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Types of Opportunities
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:
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: October 9th
Funding Award Size: $300k per year
Description: Apply for NIH PRIMED-AI funding to develop standardized frameworks for multimodal AI clinical decision support tools. Up to $300,000 per year for two years. Applications due October 09, 2026, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Deadline: July 30
Funding Award Size: TBD
Description: Defense Health Agency Request for Prototype Proposal HT942726RE009 seeking FDA-approved single-use battlefield analgesic products. Learn eligibility, prototype OTA requirements, timeline, and proposal details.
Deadline: July 15th
Funding Award Size: Under $2m
Description: Apply for up to $1.9 million through the MTEC Autonomous Closed Loop Control Mechanical Ventilation (ACLCMV) solicitation supporting Defense Health Agency development of next-generation military ventilators. Enhanced White Papers are due July 15, 2026, Noon Eastern Time.
Deadline: July 24th
Funding Award Size: Under $2m
Description: Apply for the MTEC PRimer and prObe Manufacturing PlaTform (PROMPT) funding opportunity supporting DTRA. Learn eligibility, funding, deadlines, project requirements, evaluation criteria, and how to prepare a competitive application.
Deadline: July 31st
Funding Award Size: $250k - $500k per year
Description: Apply for ONR FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research funding. Awards of $250,000–$500,000 per year are available for Naval communications, networking, MIMO, low-probability-of-detection communications, and related technologies.
Deadline: August 31
Funding Award Size: $2.5k - $135m
Description: NIH NIAID is seeking a single contractor for the Radiological or Nuclear Medical Countermeasure Product Development Support (PDS) program. One IDIQ award with a ceiling of $135 million will support medical countermeasure development, biodosimetry, manufacturing, nonclinical studies, and Phase I clinical research. Proposal deadline: August 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM, Local Time.
Deadline: August 12
Funding Award Size: $5m - $50m
Description: Apply for ARPA-H REST funding to develop next-generation sleep diagnostics, insomnia treatments, wearable biosensors, and closed-loop sleep intervention technologies. Solution Summaries due August 12, 2026 at 12pm ET.
Deadline: TBD
Funding Award Size: $2m-$3.5m
Description: MTEC's upcoming Military Medical Prototype Advancement RPP is expected to support medical devices, drugs, biologics, and knowledge products across 14 defense health focus areas. Average awards are approximately $2.0M–$3.5M over 2–3 years.
Deadline: July 15th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $500k
Description: Apply for the NIH Targeting RNA in Disease with Novel Technologies (TRDNT) Challenge. Win up to $20,000 in Phase I and compete for up to $13.1 million in total prizes. Applications close July 15, 2026.
Deadline: July 9th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m - $50m
Description: Apply for ARPA-H BRAINS funding to develop breakthrough technologies for repairing damaged brain tissue. Awards of up to $1M per team. Solution Summaries due July 9, 2026 or January 7, 2027.
Deadline: July 27th
Funding Award Size: $305K + $1.25M+ in follow-on funding
Description: Apply for NSF SBIR/STTR funding for high-risk, high-impact technologies. U.S. startups can receive up to $305K in Phase I funding and up to $1.25M in Phase II. Project Pitch submissions begin June 2, 2026.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting alcohol-related cardiovascular biomarkers, AI diagnostics, precision cardiology, stroke risk prediction, digital health, and cardiovascular analytics innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting developmental biology, healthy aging, resilience science, AI health analytics, neurodevelopment, biomarkers, and life-course precision health innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting prenatal nutrition, dietary supplements, maternal-child health, biomarker discovery, precision nutrition, metabolomics, and pregnancy health innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting nutrition science, dietary supplements, organoids, AI nutrition modeling, metabolomics, precision nutrition, and human-relevant NAMs innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting unexplained anemia of aging research, precision hematology, AI diagnostics, biomarker discovery, geriatric health, and aging-related therapeutic innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting neuroimmunology, Alzheimer’s disease research, AI biomarkers, neurodegeneration, immunotherapy, aging brain science, and precision neuroscience innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting healthcare chatbots, conversational AI, AI safety, digital therapeutics, clinical decision support, responsible AI, and behavioral health technology innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH funding opportunity supporting bioethics research, AI governance, informed consent, healthcare data privacy, trustworthy biomedical AI, community engagement, and ethical digital health innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting climate health, environmental monitoring, AI risk prediction, disaster resilience, telehealth, wearable sensors, and extreme weather healthcare innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting quantum computing, biomedical imaging, quantum diagnostics, biosensing, AI healthcare systems, biomolecular simulation, and quantum medicine innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting scientific rigor, reproducibility, biomedical AI, metadata standards, open science, research transparency, and data interoperability innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting GLP-1 research, metabolic health, nutrition science, AI health analytics, dietary supplements, obesity treatment, and precision medicine innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting school mental health, behavioral health interventions, AI risk screening, digital therapeutics, telehealth, substance use prevention, and student wellness innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting late talking research, pediatric speech development, AAC technologies, AI developmental assessment, digital therapeutics, and language intervention innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting electromagnetic radiation research, bioelectronic medicine, EMR sensing, AI dosimetry, wearable exposure monitoring, biomedical imaging, and environmental health innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting computational biology, multiscale modeling, AI simulation, systems biology, digital twins, predictive analytics, and biomedical data science innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH SBIR funding opportunity supporting pediatric and AYA cancer research, AI oncology, precision medicine, survivorship technologies, decentralized clinical trials, and pediatric healthcare innovation.
