Defense Innovation Funding Opportunities | Edition 75
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Note: opportunities are arranged by submission date deadline, meaning the newest opportunities do not necessarily appear near the top of the document. Search [NEW] to discover the most recent additions. Please find the opportunities linked to the submission date deadlines.
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$1.7M Available for Synthetic Data Generation | April 10, 2024 | Other Transaction Solicitation Call | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Innovators with synthetic data generation capabilities for both structured and unstructured data that maintain data privacy and security may submit their solutions to DHS for the opportunity to receive up to $1.7 million in funding. Submissions are due April 10.
Funding Available for Reasoned Cyber Visibility | April 16, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Innovators with the ability to develop semantic technology that generates visualizations for the assessment of cyber vulnerabilities may submit their solutions to DARPA for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due April 16.
Funding Available for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Signal Classification Techniques | April 20, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | 美国军队
Innovators with techniques for PNT signal classification which could be leveraged to mitigate interference may submit their solutions to the Army for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due April 20.
Funding Available for Autonomous Optical Sensors | April 20, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | 美国军队
Innovators with the ability to develop autonomous optical sensors to capture high-quality, real-time imagery data during missile tests may submit their solutions to the Army for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due April 20.
$1M Available for Tactical Quantum Hardening Prototype | April 24, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | Army Applications Laboratory (AAL)
Innovators with solutions for tactical quantum hardening that could help the Army assess its cryptographic security posture, implement quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms, and provide a framework to protect sensitive data from adversarial quantum computer attacks may submit proposals for the opportunity to receive up to $1 million to develop, build, and demonstrate their prototype. Submissions open on March 27 and close on April 24.
Funding Available for Innovative AI/ML, Data, and Analytics Capabilities | April 29, 2024 | Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) | DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)?
Innovators with technologies and methodologies for data readiness, artificial intelligence (AI) assurance, machine learning operations (MLOPS), AI ethics, or the foundational enablers that provide for faster delivery of critical softwares and capabilities may submit their solutions to CDAO for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due April 29.
$22.5M Available for AI-Powered Cybersecurity | April 30, 2024 | Prize Challenge | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Innovators with the ability to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically secure the critical code that underpins Americans’ daily lives may submit applications to DARPA to take part in the AIxCC AI Cyber Challenge for the opportunity to win part of the $22.5 million prize pool. There are two tracks of competition, registration for the Open Track is due April 30.
Next Month
$75,000 Available for Resilient Communications Technologies | May 1, 2024 | Prize Challenge | NSIN - National Security Innovation Network
NSIN, in partnership with the Washington Air National Guard (WA ANG), 194 Communications Squadron, seeks innovative solutions to establish two-way communication during the eruption of Mt. Rainier and other natural disasters. The challenge launch accompanies the launch of the Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Washington, a new “open door” to the Department of Defense (DoD), where entrepreneurs can learn how to enter the Defense Innovation Base and solve DoD challenges. Submissions are due May 1.
$500,000 Available for Multiple Technologies | May 3, 2024 | Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
Innovators with technologies for apertures, communications, remote sensing, satellite system designs, data processing, fusion, analysis, and contextual understanding, and more are invited to submit their solutions for an opportunity to receive up to $500,000 from NRO. Submissions are due May 3.
$1.85M Available for Digital Systems and Data Analytics for Utilities | May 7, 2024 | Prize Challenge | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Innovators with digital systems and data analytics tools that could reduce cybersecurity risks may submit solutions to the DOE’s Digitizing Utilities: Round 2 challenge for the opportunity to receive part of a $1.85 million prize purse. Submissions are due May 7.
Funding Available for Battlefield Wound Infection Diagnostics | May 14, 2024 | ?Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Innovators with solutions for the sampling and assessment of battlefield wounds that could detect a range of fungal and/or bacterial species to enable early medical intervention may submit their solutions to DHA for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due May 14.
Funding Available for Ethylene Oxide Mitigation in Sterilization Processes May 14, 2024 | Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Innovators with the ability to develop solutions to mitigate ethylene oxide after its use in the sterilization processes of medical devices may submit their solutions to DHA for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due May 14.
Funding Available for Medical IT Solutions for Austere Environments |? May 14, 2024 | Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Innovators with the ability to develop information technology (IT) solutions to enable health care delivery (HCD), medical command and control (MEDC2), medical logistics (MEDLOG), and patient movement (PM) in austere and contested environments may submit their solutions to DHA for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due May 14.
