Grants & Funding

A FULL STUDY PORPOSAL AND PROPOSED BUDGET IS REQUESTED PROJECT: Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton Natural Resources Support- Juvenile Salmonid Surveys in Sinclair Inlet, WA NOTE: For any Cooperative Agreement entered into in response to this Request for Full Proposal (RFP), a maximum 17.5% indirect cost rate will be paid on work covered by such agreement or any modifications thereto. Unless the agreement specifies otherwise, the basis of direct costs against which the agreement’s indirect cost rate is applied must be either the same base identified in the recipient's federally negotiated indirect…

NOTE: A complete study proposal and proposed budget ARE requested at this time. NOTE : For any Cooperative Agreement entered into in response to this Request for Full Proposal (RFP), a maximum 17.5% indirect cost rate will be paid on work covered by such agreement or any modifications thereto. Unless the agreement specifies otherwise, the basis of direct costs against which the agreement’s indirect cost rate is applied must be either the same base identified in the recipient's federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement or, if the recipient does not have a federally negotiated indirect…

Note: A full study proposal and proposed budget are NOT requested at this time. Project Title: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (CIBW) Prey, Salmon Productivity Monitoring at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). Brief Description of Anticipated Work: See Attached SOO. Period of Performance: The base period of the agreement will extend 18 months from the date of award. There may be up to six (6) 18-month follow-on periods based on availability of funding. Please send responses or direct questions to: Nicholas A. Aprea Grants Specialist USACE, Fort Worth District Email:…

The purpose of the GlobalX Innovation Challenge is to accelerate the traditional knowledge generation cycle, rapidly testing applied research theories to enable the discovery of revolutionary dual-use capabilities for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the commercial marketplace, and the public. Led by the Office of Naval Research Global and targeted at researchers in the Indian subcontinent, this challenge addresses a joint Naval need and seeks to deliver outcomes of value to both the U.S. and India. The expected results are promising, potentially game-changing applied concepts…

This purpose of the GlobalX Challenge is to accelerate the traditional knowledge generation cycle, proving or disproving an applied research theory on an advanced timeline, leading to the discovery of revolutionary dual-use capability for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the commercial marketplace, and the public. The expected outcomes of this Challenge are promising, potentially game-changing, applied concepts whose maturity may be accelerated under separate follow-on technology development efforts.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative solutions in the technical area of materials analysis, including surface and bulk analysis of molecular structure, elemental composition, trace elements and isotope ratios in samples, to be conducted under ambient conditions, without the need for special sample preparation. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of…

The DICE program seeks to develop the theory and algorithms for decentralized coordination and local inference control to enable a scalable, adaptive, and resilient collective of heterogeneous AI agents that can autonomously execute sustained long-time-horizon missions in contested environments while remaining under human control. In contrast to small-scale, rigid, and fragile centralized orchestration or the high-risk unpredictable nature of ad hoc compositions of AI agents, DICE aims to harness the scalability and adaptability of self-organizing systems while minimizing risks and ensuring…

Bridging foundational academic research and strategic innovation for the Defense enterprise, the Center for Foundational Academic Research and Strategic Innovation for the Defense Enterprise (C-FARSIDE) will facilitate deep transdisciplinary collaborations among top-tier scholars, informed by defense strategists, that will transform rigorous and blue-sky research into breakthrough national security solutions and build a deep and lasting relationship between academia, foundations, international partners, industry and venture capital, and the DoW. The awardee will support technology scouting…

Expected Impact: Projects are expected to deliver results aligned with the expected results set out below and to evidence their contribution through dedicated KPIs defined in the proposal. Expected results include: • tangible capacity increases in EU-based production of the targeted energetic components, with demonstrated contribution to competitiveness ; • improved resilience & geographical distribution of supply, reducing single points of failure for energetic materials and related industrial services; • strengthened availability and security of supply for priority defence product…

Scope: Military operations require higher flexibility and mobility to gain and maintain the initiative. A collaborative, more efficient and digitised secure, cyber-resilient battlespace across land, air, maritime and space domains is key for information superiority, future mission management, spectrum dominance and smart decision support. The development of a common shared information space with a ‘cloud of clouds’ approach, leading to multi-domain operations cloud services, is therefore needed. The objective of this topic is to follow on and complement previous activities in the field of…

This UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) competition, run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Ministry of Defence (MOD) Defence Medical Services (DMS), seeks innovations addressing challenges in the field of conflict wounds.

