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Broad Topics
Broad topics cover wide areas of interest where the government wants solutions. They’re open-ended and give you room to define how your idea fits the mission.
Specific Topics
Specific topics describe clearly defined needs with exact technical goals or outcomes. They’re focused requests for solutions that meet specific requirements.
Broad Topic Opportunities:
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Either the deadline is approaching or there is a competitive reason for applying early (such as funds that will be awarded on a first come first serve basis)
Deadline: March 22nd
Funding Award Size: $200 - $2m
Description: COMSUBFOR seeks emerging technologies for Offensive Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW), including autonomous and remotely operated seabed attack systems. Deadline: March 22nd.
Deadline: March 13th
Funding Award Size: $25k - $100k
Description: Apply to the U.S. Army xTech|Adaptive Strike competition. Up to $1.5M in prizes. Submit by 5:00 PM ET on March 13, 2026.forthcoming.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $950k-$3.2m
Description: The FY26 Orthopaedic Research Program (ORP) pre-announcement outlines anticipated CDMRP funding for orthopaedic trauma, fracture infection, limb stabilization, osseointegration, and return-to-duty research. FOAs forthcoming.
Deadline: June 05, 2026
Funding Award Size: $500k per year
Description: Up to $499,000/year for 5 years under NIH PAR-25-338 to translate diagnostic and treatment technologies. Standard NIH due dates through January 8, 2028.
Deadline: Rolling Deadline
Funding Award Size: $500k - $5m
Description: U.S. Army AI2C Broad Agency Announcement W519TC-25-S-0001 funds AI basic, applied, and advanced research. Open through 31 MAY 2029.
Deadline: Rolling Deadline
Funding Award Size: $500k - $5m
Description: Apply for BARDA BAA-23-100-SOL-00004 funding for advanced medical countermeasures. Rolling submissions through September 25, 2028 at 4:30pm ET.
Deadline: March 20th
Funding Award Size: $500k - $5m
Description: The U.S. Army S-FCD is assessing sustainment and logistics technologies during Mojave Falcon 27 (14–27 August 2027). Apply by 20 Mar 2026 : 22:59 GMT-6 to participate.
Deadline: Rolling Submission
Funding Award Size: TBD
Description: NSWC Commercial Solutions Opening for UxS as a Service and FPV ISR/Kinetic systems. AOI deadlines: 9 Jan 2026 and 25 Jan 2026.
Deadline: Rolling Submission
Funding Award Size: TBD
Description: One Nation Innovation and the Joint Rapid Fielding Activity (JRFA) seek vendors to deliver program management and technical support to accelerate prototyping, experimentation, and rapid fielding. OTA-based prototype with potential follow-on production.
Deadline: Rolling Submission
Funding Award Size: TBD
Description: Open, rolling OTA prototype opportunity for modular, portable UAS launcher systems supporting Group 2–3 platforms. Biweekly reviews. Multiple awards possible.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $400k - $1.2m
Description: Apply for FY26 CDMRP Hearing Restoration Research Program (HRRP) funding. Focused Research Awards up to $1.2M for hearing loss research.forthcoming on Grants.gov.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $400k - $2.6m
Description: The FY26 Vision Research Program (VRP) pre-announcement from CDMRP supports research on military exposure-related visual injury, diagnosis, stabilization, treatment, and restoration. Full FOA and deadlines forthcoming on Grants.gov.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $600k - $4.5m
Description: The FY26 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) offers up to $4.5M for innovative cancer research supporting military health and mission readiness. Deadlines forthcoming in final FOAs.
Deadline: March, 2nd 2026
Funding Award Size: $999k
Description: DIU AI Assisted Triage & Treatment Challenge. $999,000 prize pool. Responses due by 2026-03-02 23:59:59 US/Eastern Time. Potential Prototype OT.
Deadline: June 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $250k
Description: NIH PAR-26-040 (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) provides up to $250,000 per year for innovative bioinformatics, translational bioinformatics, and computational biology research. First due date: June 5, 2026.
