Defense Innovation Funding Opportunities | Edition 90

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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

$17,500 Available in Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIAC) 2024 | July 22, 2024 | Prize Challenge | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ?

Innovators with the ability to create a robotic control software to enable industrial robots on the shop floors to be more productive and more autonomous may submit their solutions to NIST for the opportunity to win part of the $17,500 prize pool. Qualifying submissions are due July 22.?

Funding Available for Expeditionary Hydrogen On Ship and Shore | July 25, 2024 | Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) | Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Companies with the ability to support the DoD’s shift to hydrogen (H2) technologies with a prototype of an integrated, electrolysis-based H2 production, storage, and distribution system may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to receive an Other Transaction (OT) award. Submissions are due July 25.

$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 Multiple Technologies | July 30, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Innovators with technologies covering 20 different topic areas from computer vision to advanced materials may submit their proposals for the opportunity to receive SBIR grant funding from the Army. Submissions are due July 30.

Closing Next Month

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.

Further Out

[NEW] Funding Available for Multiple Technologies | Sept. 4, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Innovators with technologies covering nine different topic areas including additive manufacturing, advanced materials, tooling, robotics, and sensing may submit their proposals for the opportunity to receive SBIR grant funding from the Army. These topics are currently in pre-release. Submissions open on Aug. 1 and close on Sept. 4.

[NEW] $55,000 Available for Breath Diagnostics | Sept. 6, 2024 | Prize Challenge | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Innovators with solutions to improve NASA’s E-Nose, adding functionality that could allow it to act as a clinical tool, testing the molecular composition of the breath to discriminate between the breath of COVID-positive and COVID-negative individuals may submit their solutions to win part of the $55,000 prize pool. Submissions are due Sept. 6. ?

$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.

$250,000 Grants Available for Multiple Technologies | Sept. 4, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Innovators with solutions for tools to enable mobile sustainment operations, tools to reverse engineer components, tool sets and lifting/moving equipment to enable flexible manufacturing system within mechanical and electrical repair facilities, and component and supply chain enhancement for uncooled thermal sensors may submit their proposals for the opportunity to receive SBIR grant funding from the Army. These topics are currently in pre-release. Submissions open on Aug. 8 and close on Sept. 4.

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.

Funding Available for Multiple Technologies | Sept. 9, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | US Navy ?

Innovators with solutions for advanced data integrity and control, sustainment and obsolescence, and advanced robotic automation for industrial processes may submit their solution for the opportunity to receive funding from the Navy. These topics are currently in pre-release. Submissions open on Aug. 8 and close on Sept. 9.

$250,000 and $2M Grants Available for AI/ML Technologies | Sept. 17, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Small businesses with innovations for artificial intelligence and machine learning may submit their solutions to the Army for the opportunity to receive a $250,000 Phase I SBIR grant or a Direct to Phase II (DP2) SBIR grant. This topic is currently in pre-release. Submissions open on Aug. 13 and close on Sept. 17.

$250,000 and $2M Grants Available for Hybrid Electric Powertrain, Power, and Propulsion Systems Technologies | Sept. 17, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Small businesses hybrid electric powertrain, power, and propulsion systems may submit their solutions to the Army for the opportunity to receive a $250,000 Phase I SBIR grant or a Direct to Phase II (DP2) SBIR grant. This topic is currently in pre-release. Submissions open on Aug. 13 and close on Sept. 17.

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.

$250,000 and $2M Grants Available for Battery Technologies | Oct. 15, 2024 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants | 美国军队

Small businesses with innovations for battery technologies may submit their solutions to the Army for the opportunity to receive a $250,000 Phase I SBIR grant or a Direct to Phase II (DP2) SBIR grant. This topic is currently in pre-release. Submissions open on Sept. 10 and close on Oct. 15.

$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.