ASCENT proposal, although integration of disciplinary expertise outside ECCS core disciplines is encouraged.
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High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Transportation Package, Inflation Reduction Act
Department of Energy – Office of Nuclear Energy		Solicitation #	DE-FOA-0002967
Deadline:	1/21/2025
Amount:	Up to $3M per award for new package design concepts and up to $1M per award for modification to existing design packages
The objective of this NOFO is to research, develop, and acquire NRC certification for HALEU transportation packages focused on front-end transportation packaging needs to support a sustainable supply chain. Industry’s front-end HALEU transportation needs include: 1. Transport of enriched, up to HALEU is UF6 enriched up to <20% 2. Transport of tails/de-converted material, 3. Transport of fresh finished fuel. To address the most immediate needs in this funding opportunity, DOE is considering the following transportation packages: 1. Oxide transportation packages. 2. Metal transportation packages. 3. UF6 transportation packages. 4. Packages capable of supporting combinations of the above.
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Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 24-587
Deadline:	1/21/2025
Amount:	Total funding available is $1.5M and 5 to 10 awards are anticipated
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation is one of the thirteen principal federal statistical agencies within the United States. It is responsible for the collection, acquisition, analysis, reporting and dissemination of objective, statistical data related to the science and technology (S&T) enterprise in the United States and other nations that is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers and the public. The Center would like to enhance its efforts to support analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys as well as promote the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets. NCSES welcomes efforts by the research community to use NCSES or other data to conduct research on the S&T enterprise, develop improved survey methodologies that could benefit NCSES surveys, explore alternate data sources that could supplement NCSES data, create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, strengthen methodologies to analyze S&T statistical data, and explore innovative ways to communicate S&T statistics. To that end, NCSES invites proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, experimental research, survey research and data collection, and dissemination projects.
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Quantum Sensing of Neutrinos (QuSeN)
Department of Defense – DARPA		Solicitation #	HR001125S0004
Deadlines:	Full Proposal: 1/20/2025
Amount:	Awards will range from $1M to $5M over a 30-month performance period
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals for new, high sensitivity neutrino detectors. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in neutrino detection science, devices and systems. The Quantum Sensing of Neutrinos (QuSeN) program aims to develop neutrino detectors with greatly increased performance for detection of neutrinos from sources such as nuclear reactors and nuclear materials. Detectors will make use of neutrino – matter interactions that produce low energy nuclear recoils and athermal phonons in absorber materials with high neutron numbers at the (multi)-kilogram scale.
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Colorado School of Mines Accelerator Fund Accepting Proposals Year-Round

The Colorado School of Mines Office of Research and Technology Transfer is soliciting applications for commercialization projects based on Mines intellectual property. The purpose is to provide funding to Mines’ researchers who have made progress moving their invention into the commercial market and are interested in continuing the process. It is also to serve as pre-seed funds before applying for investment funding, including Mines Venture Fund. This fund has been made possible by funding from the Colorado School of Mines Foundation and the State of Colorado’s Advanced Industry Program. Projects submitted to this competition should be short-duration (up to one year) and low-cost ($50K maximum) go-to-market projects. If you have questions, please reach out to Will Vaughan, Director of Technology Transfer, at wvaughan@mines.edu.

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Life and Environments Through Time (LET)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-517
Deadline:	Proposals accepted anytime
Amount:	A total of $14M is available for 50 awards
This is a new solicitation arising from a realignment of the Division of Earth Science’s disciplinary funding programs. The Life and Environments Through Time (LET) program supports research that advances knowledge about the patterns and processes relating to the origin and evolution of Earth’s climate, environments, life, and sedimentary record. This research takes place at the molecular, local, regional, and global scales from the Archean Eon through the Holocene epoch. LET-supported research can be useful for predicting and planning for future global change, and for the maintenance and security of ecosystem services and human societies.
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Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes (WaLCZ)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-519
Deadline:	Proposals accepted anytime
Amount:	A total of $24M is available for 60-80 awards
This is a new solicitation arising from a realignment of the Division of Earth Science’s disciplinary funding programs. The Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes program supports research on the Earth’s near-surface environment and how that environment responds to change. The Program focuses on the complex interplay amongst and between hydrologic, geomorphic, and geochemical processes and how they regulate the structure and function of the Earth’s near surface. These processes drive weathering and soil development, control water availability and quality, and help regulate the Earth’s climate system, all of which are important for natural resource sustainability and mitigation of natural hazards. It is expected that the research funded in this program will advance fundamental knowledge in Earth surface processes, leading to transformational discoveries in Earth Sciences.
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Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth (SPSE)
National Science Foundation		Solicitation #	NSF 25-518
Deadline:	Proposals accepted anytime
Amount:	A total of $22M is available for 60-75 awards
This is a new solicitation arising from a realignment of the Division of Earth Science’s disciplinary funding programs. The Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth Program (SPSE) aims to advance fundamental knowledge about the ongoing dynamical processes over the age of the Earth that evolve the structure of planet Earth and underpin geohazards. SPSE supports research at all temporal and spatial scales, from the Earth’s core to its crust. Through laboratory, field, theoretical, and computational studies, the program encompasses a wide range of disciplines including structural geology, tectonics, and geophysics. Research in these areas can help improve our understanding of natural hazards including earthquakes and mass flows, as well as Earth’s formation and its magnetic field.
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Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) Focus on Agricultural Robotics
National Science Foundation/USDA		Solicitation #	DCL: 24-080 PD 20-144Y
Deadline:	Proposals accepted any time
Amount:	Past awards range from $300K to $1M
The Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) program, jointly led by the CISE and ENG Directorates, supports research on robotic systems that exhibit significant levels of both computational capability and physical complexity. The program welcomes research that considers inextricably interwoven questions of intelligence, computation, and embodiment. Projects may also focus on a distinct aspect of intelligence, computation, or embodiment, as long as the proposed research is clearly justified in the context of a class of robots. In particular, NSF has issued a Dear Colleague Letter in partnership with the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to encourage proposals to the FRR program that advance foundational research in agricultural robotics.
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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.

