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Consolidated Nerve Agent Treatment System

Consolidated Nerve Agent Treatment System

Anticipated Release Date: Q3FY26 FDA approval of a multi-drug autoinjector to reduce logistical burden on the warfighter and increase survivability …
Accelerated Antibodies Modification

Accelerated Antibodies Modification

Anticipated Release Date: Q2 FY27: Modification of existing Accelerated Antibodies agreement for additional monoclonal antibody prototype. Responding to this opportunity requires …
Advanced Differential Diagnostics (ADD)

Advanced Differential Diagnostics (ADD)

Anticipated Release: Q4FY27 Host response based test to predict illness severity. Responding to this opportunity requires membership in the Countering …

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Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics

Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics

Due: August 27, 2026 The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for Social, …
Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity

Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity

Due: July 23, 2026 This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports critical minerals and materials. Critical minerals and materials (CMM) …
Repurposing Equipment for Drug Delivery

Repurposing Equipment for Drug Delivery

Due: July 23, 2026 The objective of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, and other stakeholders to …
DoW Kidney Cancer, Concept Award

DoW Kidney Cancer, Concept Award

Due: July 28, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Kidney Cancer Research Program (KCRP) Concept Award supports highly innovative, untested, …
Integrated Data Systems and Services

Integrated Data Systems and Services

Due: July 28, 2026 The Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that …
Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center

Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center

Due: July 29, 2026 The purpose of NIDILRR’s Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) grants is to improve the effectiveness …
Developmental Sciences

Developmental Sciences

Due: July 30, 2026 Developmental Sciences supports basic research that increases our understanding of perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and …
Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards

Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards

Due: July 30, 2026 The Biological Anthropology Program seeks to advance scientific knowledge about the processes that have shaped biological …
Building the Future Workforce Challenge

Building the Future Workforce Challenge

Due: July 30, 2026 Caterpillar knows preparing the workforce for the future is urgent. Communities, employers, and industry need new …
DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Discovery Award

DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Discovery Award

Due: July 30, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award supports novel, untested, …
DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Research Advancement Award

DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Research Advancement Award

Due: July 30, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Research Advancement Award supports fundamental …
Developmental Sciences

Developmental Sciences

Due: July 30, 2026 Developmental Sciences supports basic research that increases our understanding of perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and …
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology Challenge

Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology Challenge

Due: July 31, 2026 Diverse stakeholders including policymakers, utilities, and industry leaders are interested in energy sources that are reliable, …
Alliance for System Safety of Unmanned Aircraft Systems through Research Excellence (ASSURE)

Alliance for System Safety of Unmanned Aircraft Systems through Research Excellence (ASSURE)

Due: July 31, 2026 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) offer new technologies to support key mission requirements including preliminary damage assessments, …
Perception, Action and Cognition

Perception, Action and Cognition

Due: August 3, 2026 The aim of the PAC program is to support empirically grounded, theoretically engaged and methodologically sophisticated …
Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence

Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence

Due: August 5, 2026 Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL) supports potentially transformative research that develops basic theoretical insights …
DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Idea Development Award

DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Idea Development Award

Due: August 6, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) supports …
DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Clinical Translational Research Award

DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Clinical Translational Research Award

Due: August 6, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) Clinical Translational Research Award (CTRA) …
DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award

DoW Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award

Due: August 6, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award (EHDA) supports …
DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award

DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award

Due: August 8, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Clinical Research Extension Award supports research …
DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2

DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2

Due: August 8, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Breakthrough Award mechanism supports promising research …
Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems

Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems

Due: August 11, 2026 Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems (CS2) is a joint program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) …
Ecosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering

Ecosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering

Due: August 11, 2026 Plasma science is a transdisciplinary field of research where fundamental studies in many disciplines, including plasma …
2026 Chem-Bio Threat Reduction Innovation Challenge

2026 Chem-Bio Threat Reduction Innovation Challenge

Due: August 12, 2026 Chemical and biological threats are becoming more diverse, more sophisticated, and increasingly difficult to detect before …
DoW Multiple Sclerosis Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award

DoW Multiple Sclerosis Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award

Due: August 13, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award (EHDA) …
DoW Multiple Sclerosis Investigator-Initiated Research Award

