Department of Defense grants
Department of Defense (DOD) currently lists 137 open federal funding opportunities on Grants.gov and 16 forecasted.
USAF 347 Contracting SquadronAir Force Office of Scientific ResearchAir Force -- Research LabAFRL Kirtland AFBMunitions DirectorateDept of the Army -- Materiel CommandACC APG - NatickArmy Contracting Command Rock IslandDefense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAEngineer Research and Development CenterFort Worth DistrictDARPA - Biological Technologies OfficeDARPA - Defense Sciences OfficeDARPA - Information Processing Technologies OfficeDARPA - Tactical Technology OfficeDefense Threat Reduction AgencyNational Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyOffice of Local Defense Community CooperationOffice of Naval ResearchNAVAIRNaval Research LaboratoryNSWC CRANE - N00164NSWC DahlgrenNaval Supply Systems CommandAir Force AcademyWashington Headquarters Services
Open opportunities
- GlobalX Challenge 26.1: AI-Native Air Interface for Tactical Communication Networks
- GlobalX Challenge 26.2: Naval Southern Hemisphere Space Weather and Plasmas (NSHSWP)
- DoW Prostate Cancer, Idea Development Award
- DoW Lung Cancer Idea Development Award
- DoW Prostate Cancer, Physician Research Award
- DoW Prostate Cancer, Early Investigator Research Award
- DoW Lung Cancer Translational Research Award
- DoW Lung Cancer Patient-Centered Outcomes and Survivorship Award
- DoW Prostate Cancer, Data Science Award
- Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton Natural Resources Support- Juvenile Salmonid Surveys in Sinclair Inlet, WA
- DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award
- DoW Vision, Mentored Clinical Research Award
- Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (CIBW) Prey, Salmon Productivity Monitoring at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).
- DoW Neurofibromatosis Research Academy – Leadership Award
- Conservation and Forestry Program Support (2026-2031) for Environmental Natural Resources Management Division, Directorate of Public Works, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana
- DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award
- DoW Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Clinical/Translational Research Award
- DoW Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Idea Development Award
- DoW Neurofibromatosis Research Academy – Scholar Award
- DoW Neurofibromatosis Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Neurofibromatosis Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
- DoW Neurofibromatosis Synergistic Idea Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Platform Clinical Translation Award
- DoW Alzheimer’s Transforming Care Award
- DoW Alzheimer’s Transforming Research Award
- DoW Alzheimer’s Transforming Diagnosis Award
- Precision Inertial Navigation & Positioning On an Integrated Tesseract (PINPOINT)
- DoW Kidney Cancer, Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Early-Career Scholar Award
- DoW Kidney Cancer, Idea Development Award
- GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING AND EXPLOITATION (GeoPEX)
- Biological Technologies
- FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
- NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research
- DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Level 4
- DoW Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program, Pilot Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Breast Cancer, Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award
- DoW Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program, Therapeutic Idea Award
- DoW Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program, Clinical Outcomes and Biomarkers Award
- DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Level 3
- DoW Rare Cancers Concept Award
- DoW Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program, Therapeutic Development Award
- DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Academy – Early-Career Investigator Award
- DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial Academy – Early-Career Investigator Award
- DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Ovarian Cancer, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Pilot Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Cancer, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Cancer, Idea Award
- DoW, Peer Reviewed Cancer, Impact Award
- DoW Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Translational Research Partnership Award
- DoW Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Idea Development Award
- DoW Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Focused Pilot Award
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Melanoma Academy Scholar Award
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Survivorship Research Award
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Team Science Award
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Focused Program Award – Rare Melanomas
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Idea Award
- DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award
- DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Translational Research Award
- DoW Military Burn, Discovery Award
- DoW Military Burn, Patient-Centered Research Award
- DoW Military Burn, Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
- DoW Arthritis Translational Research Award
- DoW Arthritis Clinical Research Award
- DoW Tick-Borne Disease Therapeutic/Diagnostic Research Award
- DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award
- DoW Autism Career Development Award
- DoW Autism Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Autism Idea Development Award
- ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Resource Development Award
- DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Parkinson’s, Early Investigator Research Award
- DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
- Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Translation Research Award
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award
- DoW Vision, Translational Research Award
- DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Vision, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research
- DoW Joint Warfighter Medical, Military Medical Research and Development Award
- DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award
- DoW Orthopaedic, Clinical Research Award
- DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award
- DoW Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award
- DoW Rare Cancers Resource and Community Development Award
- DoW Toxic Exposures Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Toxic Exposures Investigator Initiated Research Award
- DoW Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program
- Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)
- TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025
- ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement
- FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)
- FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) CAPACITY BUILDING (CB)
- LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)
- Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide
- US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Indo-Pacific Fundamental Research Collaboration Opportunities
- Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
- CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas
- CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas
- DOD Defense Health Agency (DHA) Research & Development FY23-FY27 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT for Extramural Medical Research
- DEVCOM ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH
- DEVCOM ANALYSIS CENTER BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPLIED RESEARCH
- DoW’s Energy, Installations, and Environment Innovation Partners Programs
- NDEP STEM Open NFO
- UNITED STATES ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (ARI) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BASIC, APPLIED, AND ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) for Extramural Biomedical and Human Performance Research and Development Department of Defense
- Defense Security Cooperation University - Research Grants
- FOUNDATIONS OF TRUSTED SYSTEMS
- ARMY APPLICATIONS LAB BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE APPLICATIONS
- Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)
- Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
- Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
- Research Initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School
- Department of War Cyber Service Academy (DoW CSA)
- US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Broad Agency Announcement
- Staff Research Program
- National Center for Narrative Intelligence (NCNI)
- Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)
- Continuing Human Enabling Enhancing Restoring and Sustaining
- Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane
- Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC)
- Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver
- Research Interests of the United States Air Force Academy (formerly USAFA-BAA-2021)
- Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Forecasted
- Broad Agency Announcement for Fundamental AI Research
- STARBASE Cherry Point
- DRAFT Community Noise Mitigation Program
- National Defense Education Program (NDEP) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Consortia Request for Information (RFI) for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering)
- Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA)
- DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTATION RESEARCH ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUCEMENT (DETER ARA)
- Request for Information – University Partnership Models
- Request for Information (RFI): Community Influence on Human Judgment During Information Processing Tasks
- Mgt, Species, Pollinators, Western Bumble bee Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson, Alaska
- STARBASE Wright Patt
- Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Broad Agency Announcement for Fiscal Year 2026
- Trusted Partner Program-Draft Solicitation-Advance Notice to Industry
- NFRP Outreach and Invitation for Response
- Pacific Disaster Center
- DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2
- DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award
Recently closed
- Defense Production Act Title III Expansion of Domestic Production Capability and Capacity
- Willow Creek Reservoir Water Quality Research and Evaluation Studies
- Air Delivered Effects
- Air Dominance Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Improving Lake Superior outflow regulation and quantifying uncertainty
- Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU)
- Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE)
- The National September 11 Memorial and Museum and 9/11 Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center
- Multi Modal Materials Analysis (MMoMA)
- DoW Kidney Cancer, Concept Award
- DoW Breast Cancer, Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award
- DoW Epilepsy Idea Development Award
- DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Idea Development Award
- DoW Lupus, Transformative Vision Development Award
- DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
- DoW Multiple Sclerosis Early Investigator Research Award
- DoW Epilepsy Virtual Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Research Center – Leadership Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
- DoW Multiple Sclerosis Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Clinical Translational Research Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Discovery Award
- DoW Epilepsy Virtual Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Research Center – Faculty Award
- DoW Lupus, Transformative Vision Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Impact Award
- DoW Breast Cancer, Era of Hope Scholar Award
- DoW Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Multiple Sclerosis Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Research Advancement Award
- DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award
- DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2
- DoW Lupus, Idea Award
- DoW Epilepsy Leveraging Research Award
- DoW Lupus, Impact Award
- DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Lifestyle and Applied Health Research Award
- DoW Epilepsy Research Partnership Award
- Center for Foundational Academic Research and Strategic Innovation for the Defense Enterprise (C-FARSIDE)
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