Defense Innovation Funding Opportunities | Edition 86

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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.

Closing This Month

Funding Available for Suppressor Handguard Design | June 25, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | U.S. Special Operations Command ( USSOCOM )

Innovators with the ability to create a suppressor handguard that could be mounted without tools and could manage thermal conductivity to allow rapid fire while maintaining a comfortable surface temperature may submit their solutions to USSOCOM for the opportunity to receive funding. This topic is in pre-release. The topic closes on June 25.

Funding Available for Ruggedized Additive Mobile Manufacturing Unit | June 25, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant | U.S. Special Operations Command ( USSOCOM )

Innovators with the ability to develop applied research to support the development of additive manufacturing in a deployed environment that could decrease down time for foreign and non-standard weapons parts, motor pool parts, and dental accessories may submit their solutions to USSOCOM for the opportunity to receive funding. This topic is in pre-release. The topic closes on June 25.

[NEW] Funding Available for Mobile Energy Generation in Austere Environments | June 26, 2024 | Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) | Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Innovators with solutions for mobile energy generation in austere environments may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to win an Other Transaction (OT) award. Solutions should disseminate energy from tactical vehicles to supported tactical equipment and systems, bypassing the need for supplementary generators. Submissions are due June 26. ?

[NEW] Funding Available for Deepfake Detection | June 27, 2024 | Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) | Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Innovators with solutions to detect and attribute deepfakes at scale, countering the threat they pose for deception, fraud, disinformation, and other malicious activities may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to win an Other Transaction (OT) award. Submissions are due June 27.

[NEW] Funding Available for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems | June 28, 2024 | Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) | Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Innovators with the ability to prototype cost-effective kinetic solutions to counter adversarial unmanned aerial systems (UAS)? may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to win an Other Transaction (OT) award. Submissions are due June 28.?

Closing Next Month

[NEW] $2M Available for Software-Defined Radio Heads | July 2, 2024 | Direct to Phase II (DP2) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Innovators with radio-agnostic software-defined radio heads that would enable users to rapidly adapt their radio carrier frequency may submit solutions to the Army to receive up to $2 million in DP2 SBIR funding. Submissions are due July 2.

[NEW] $250,000 Available for Mobile Corrosion Mitigation Solution | July 2, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Innovators with the ability to create a ruggedized mobile unit to address corrosion in the field – specifically one that supports the use of laser ablation, the application of preventative coating (primer, polyurea, topcoat), cold spray, plasma blast, welding, and sanders and blasters – may submit their solutions to the Army for the opportunity to receive up to $250,000 in SBIR funding. Submissions are due July 2.

[NEW] $2M Available for Miniaturization of Hyperspectral Sensors | July 2, 2024 | Direct to Phase II (DP2) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Innovators with the ability to miniaturize hyperspectral sensors for use on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) may submit their solutions to the Army to receive up to $2 million in DP2 SBIR funding. Submissions are due July 2.

[NEW] $2M Available for Miniaturized Mission Processor for Hyperspectral Applications | July 2, 2024 | Direct to Phase II (DP2) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Innovators with the ability to create a small high-performance computer for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)-integrated hyperspectral imaging (HSI) may submit their solutions to the Army to receive up to $2 million in DP2 SBIR funding. Submissions are due July 2.

[NEW] Funding Available for Novel Atmospheric Water Extraction Technologies | July 2, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Innovators with the ability to develop energy efficient, novel atmospheric water extraction (AWE) technologies that produce potable water may submit their solutions to DARPA for the opportunity to receive SBIR funding. Submissions are due July 2.

Win Part of $125,000 for Spectrum Sensing Solutions | July 8, 2024 | Prize Challenge | NSIN and Air Force Research Laboratory

Innovators may submit solutions for identifying capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and advancing signal processing technologies to enhance spectrum sensing and situational awareness to win part of a $125,000 prize pool in the NSIN Presents: RF Spectrum Sharing Challenge, held in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). Submissions are due July 8.

[NEW] Funding Available for Novel 5G Open RAN (Radio Access Networks) xApps and rApps | July 9, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))

Innovators with the ability to develop and demonstrate xApps and/or rApps that could provide detailed insights into network performance and security metrics may submit their solutions to OUSD (R&E) for the opportunity to receive SBIR funding. Submissions are due July 9.

$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.

Further Out

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.

$125,000 Available to Students for Cyber Resiliency and Measurement Solutions | Sept. 8, 2024 | Prize Challenge | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)

Student innovators with the ability to develop mathematical models and software algorithms to assess cyber resiliency and evaluate a system’s architecture, defined functions, hardware and software needs, known cyber vulnerabilities, and the effectiveness of its defensive capabilities against cyber attack from one or more advanced persistent threats (APTs.) may submit their solutions to NSWCDD for the opportunity to win part of $125,000. Submissions are due Sept. 8.

Funding Available for Multiple Technologies | Sept. 9, 2024 | Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) | Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Marine 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.

[NEW] Technology Commercialization Fund Open Voucher Call | Oct. 3, 2024 | Open Call | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Innovators interested in receiving technical assistance from researchers at DOE National Laboratories may apply for $2.1 million in vouchers valid for testing and validation, use of specialized equipment and software, simulation and modeling, consulting, and more. Submissions are due Oct. 3.

$139,500 Available to HBCU Students | Oct. 30, 2024 | Prize Challenge | 美国军队 xTech

Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) may submit their solutions for autonomy and power and energy to the U.S. Army xTechHBCU Student competition for the opportunity to receive part of the cash prize, engage with the Do, participate in an accelerator program, and potentially develop a prototype of their innovative idea. Submissions are due Oct. 30.

Other Opportunities

VERTEX Air-Ground Littoral | June 26, 2024 | Event | Army Applications Laboratory (AAL)

Innovators with solutions to enable the Army to control the air-ground littoral – the area between the ground and a few thousand feet above it – may submit applications to participate in VERXTX, a two-day symposium event. The event gives innovators the opportunity to provide market intelligence that may be used to inform decision making on everything from future warfighting concepts to government requirements. Applications are due June 26.