DoW Multiple Sclerosis Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Due: August 13, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports highly …
DoW Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Award

DoW Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Award

Due: August 13, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) supports the …
Ecosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering

Ecosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering

Due: August 11, 2026 Plasma science is a transdisciplinary field of research where fundamental studies in many disciplines, including plasma …
DoW Epilepsy Research Partnership Award

DoW Epilepsy Research Partnership Award

Due: August 17, 2026 The intent of the Epilepsy Research Program (ERP) Research Partnership Award is to support new or …
Physical Oceanography

Physical Oceanography

Due: August 17, 2026 The Physical Oceanography Program supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure …
Chemical Oceanography

Chemical Oceanography

Due: August 17, 2026 The Chemical Oceanography Program supports research into the chemistry of the oceans and the role of …
DoW Epilepsy Leveraging Research Award

DoW Epilepsy Leveraging Research Award

Due: August 17, 2026 The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Epilepsy Research Program (ERP) Leveraging Research Award is …
Cognitive Neuroscience

Cognitive Neuroscience

Due: August 17, 2026 The Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro) program seeks to fund proposals that can advance our understanding of the …
Biological Oceanography

Biological Oceanography

Due: August 17, 2026 The Biological Oceanography Program supports fundamental research in biological oceanography and marine ecologyin environments ranging from …
Decision, Risk and Management Sciences

Decision, Risk and Management Sciences

Due: August 18, 2026 The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program (DRMS) supports scientific research directed at increasing understanding and …
Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network: Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development of Disorders of the Nervous System

Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network: Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development of Disorders of the Nervous System

Due: August 18, 2026 The Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN) invites applications from neuroscience investigators seeking support to advance their small …
Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project

Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project

Due: August 20, 2026 Leveraging foreign assistance from the Pax Fund, this NOFO launches the Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence (AI) …
Predicting the Molecular Drivers of Flavor and Sensory Performance Sprint

Predicting the Molecular Drivers of Flavor and Sensory Performance Sprint

Due: August 18, 2026 Mondelez International seeks innovative analytical methods, technologies, and research capabilities that improve the ability to predict …
DoW Lupus, Idea Award

DoW Lupus, Idea Award

Due: August 24, 2026 This funding mechanism supports innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could ultimately lead to a critical discovery or …
Multi Modal Materials Analysis

Multi Modal Materials Analysis

Due: August 26, 2026 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative solutions in the technical area of …
DoW Lupus, Impact Award

DoW Lupus, Impact Award

Due: August 24, 2026 This funding mechanism supports high-risk/high-reward research that has the potential to make a major impact in …
DoW Lung Cancer Idea Development Award

DoW Lung Cancer Idea Development Award

Due: September 2, 2026 The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) supports conceptually …
Grant Opportunity: Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research

Grant Opportunity: Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research

DUE: September 7, 2026 The National Cancer Institute invites applications for projects to expand, improve, or transform the utility of …
Grant Opportunity: Assay development and screening for discovery of chemical probes, drugs or immunomodulators

Grant Opportunity: Assay development and screening for discovery of chemical probes, drugs or immunomodulators

DUE: September 7, 2026 Seeking applications for identification of small molecules that function to elucidate the biology of disease as …
Grant Opportunity: Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals

Grant Opportunity: Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals

DUE: November 5, 2026 Furthering the science of personal health informatics by providing meaningful and actionable insights to individuals through …
TechConnect Critical Technology Spotlights

TechConnect Critical Technology Spotlights

Due: November 18, 2026 The TechConnect Critical Technology Spotlights are an open innovation program focused on accelerating breakthrough technologies in …
Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education

Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education

Due: February 10, 2026 The Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) program invites innovative multidisciplinary and multisector investigations …
Grant Opportunity: Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics

Grant Opportunity: Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics

DUE: January 7, 2027 Funding available to promote preclinical and patient based studies examining the mechanism(s) through which incretin mimetics …
Grant Opportunity: Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care

Grant Opportunity: Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care

DUE: August 31, 2028 Funding opportunity to develop strategies and interventions to improve diagnostic safety in the heterogenous ambulatory care …
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects

AHRQ Health Services Research Projects

Due: October 6, 2029 The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to seek health services research grant …