DARPA SBIR: Autonomous Metacognitive Collection Orchestration for Multi-Domain Intelligence

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DPA27BZ02-DV002 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Air Force SBIR: Collaborative Autonomous UAS for Distributed Non-Kinetic Effects

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DAF27BZ02-DV019 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Air Force SBIR: Long-Range, Expendable Autonomous Air Vehicle for Distributed Effects in Contested Environments

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DAF27BZ02-DV020 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Air Force SBIR: Quantum Sensing Analyzer

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DAF27BZ02-NV014 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Air Force STTR: Wideband Antenna for RF Photonics Modules

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DAF27TZ02-DV006 · DoW STTR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Air Force SBIR: Low - Cost Neuromorphic Edge Intelligence for Persistent Autonomous Change Detection and Machine Situational Memory

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DAF27BZ02-DV017 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Navy SBIR: “Self-Replicating Evolutionary Agentic SI Swarming Force” with Autonomous Embedded SI Guardrail Enforcers

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DON27BZ02-NV012 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Navy SBIR: Autonomous Multi-Intelligence Acoustic Reasoning Agent for Anti-Submarine Warfare

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DON27BZ02-NV014 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Navy STTR: Self-Sustaining Wave Energy Capture for Persistent Autonomous Ocean-Going Systems

Pre-release · opens Dec 2, 2026 · closes Jan 6, 2027 · topic DON27TZ02-NV005 · DoW STTR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

DARPA SBIR: TRIAGE-X: Autonomous Casualty Triage and Treatment in Chemically Contaminated Mass Casualty Events

Closes Nov 25, 2026 · topic DPA26BZ06-DV028 · DoW SBIR 2026 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

Air Force SBIR: Agile Autonomous Technical Data Package to Path Robotic Task Specification

Closes Nov 25, 2026 · topic DAF27BZ01-DV012 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA. Search the topic code on the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site for the full description and Q&A.

U.S. National Science Foundation: Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)

Closes Jul 27, 2027 · posted Aug 17, 2026 · $60M total · U.S. National Science Foundation. The far-reaching impact and rate of innovation in the computer and information science and engineering ﬁelds has been remarkable, generating economic prosperity, and enhancing the quality of life for people. More than a decade ago, the NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (NSF CISE) established the NSF Expeditions program to provide the NSF CISE research community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, foundational research agendas that promise to deﬁne the future of computing and information. Investigators are strongly encouraged to come together within or across dep

Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command: Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver

Open, rolling deadline · posted Apr 22, 2022 · Awards up to $2.3M · Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command. **UPDATE 5 APRIL 2024: The proposal submission date has been updated to 24 April 2024. The FOA has been amended to reflect this submission date and include a Question and Answer document based on questions received from interested applicants. Other than the updated proposal submission date in the FOA, the actual FOA Amendment has not been changed. However, the answers provided in the Q&A document are considered part of the FOA Amendment.** **CYCLE 2 UPDATE 20 MARCH 2024 - THE OPPORTUNITY WEBINAR FOR CYCLE 2 WILL BE HELD ONLINE VIA MS TEAMS AT 1500 EDT ON 22 MARCH 2024 AT THE FOLLOWING LI

U.S. National Science Foundation: Foundational Research in Robotics

Open, rolling deadline · posted Feb 12, 2020 · U.S. National Science Foundation. The Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) program, jointly led by the CISE and ENG Directorates, supports research on robotic systems that exhibit significant levels of both computational capability and physical complexity. For the purposes of this program, a robot is defined as intelligence embodied in an engineered construct, with the ability to process information, sense, plan, and move within or substantially alter its working environment. Here intelligence includes a broad class of methods that enable a robot to solve problems or to make contextually appropriate decisions and act upon them. The program we

U.S. National Science Foundation: Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS)

Open, rolling deadline · posted Apr 24, 2026 · U.S. National Science Foundation. The Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS) program expands our understanding of biological and physiological systems, and it helps improve human health. For U.S. leadership in biotechnology, the engineering of biology is required at every scale. Engineering is needed for sensing biomarkers to making proteins to restoring functions of the body. In EBBS, fundamental mechanistic insights are combined with experimental and computational techniques. This approach helps develop platforms, devices, organisms, tissues, and processes that bring new understanding and control of biological functions. EBBS sup

U.S. National Science Foundation: Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)

Closes Jan 29, 2027 · posted Nov 6, 2026 · Awards up to $4M · U.S. National Science Foundation. The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program ( MRI Website ) increases access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and training in the operation of the proposed equipment. An MRI award supports the acquisition of a multi-user research instrument through direct purchase from a vendor, or for the personnel and components required to develop an instrument with new capabilities that opens new opportunities to advance the frontiers in science and engineering research. MRI instruments are generally too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF progr

U.S. National Science Foundation: Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)

Closes Oct 5, 2076 · posted Aug 17, 2026 · $110M total · U.S. National Science Foundation. The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering (NSF ENG) supports foundational research for electrical, communications and computing systems through the following programs: The Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices (EPMQD) program supports foundational engineering research on novel classical and quantum devices, exploring matter’s electronic, photonic, and magnetic properties to enable new applications. The Circuits and Systems for Communications and Sensing (CSCS) program supports foundational engineering research on classical and quantum aspects of advanced components,

U.S. National Science Foundation: NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)

Closes Apr 6, 2027 · posted Jun 28, 2024 · $32M total · U.S. National Science Foundation. The National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Act 1 aims to ensure the continuing leadership of the United States (U.S.) in quantum information science and technology. In conformance with the NQI goals, an argument 2-5 was set forth for a renewed emphasis on identifying and fostering early adoption of quantum technologies to transform the field of Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) and to accelerate broader impacts on society. A systematic approach to maturing quantum technology platforms by integrating end-users and potential customers from other fields of science and engineering and other sect

Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command: LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)

Closes Apr 30, 2027 · posted Apr 16, 2021 · Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command. The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) in partnership with NSA’s Laboratory for Physical Science (LPS) is soliciting Incubator, Collaboration, and Fellowship research proposals for participation in the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC). The mission of the LQC can be captured in three broad goals: 1) pursue disruptive fundamental research and enabling technologies with a focus on qubit development for quantum computing and other applications (such as sensing); 2) grow deep, collaborative partnerships to tackle the most difficult and relevant long-term problems in quantum information science and technology; and 3) build