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE)
National Science Foundation					Solicitation #	NSF 24-529
Internal Deadline:	1/21/2025	Limit:		2 (including as a lead organization or non-lead subrecipient)
Sponsor Deadline:	3/25/2025
The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program is designed to encourage development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that a) explore ways for graduate students in STEM master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers, or b) support research on the graduate education system and outcomes of systemic interventions and policies.
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Environmental Development Fund Supplemental Funding Opportunity – Internal Competition
Mines Foundation		Solicitation #	n/a
Internal Deadline:	1/31/2025
The purpose of the Environmental Development Fund, as defined by the fund’s donor, is to aid Mines in helping scientists and engineers develop the earth’s natural resources without doing damage to the earth. This includes educating students regarding the mitigation of environmental damage caused by production and utilization of minerals, energy, and materials, and to the development of processes that will minimize such damage in the future. This endowed fund held at the Mines Foundation has accrued a surplus, creating an opportunity to support aligned project funding needs while spending down the fund. Via this internal competition, faculty may apply for supplemental funding of up to $50,000 in one of two circumstances: · Track 1: A proposal in development seeking cost share support. For Track 1, external proposals must have a deadline or be submitted by June 30, 2025. · Track 2: A funded project experiencing a funding shortfall or requiring unexpected expenses. For Track 2, the priority will go to projects with a plan to spend supplemental funds by June 30, 2025, although projects with spending timelines extending into FY26 will still be considered.
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Program Announcement for Artificial Intelligence Exploration (AIE)
Department of Defense – DARPA		EA #	DARPA-PA-25-03
Anticipated Release Date:	EA Topics will be released throughout the year and will have short turn-around times.
Current Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are being successfully exploited to achieve powerful new capabilities. DARPA seeks to invest in focused explorations of what the AI science and technologies of the future could be. DARPA’s AI Exploration (AIE) program will enable exploratory research on a range of AI-related topics that will be periodically solicited as AIE Opportunities through publication of Solicitation Notices under Contract Opportunities on https://SAM.gov.
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Exploration Announcement (EA) Master Solicitation for Advanced Research Concepts (ARC)
Department of Defense – DARPA		EA #	DARPA-EA-25-02
Anticipated Release Date:	EA Topics will be released throughout the year and will have short turn-around times.
Amount:	Up to $300K per award
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 questions to assess the impact of further investment by the Department of Defense. This represents the master solicitation for the Advanced Research Concepts (ARC) Exploration Announcement (EA). DARPA will release EA Topics against this master solicitation, and DARPA will not accept any proposals under this master solicitation. Funding decisions are reserved at each ARC Opportunity level.
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Notice of Intent to Release Pilot-scale Rapid Operational Validation of key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (PROVE IT) SBIR
Department of Energy – OCED		NOI #	89243625RCD000006
Anticipated Release Date:	Q1 2025
The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) intends to issue a solicitation titled “Pilot-scale Rapid Operational Validation of key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (PROVE IT)” under the OCED Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The goal of this pre-solicitation is to support the validation of existing pilot projects or subsystems in a relevant industrial environment; to increase their technology readiness to the point of being able to be integrated in a large clean energy infrastructure project; and to increase their adoption readiness level1 to medium/high. OCED will prioritize technologies and application use cases that exhibit technological diversity when compared to the existing OCED portfolio of demonstration projects or that have not already been demonstrated at a scale larger than the proposed project.
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Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003495: Accelerating CO2 Conversion Technology Development and Deployment – Biological, Catalytic, and Mineralization Pathways
Department of Energy – FECM		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003496
Anticipated Release Date:	Calendar year 2025
The objective of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to competitively solicit cost-shared research and development proposals to advance the piloting of carbon conversion technologies with high technology readiness level (TRL>5) capable of achieving significant carbon mitigation via biological, catalytic, or mineralization pathways.
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Notice of Intent to Issue Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS)
Department of Energy – OE & EERE		NOI #	DE-FOA-0003456
Anticipated Release Date:	By end of 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) plan to issue the REIMAGINE BREAKERS NOFO to support research and development related to high voltage direct current (HVDC) power circuit breakers. This NOFO aims to support grid modernization and the advancement of clean energy by reducing the cost of high voltage circuit breaker technology, therefore supporting widespread adoption of HVDC transmission systems. HVDC is a key technology that can increase the electric grid’s capacity to receive, transmit, and deliver a large amount of energy from generation sources like wind, and it can be more efficient and reliable compared to today’s existing solutions. HVDC lines can also lead to improved grid integration of renewables as well as long-distance electricity transmission to population centers.
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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.
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Notice of Intent to Issue Funding to Help Discover and Develop New U.S. Geothermal Resources
Department of Energy – EERE		NOI #	n/a
Anticipated Release Date:	Early 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) expects to release funding in early 2025 to facilitate discovery and development of new U.S. geothermal resources through field data collection, including geophysics and exploratory drilling. This funding will convene regional data collection partnerships as a resource for stakeholders to develop geothermal energy within a specific state, group of states, or region. The intent is to support resource assessment, exploration, and development data for multiple geothermal projects across a given project area. The initiative also aims to enhance engagement with Tribal authorities and develop a pipeline of energy projects that are well positioned to compete for support from programs focused on Tribal energy development. Applicants will be encouraged to expand and strengthen technical expertise in certain regions and among geothermal stakeholders more broadly by engaging with education and training programs at regional universities, trade schools, and/or within labor organizations’ training programs.
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Pivot Search BAA’s search – https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352238