[NEW] Funding Available for Compact, Close-Quarters Sight | May 14, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | USSOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command
Innovators with the ability to develop a compact, close-quarters sight with multiple user-selectable and user-configurable ballistic reticles and a digital screen that the user can look and aim through may submit their solutions for the opportunity to receive funding from USSOCOM. This topic is in pre-release until April 10. Submissions are due May 14.?
Funding Available for Research in Multiple Topic Areas | May 16, 2024 | Broad Agency Announcement? (BAA) | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Innovators with research that addresses one of the FBI Enterprise BAA Problem Sets and could improve artificial intelligence (AI), counterintelligence and security, mission-enhancing science and technology, or mission support capabilities may submit their research to the FBI for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due May 16.?
U.S.-based artificial intelligence (AI)-focused small businesses may share their cutting-edge solutions for automated AI risk management, testing and evaluation of AI operations pipelines, and center of mass and course of action analytics for intelligence preparation of the battlefield for the opportunity to win part of a $603,000 prize pool and to submit for Small Business Innovation Research worth up to $2 million. Submissions are due May 17.
Win Part of $150,000 for Electronic Warfare System Technologies | May 23, 2024 | Prize Challenge | Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and NSIN - National Security Innovation Network
As part of the inaugural trilateral prize challenge through AUKUS Pillar II—a defense and security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (U.S.)—DIU is launching the AUKUSElectronic Warfare Challenge to support the DoD as it develops a strategic edge against adversarial electromagnetic system (EMS) technologies. An Ask-Me-Anything will be held on April 18. Submissions are due May 23.?
Further Out
$1.7M Available for Power at Sea | July 26, 2024 | Prize Challenge | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Innovators with innovative technologies that are powered by the ocean and enable sustainable and responsible use of resources, better prediction and tracking of tropical storms, better monitoring of aquaculture, a greater understanding of the ocean’s role in climate change mitigation, and more may submit their solutions to the DOE and NOAA for the opportunity to win part of the $1,700,000 prize purse. Submissions are due July 26.
Funding Available for Non-GPS Navigation Solutions | Aug. 1, 2024 | Innovative Capabilities Opening (ICO) | AFWERX
Innovators with alternative navigation solutions for small unmanned autonomous systems (sUAS) may submit their solutions to AFWERX for the opportunity to receive awards. Solutions may leverage techniques including visual reference, inertial, timing propagation via signals, magnetic, and solar or astrological navigation, or may be based upon entirely novel techniques. Submissions are due Aug. 1.
Funding Available for Information and Communication Technologies Research | Aug. 9, 2024 | Research Announcement (RA) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Innovators with fundamental research that could enable novel information and communications technologies covering topics including high-performance, energy efficient devices; monolithic and heterogeneous integration; memory and storage; systems and architecture for distributed computing; intelligent sensing; connectivity; and cognition may submit their solutions to DARPA for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due Aug. 9.
$2.25M Available for Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging | Aug. 30, 2024 | Prize Challenge | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Innovators are invited to propose, design, build, and test state-of-the-art SiC packaging prototypes that advance the industry for the opportunity to receive part of $2.25 million in prizes. Submissions are due Aug. 30.
Funding Available for Multiple Technologies | Sept. 9, 2024 | Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) | Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Marine Corps War Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL)
Innovators with research that covers the topic areas of interest of ONR or MCWL (find topic areas under the “BAA” tab) may submit their proposals for the opportunity to receive funding from ONR or MCWL. Submissions are due Sept. 9.
Other Opportunities
DLA AI Hackathon | March 20, 2024 | Hackathon | Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
Contractors with advanced data scraping capabilities, innovative methodologies, and the potential to create impactful artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) may submit proposals for the opportunity to participate in the 2024 DLA Hackathon. Proposals must be submitted by March 20.
Submit Information on Biomimetic and Bio Enabled Supercapacitors | April 15, 2024 | Request for Information (RFI) | Intelligence Advanced Research Projects (IARPA)
Innovators with information about advancements in biomimetic and bioinspired supercapacitors (BBS) that could achieve a substantial leap in power storage may submit information to IARPA. Submissions are due April 15.?
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