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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: January 5 and April 5, 2027
Budget: Up to $700k Phase I, up to $2.5m Phase II
Description: NCI, NIEHS, and NIMHD highlight precision research on lung cancer in never smokers, from risk factors to early detection and therapy. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply via NIH SBIR.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027 (estimated)
Budget: Up to $307k (Phase I, prior cycle)
Description: NIH and CDC fund small businesses that hire or promote a first-time PI, pairing SBIR and STTR research funding with mentorship and entrepreneurial training. See funding fit, eligibility, and how to prepare via NIH SBIR and STTR.
Deadline: October 18, 2026 (TA4 Solution Summary)
Funding Award Size: Not published (OT awards)
Description: ARPA-H funds wearables, communication devices, and AI tools that improve daily life for autistic people while generating real-world assessment data. See funding fit, technical areas, and how to apply via the ARPA-H Solutions site.
Deadline: October 29, 2026 (Solution Summary)
Funding Award Size: Not published (OT awards)
Description: ARPA-H funds teams that turn entangled 511 keV photon pairs into a new kind of medical imaging contrast, paired with quantum-aware AI reconstruction. See funding fit, metrics, and how to apply via the ARPA-H Solutions site.
Deadline: October 30, 2026 (Solution Summary)
Funding Award Size: Up to $1.05m
Description: ARPA-H funds early-career researchers at companies, universities, and nonprofits across 16 health topics, from implantable cancer therapy to clinical AI. See funding fit, topics, and how to apply via the ARPA-H Solutions site.
Deadline: October 15th
Funding Award Size: $50k - $200k
Description: MedTech Innovator and BARDA fund six-month projects advancing health security diagnostics, patient monitoring, and medical devices. See funding fit, priority areas, and how to apply.
Deadline: Rolling through December 2026
Funding Award Size: Up to $150k (Tier 1), $150k+ (Tier 2)
Description: NASA’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health funds proof-of-concept and technology development projects that reduce astronaut health risks. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply.
Deadline: Six review cycles per year
Funding Award Size: $10k - $250k
Description: The Georgia Research Alliance funds milestone-driven commercialization projects led by Georgia university faculty. See funding fit, eligible activities, and how to pair it with SBIR and STTR.
Deadline: January 5th
Funding Award Size: $320k - $2m
Description: NIBIB, NCI, and NIDA highlight AI, point-of-care, and digital tools that reduce diagnostic errors and delays. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply via NIH SBIR and STTR.
Deadline: January 5th
Funding Award Size: $320k - $2m
Description: NIDDK highlights multi-tissue organ-on-chip models of diabetes and its kidney and urologic complications. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply via NIH SBIR and STTR.
Deadline: January 5th
Funding Award Size: $320k - $2m
Description: NIH ODSS and 18 partner institutes highlight bidirectional digital twins for research and care. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply via NIH SBIR and STTR.
Deadline: January 5th
Funding Award Size: $320k - $2m
Description: NCI and NIDCR highlight responsive, programmable biomaterials that better model living tissue. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply via NIH SBIR and STTR.
Deadline: January 15th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $94k
Description: The 2027 NIA Start-Up Challenge awards up to $994,000 in non-dilutive prizes plus a five month accelerator. Submissions open Dec 1, 2026 and close Jan 15, 2027.
Deadline: November 4th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $1m
Description: A complete guide to the FY2026 Reconstructive Transplant Research Program: two award mechanisms up to $1M, focus areas, eligibility, and the November 4, 2026 deadline.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Health and Extreme Weather Highlighted Topic. Eleven Institutes funding via SBIR and STTR. Product lanes, budgets, deadlines, and how to apply.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Highlighted Topic on in vivo immune cell engineering. NCI, NIAID, NIAMS, NIBIB, NIDCR funding via SBIR. Scope, budgets, deadlines, how to apply.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Highlighted Topic on HIV-associated co-occurring conditions. Twelve Institutes funding via SBIR and STTR. Scope, budgets, deadlines, how to apply.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Highlighted Topic on New Approach Methodologies for disease prevention. NCI, NCATS, NIA, and NIDA funding via SBIR. Scope, deadlines, how to apply.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH's Highlighted Topic on novel hormone replacement technologies for Type 1 diabetes. NIDDK funding to $2.2M via SBIR. Scope, deadlines, and how to apply.
Deadline: October 20, 2026
Funding Award Size: $900k
Description: FDA's RFA-FD-25-020 funds rare disease clinical trials up to $900,000 per year for 4 years. Deadlines, eligibility, IND requirements, and how startups win.
Deadline: January 28th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Blueprint MedTech Translator (PAR-25-383) funds medical device startups from preclinical testing to first-in-human trials. No budget cap. Next deadline January 28, 2027.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Highlighted Topic on multidomain resilience research: 11 participating ICOs, SBIR/STTR budgets to $3M, deadlines, eligibility, and how to build a fundable fit.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Highlighted Topic on wastewater-based epidemiology: NIEHS, NIAID and NIDA interests, SBIR/STTR budgets to $2.1M, deadlines, eligibility, and how to apply.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: NIH Highlighted Topic on HIV-associated co-occurring conditions: 16 participating ICOs, SBIR/STTR budgets to $2.1M, deadlines, eligibility, and how to apply.
Deadline: October 1st, 2026
Funding Award Size: $500k - $5m
Description: USSOCOM's sUMS-G Rapid Capability Assessment closes 01 Oct 2026. Full guide to the UGS and UGV portfolio, Scout Card submission, timeline, and funding paths.
Deadline: December 31st, 2026
Funding Award Size: N/A
Description: MED FCD's Medical Extraction BAA closes December 31, 2026. Scope, Vulcan Scout Card requirements, timeline, funding reality, and FAQs for startups.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $30m
Description: NIH SBIR Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award (PA-27-101) offers up to $30M for Phase II alumni with 100% matching funds. Full guide to eligibility, deadlines, and how to apply.
Deadline: September 14th, 2026
Funding Award Size: $5m - $50m
Description: ARPA-H STREAM funds next-generation weed control and herbicide monitoring technology. Solution Summaries are due September 14, 2026. See funding, eligibility, and how to apply.
Deadline: January 5th, 2027
Funding Award Size: $300k - $2m
Description: How startups win NIH SBIR funding under the Bioethics Research Highlighted Topic. Deadlines, funding caps, eligibility, and how to apply via PA-27-100.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: Rolling until June 30, 2027 (or until funds exhausted)
Funding Award Size: $12k
Description: North Carolina reimburses up to $12,000 of SBIR/STTR Phase I proposal costs. Full FY 2026-2027 guide to eligibility, expenses, deadlines, and how to apply.