The following list of opportunities is organized by agency.

DOE

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.

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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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

Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Secretary of Defense – SCO		Solicitation #	HY0233-SCO-24-BAA-0001
Deadline:	Open until 8/31/2029
Amount:	Not specified
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. The purpose of this BAA is to solicit research submissions for funding consideration in the five areas of technical interest, including: autonomous systems; deep learning; cyber; cross-domain kill chains; and non-traditional defense technologies. The first step in applying is to submit a white paper.
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Strategic Technology Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement
Department of Defense – DARPA		Solicitation #	HR001125S0001
Deadlines:	Open through 11/14/2025
Amount:	Not specified
The Strategic Technology Office (STO) at DARPA regularly publishes BAAs requesting responses to specific program topics. This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not addressed by ongoing STO programs or other published BAA solicitations. DARPA’s STO is seeking innovative ideas and disruptive technologies that provide the U.S. military and national security leaders with trusted, disruptive capabilities across all physical domains (Air, Space, Sea, and Land) and spectrum of competition. A broad list of research areas of current interest to STO can be found in the solicitation.
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Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare (MSDEW) Advanced Research Announcement (ARA)
Department of Defense – Air Force Research Laboratory		Solicitation #	FA8650-20-S-1119
Deadlines:	Open through 7/13/2027
Amount:	Not specified
MSDEW ARA will develop sensors and systems supplies to meet the need for the national defense for improved joint lethality in contested environments, the ability to strike diverse targets inside adversary air and missile defense networks, and support a force which can deploy, survive, operate, maneuver, and regenerate in all domains while under attack. The program advances the Air Force EW (signal) capabilities to meet the need for the national defense and requires acquisition of aeronautical supplies, parts, accessories and designs for experimental and test purposes. These above strategic objectives will be accomplished through design, modeling, simulation and analysis (MS&A), experimentation, testing, and demonstration of multi-spectrum threat warning and countermeasures sensors, systems and technologies.
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FY25 Propulsion and Power Technology Development Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Department of Defense – Department of the Navy		Solicitation #	N00421-RFPREQ-445000A-0001
Deadline:	Open until 9/30/2025
Amount:	Not specified
This BAA solicits white papers for research and development programs designed to meet projected propulsion and power technology needs for future Naval air vehicles. The technologies developed and demonstrated under this BAA will significantly increase mission performance, operational capabilities and affordability of Naval aircraft. The technical areas sought include: 1) Advanced aircraft electrical power systems; 2) Fuel and lubricant technology; 3) Aircraft operational energy technology; 4) Condition based maintenance, condition based maintenance plus, prognostics, diagnostics, and health monitoring; and 5) Advanced propulsion system technology.
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FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
Department of Defense – Office of Naval Research		Solicitation #	N0001425SB001
Deadline:	Open until 9/30/2025
The Office of Naval Research (ONR), ONR Global (ONRG), and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (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. This is an announcement to declare ONR, ONRG and MCWL’s broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines.
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Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-Wide BAA
Department of Defense – DARPA		Solicitation #	HR001124S0039
Deadlines:	Open until 9/26/2025
Amount:	Not specified
The DSO Office-wide BAA invites proposers to submit innovative basic or applied research concepts or studies and analysis proposals that address one or more of the following technical thrust areas: 1) Novel Materials & Structures, 2) Sensing & Measurement, 3) Computation & Processing, 4) Enabling Operations, 5) Collective Intelligence, and 6) Emerging Threats. Proposals must investigate innovative research approaches that enable revolutionary advances. DSO is explicitly not interested in approaches or technologies that primarily result in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice or are for manufacturing scale-up.
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Biological Technologies Office-Wide BAA
Department of Defense – DARPA		Solicitation #	HR001124S0034
Deadlines:	Open until 9/10/2025
Amount:	Not stated
The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) mission is to develop capabilities that leverage the unique properties of biology – adaption, replication, resilience and complexity, to revolutionize how the United States defends the homeland and prepares and protects its warfighters. Research in BTO creates biotechnological capabilities that provide tactical care and restore function to injured warfighters, increase operational resilience, develop novel functional materials, and detect and protect against threats to maintain force readiness. This BAA seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not being addressed by ongoing BTO programs or other published solicitations. Key topic areas include: machine learning/artificial intelligence; human performance; materials, sensors, processing; ecosystem and environmental; biosecurity and biosafety; and biomedical and biodefense.
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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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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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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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Research Development Newsletter

