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Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities CSO Call 001 - Department of the Air Force
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Est. $500K to $5M
Description: Funding for development of small, low-cost unmanned aircraft systems capable of autonomous, high-speed, long-range operations in contested environments for asymmetric warfare missions.
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) – Rapid Response to Weather Events Across Food & Agricultural Systems (A1712) – USDA NIFA
Deadline: Rolling (within 45 days of a qualifying weather event) until December 31, 2026
Funding Award Size: Up to $300,000 (12-month project period)
Description: Rolling USDA funding for rapid extension and applied research projects that mitigate agricultural production, supply chain, and community impacts from recent weather-related disasters, including droughts, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and extreme temperature events.
Collective Autonomy Integration (Build – Measure – Learn) – USSOCOM JATF
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Est. $500K to $5 million
Description: USSOCOM JATF seeks industry capabilities to enable Collective Autonomy for heterogeneous unmanned systems. Solutions should provide unified C2, autonomous collaboration, shared situational awareness, resilient networking, and MOSA-based open architecture to reduce operator burden in contested environments.
Rapid Stabilization and Barcoding Challenge – Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: $300K to $5 Million+
Description: Funding to prototype a handheld system that eliminates cold-chain logistics by stabilizing chemical and biological molecules at ambient conditions, integrating barcode-based lifecycle tracking, and automating sample collection for CBRN defense applications.
ARPA-H - BIOGAMI: Biomolecular Grammar for Protein Aggregation Modulation and Intervention
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Multi-Million Dollar awards expected
Description: The program’s stated goals include ARPA-H BIOGAMI funds AI-driven platforms, therapeutics, and biomarkers to predict and control protein misfolding before disease onset.
MassVentures START (SBIR TARgeted Technologies) Program Round 1 Grants
Deadline: Window reopens February 1st, 2027
Funding Award Size: Round 1 - $100k with total rounds equaling $800k
Description: The program’s stated goals include commercialization, job growth, manufacturing expansion, and statewide innovation.
5G Deployable Systems – Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Est. Future $500K to $5 million (Currently RFI Only)
Description: Market research request for deployable 5G systems to support DHS operational needs.
Position, Navigation, & Timing at the Tactical Edge – Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC)
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Est. $500K to $5 million
Description: Market research call seeking Assured and Alternate Position, Navigation, & Timing technologies enabling operations in GNSS-denied or contested environments across dismounted, vehicle, maritime, and uncrewed platforms.
Fast and Curious – DARPA Defense Sciences Office (DSO)
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Est. $1M to $5M
Description: Funding to develop and demonstrate ultra-low-energy, high-speed logic devices that surpass CMOS performance limits for next-generation defense computing applications.
Chemical and Biological Technologies Fundamental Research BAA – Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: $300K to $5 Million+
Description: Funding for research advancing chemical and biological defense technologies to counter weapons of mass destruction threats.
Compact Oxygen Generation Medical Devices (COGM / COGM-A) – Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Est. $1M to $2M
Description: Funding to develop FDA-cleared compact medical oxygen generation devices for expeditionary and aeromedical military environments under a Defense Health Agency OTA.
Michael J Fox - Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program (TPP)
Deadline: June 25, 2026, August 20, 2026, October 30, 2026, January 14, 2027 (full proposal deadlines)
Funding Award Size: $250,000 to $2,000,000+
Description: Apply for up to $5 million from The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program. Funding supports preclinical, IND-enabling, and early clinical development of Parkinson’s disease therapies.
ARPA-H BioStabilization Systems (BoSS)
Deadline: Closed
Funding Award Size: Likely $10M+
Description: ARPA-H’s BoSS program funds breakthrough technologies that stabilize, manufacture, and distribute live cell-based therapies at ambient temperatures—eliminating the need for ultra-cold storage. Selected teams will build a scalable bioprocessing platform capable of producing thermally stable cells for biologics, gene and cell therapies, regenerative medicine, biosurveillance, blood products, and large-scale genetic testing.