Deadline: September 5th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH funding opportunity supporting dissemination and implementation science, workforce training, healthcare adoption, implementation analytics, digital health, and evidence-based care innovation.
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: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop a lightweight, rugged, low-power device that converts seawater to safe drinking water for downed naval aircrew. Must fit NACES survival kit constraints, minimize human effort, deliver ≥1 gallon/day, and achieve ≥95% salt rejection across harsh environmental and ejection conditions.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop low-cost, lightweight, flexible printed organic thermoelectric cooling films (tight bend radius <1”) for personal warfighter cooling or conformal cooling of curved military-platform surfaces.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $2 Million (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop a passive structural health monitoring system that detects, locates, and characterizes ship hull cracks in real time, providing automated severity/criticality insights beyond strain-gauge inference methods.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)
Description: Develop a neuro-enhanced AI platform that captures neural, physiological, and behavioral data during training to deliver real-time feedback, adaptive scenarios, and readiness insights to improve warfighter performance, decision-making, and training efficiency.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop SWaP-optimized silicon carbide MOSFETs (10kV+ blocking, 5–10kA pulsed current, <30ns low-jitter turn-on) with advanced packaging for high-power microwave pulsed switching.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop and deploy safe, sustainable bridge lighting mitigation that reduces ambient light pollution, preserves night vision, and provides adjustable task lighting at select ship bridge workstations while complying with MIL-STD-1472H and shipboard environmental constraints.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop AI-driven behavioral nudging software that integrates with commercial wearable devices to improve sleep quality, reduce fatigue, and enhance human performance through personalized, adaptive interventions.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)
Description: Develop advanced digital human modeling tools using aircrew anthropometric data, posture datasets, and 3D scans to improve the design, fit, and evaluation of aviation equipment, clothing, and workspaces, enabling population-level accommodation modeling and better safety, performance, and readiness outcomes.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $250K (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop a non-invasive wearable that continuously monitors validated non-blood biomarkers to discretely detect viral vs. bacterial infection and deliver initial broad-spectrum treatment in austere environments, with data reporting to higher echelons of care.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $250K (Estimated)
Description: Funding to assess and adapt existing traumatic brain injury (TBI) detection tools and treatment approaches for military working dogs after battlefield injury—leveraging evidence from rodent/canine/large-animal research.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $250K (Estimated)
Description: Develop a shelf-stable (≥3 years), thermally robust (-9°C to 60°C) canine whole blood product or oxygen-carrying substitute for Military Working Dogs to treat traumatic hemorrhage from point-of-injury through definitive care, improving oxygen delivery and survival without canine testing.
Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)
Funding Award Size: $1.3 Million (Estimated)
Description: Funding to develop small-molecule antifungal compounds from existing libraries that show nanomolar activity against resistant fungi such as Candida auris, Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Mucorales while maintaining low human toxicity.
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: 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 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: 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.
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: TBD
Funding Award Size: $300k
Description: The National Cancer Institute's FY2027 SBIR Innovative Concept Award Program supports small businesses developing innovative therapies, diagnostics, devices, and digital health technologies for pediatric and rare cancers. Learn eligibility, timelines, and application requirements.