Mines Membership to the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Opens New Funding Opportunities

Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready

Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments

FY 2024-2026 Broad Agency Announcement, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)

Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement

NSWCDD University Research and Development Projects and Capstone Projects for FY 2025

FY 2025 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program

Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0)

Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) NASA Research Announcement Pre-Solicitation Notice

Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program Field Support

FY25 Department of Navy Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program

Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG)

Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP)

NSF-AFRL Research in Floquet Engineering Quantum Systems (NSF-AFRL REFLEQTS)

Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)

NSF Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering (BRITE)

Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB)

BIL: Point Source Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilots, Commercial Demonstrations, and Networked Demonstration Commercialization

Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS)

Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT)

Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC)

Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem (GEO OSE)

BIL: Carbon Capture Technology Program, Front-End Engineering and Design for Carbon Dioxide Transport

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Wind Turbine Technology Recycling

Focused Technology Research and Development

Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning (AIMing)

Building Synthetic Microbial Communities for Biology, Mitigating Climate Change, Sustainability and Biotechnology (Synthetic Communities)

Multiple Halo Industry Research Opportunities

Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs

Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry

DCL: Microorganism-Mediated Organismal Resilience to Climate Change (MMORCC)

Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)

Addressing Systems Challenges through Engineering Teams (ASCENT)

High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Transportation Package, Inflation Reduction Act

Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)

Quantum Sensing of Neutrinos (QuSeN)

Colorado School of Mines Accelerator Fund Accepting Proposals Year-Round

Life and Environments Through Time (LET)

Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes (WaLCZ)

Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth (SPSE)

Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) Focus on Agricultural Robotics

Current Calls for Expressions of Interest

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE)

Environmental Development Fund Supplemental Funding Opportunity – Internal Competition

Program Announcement for Artificial Intelligence Exploration (AIE)

Exploration Announcement (EA) Master Solicitation for Advanced Research Concepts (ARC)

Notice of Intent to Release Pilot-scale Rapid Operational Validation of key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (PROVE IT) SBIR

Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003495: Accelerating CO2 Conversion Technology Development and Deployment – Biological, Catalytic, and Mineralization Pathways

Notice of Intent to Issue Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS)

Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)

Notice of Intent to Issue Funding to Help Discover and Develop New U.S. Geothermal Resources

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

DOE

FY 2025 Phase I Release 1 (SBIR/STTR)

NIST

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

NOAA

NASA

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

SCO

Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

DOD

Strategic Technology Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement

Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare (MSDEW) Advanced Research Announcement (ARA)

FY25 Propulsion and Power Technology Development Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology

Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-Wide BAA

Biological Technologies Office-Wide BAA

FY25-29 Strategic Trends Research Initiative Broad Agency Announcement

BAA for Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Defense Efforts

BAA Disruptive Application – Army Application Lab

BAA FY24 NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT

Computational Modeling of Aviation Systems BAA

Mechanical Metamaterials for Advanced Protection BAA

Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) – Environmental Technology Demonstrations – Open Topics BAA

Disruptioneering BAA

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program

FY24 Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Environmental Technologies and Methodologies