DASA competition for the MOD Test and Evaluation (T&E) Transformation Programme to develop deployable T&E capabilities and regulatory solutions.

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) uses the Open Call for Innovation to find ideas that address challenges across both Defence and Security landscapes.

This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is to accelerate the adoption of PYRAMID Reference Architecture (PRA) in avionics and mission systems.

DASA competition for the Defence Medical Services (DMS) and UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) to address Non-Compressible Haemorrhage (NCH).

Expected Impact: The outcome should contribute to: Address the 2023 EU Capability Development Priority “Ground Combat Capabilities”, in particular its Key Impact Areas “Next Generation Manned and Unmanned Armoured Platforms” and “Modular and Multifunctional Systems of Systems for Effective Land Capabilities”. Provide the EU Member States and EDF Associated Countries end users with the means to integrate the qualified and certified platforms family of system of systems to reach the Initial Operation Capability (IOC) at the end of this decade. Increase the EDTIB capacity to accelerate…

Expected Impact: The outcome should contribute to: Accelerate the adoption of commercial high-tech propulsion and power system components. Technology implementation on naval vessels and the accelerated development, prototyping and demonstration of a number of crucial propulsion and power system technology building blocks. Accelerate the future research and development programmes of on energy conversion systems. Objective: The EU has set the ambition to be carbon neutral by 2050. This objective also affects military naval vessels. Most efficiently produced carbon-neutral fuels such as hydrogen…

Expected Impact: The outcomes should contribute to: A stronger, more competitive, and technologically independent European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) when it comes to solutions for cybersecurity penetration test automatisation and capability to test the security posture of operational computer networks and emulate threat agents during training, exercises, and system tests. Enhanced security for EU Member States and EDF Associated Countries and more capable and interoperable forces performing cyber defence operations, Promote cooperative efforts in this area leveraging…

Expected Impact: The outcome should contribute to: Enable agile, secure network- and data-centric operations that can rely on the distributed, timely facilitation of the joint military functions in the land domain among multinational combat systems (C5ISTAR) on all different levels of command and physical platforms throughout a mission coalition. Build a credible interoperable fighting force in terms of land combat capability, by introducing, in the shortest possible time, resilient, advanced solutions for collaborative combat within coalitions. Introduce new innovative collaborative combat…

Expected Impact: The outcome should contribute to: A strengthened EDTIB (European Defence Technological and Industrial Base) and enhanced technological autonomy for defence-oriented Human-AI dialogue systems. Broader, trusted usage of generative AI, large language models and chatbots in defence systems. Data sovereignty and security of information when using generative AI. Better and faster decision-making in complex operational scenarios. Objective: The fast progress of generative artificial intelligence (AI), large language models and dialogue systems (chatbots) paves the way towards…

Expected Impact: Such new ISR capability should have a very high impact over the tactical means of the European stakeholders before and during a crisis, in terms of: Reactivity (rapid availability of information after request). Added value of the information collected (nature, resolution and complementarity with other ISR sources). Multi-users and federated access to the different components of the constellation. Continuity and sustainability of the information flow by providing affordable solutions to regularly gather information via the space domain. The nature of the solution…

Expected Impact: The outcomes should contribute to: The improvement of the efficiency and adaptability for distributed action in the context of military operations in the cyberspace domain. An easier incorporation of new technologies and collaborative tactics, techniques, and procedures to EU cyberspace operations. The improvement of the implementation of operational strategy by strengthening the decomposition of cyber forces for tasks and battlespace domains. A stronger, more competitive, and technologically independent European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) when it comes…

Expected Impact: The outcome should contribute to: Address the 2023 Capability Development Priority “Future Soldier Systems”. Provide standardised and harmonised solutions that meet the future capability needs of participating EU Member States and EDF Associated Countries with maximum commonality and modularity that can be quickly integrated into existing soldier systems and equipment. Develop and increase the maturity of innovative technologies specifically adapted to the soldier needs of all EU Member States’ and EDF Associated Countries’ Armies. Enhance EU industrial capacity to develop,…

Expected Impact: The outcome should contribute to: Improvement in detection capabilities in SBW scenarios. Improvement of reaction capabilities in SBW scenarios. Improvement in EU technological autonomy for critical seabed infrastructure protection. Improvement of design of integrated defence systems for SBW scenarios operating at deep water depths. Objective: Following the emergence of geopolitical instability in Europe and recent acts of sabotage on underwater critical infrastructures, it is evident that the vulnerability of assets such as underwater strategic pipelines, cables,…