Deadline: June 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $250k
Description: NIH NLM PAR-26-042 R01 funds clinical informatics research up to $250,000 in direct costs per year. Next deadline is June 5th, 2026
Deadline: March 30th
Funding Award Size: $500k - $25m
Description: ARPA-H’s CIRCLE program (ARPA-H-SOL-26-139) seeks integrated Measure–Model–Modulate systems to reduce ICU stay by 25%. Multiple OT awards anticipated. Proposal submission: Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM ET
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $560k - $2.8m
Description: The FY26 CDMRP Melanoma Research Program (MRP) pre-announcement outlines upcoming funding opportunities including Idea Awards (up to $560,000), Scholar Awards (up to $770,000), Team Science Awards (up to $2.1M), Focused Program Awards – Rare Melanomas (up to $2.8M), and Survivorship Research Awards (up to $1.015M). Full FOAs and deadlines to be released on Grants.gov.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $250k - $2m
Description: The FY26 CDMRP Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) will offer awards up to $2M for MS clinical trials and research. Pre-announcement now live.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $350k - $2m
Description: The FY26 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) pre-announcement is live. CDMRP TSC funding opportunities coming soon to Grants.gov.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $2m - $4m
Description: FY26 CDMRP Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) pre-announcement. DoD funding up to $4.8M for clinical, translational, and investigator-initiated research.
Deadline: Within 45 calendar days of a qualifying weather event or disaster
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.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $800k - $3.25m
Description: The FY26 CDMRP Arthritis Research Program (ATRP) will fund clinical and translational arthritis research through the Department of Defense. Awards up to $3.25M are anticipated. Official deadlines will be released in the upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs).
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $840k - $2.8m
Description: CDMRP FY26 ALSRP funding offers up to $2.8M for ALS biomarkers, clinical trials, and therapeutic development. Pre-announcement live. Prepare now.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $350k - $2.8m
Description: The DoD CDMRP FY26 Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) pre-announcement outlines upcoming funding for clinical trials, translational research, and early-career investigators. Deadlines to be released in the official FOAs.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $800k - $1.3m
Description: Up to $1.325M in FY26 funding for Lyme and tick-borne disease research through CDMRP TBDRP. Deadlines TBD. Pre-announcement released Feb 12, 2026
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $300k - $1.1m
Description: The FY26 Pancreatic Cancer Research Program (PCARP) offers up to $1.1M in total costs for early detection, translational research, and novel therapeutics. Pre-announcement released February 12, 2026.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $250k - $2m
Description: Apply for FY26 CDMRP Lupus Research Program funding. Awards up to $2M for lupus research, innovation, and quality-of-life studies.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $750k - $5m
Description: FY26 CDMRP Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) pre-announcement. Grants up to $35M for breakthrough, clinical, and consortium breast cancer research.
Specific Topic Opportunities:
Start Applying ASAP:
Either the deadline is approaching or there is a competitive reason for applying early (such as funds that will be awarded on a first come first serve basis)
Deadline: Within 45 calendar days of a qualifying weather event or disaster
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.
Deadline: May 15, 2026
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.
Deadline: March 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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.
Deadline: March 4th, 2026
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.
Deadline: February 26th, 2026
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.
Deadline: March 2, 2026
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.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
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.
Deadline: March 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET
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.
Deadline: March 2, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300K to $5 Million+
Description: Funding for research advancing chemical and biological defense technologies to counter weapons of mass destruction threats.
Deadline: March 6, 2026
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.
Deadline: Rolling Pre-Proposal Deadline.
Funding Award Size: $250,000 to $2,000,000+
Description: Nondilutive funding to advance pre-clinical and early clinical Parkinson’s disease therapeutics with strong translational rationale and commercialization potential.
Deadline: February 19, 2026.
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.
Deadline: December 1st
Funding Award Size: $200 - $2m
Description: USASOC is seeking TRL 4–7 counter-sUAS technologies including handheld detection, RF defeat, GNSS denial/spoofing, and man-packable Expeditionary Fixed Sites (<50lbs). Quad chart submission due 01 Dec 2026 : 22:59 GMT-6.