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Medical Decontamination Personnel Skin

Medical Decontamination Personnel Skin

Anticipated Release Date: Q4 2027 This opportunity requires membership in the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC). This Consortium releases numerous …
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 …
CIND (All States of Matter for Various Chemical Hazards)

CIND (All States of Matter for Various Chemical Hazards)

Anticipated Release Date: TBD Chemical indicators; Low-cost, easy to use, ultra-low SWaP modular open system based chemical detector that is …
Far Forward Biological Sequencing, FFBS, Increment 2

Far Forward Biological Sequencing, FFBS, Increment 2

Anticipated Release Date: TBD FFBS Increment 2 will focus on automating the sample preparation process and meeting any key performance …
CIND, All States of Matters For Various Chemical Hazards

CIND, All States of Matters For Various Chemical Hazards

Anticipated Release: TBD Chemical indicators; Low-cost, easy to use, ultra-low SWaP modular open system based chemical detector that is widely …
Capabilities and Needs for Future Respiratory and Ocular Protection Systems

Capabilities and Needs for Future Respiratory and Ocular Protection Systems

Anticipated Release Date: TBD This topic aims to provide novel, low-burden masks for the general purpose warfighter utilizing innovative materials …
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 Date: Q42027 Host response based test to predict illness severity. Responding to this opportunity requires membership in the …
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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Innovative Research in Cancer Nanotechnology

Innovative Research in Cancer Nanotechnology

Due: May 4, 2026 Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) encourages applications promoting transformative …
Modeling the Gut Microbiota of Child Populations Sprint

Modeling the Gut Microbiota of Child Populations Sprint

Due: May 4, 2026 Mondelez, a global leader in fast-moving consumer goods, seeks long-term collaboration with US-based research partners possessing …
Evidence-Based Formal Methods Integration for Enhanced Software Assurance

Evidence-Based Formal Methods Integration for Enhanced Software Assurance

Due: May 5, 2026 Responding to this opportunity requires membership in the Naval Surface Technology and Innovation Consortium (NSTIC). This Consortium …
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program FY 2026

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program FY 2026

Due: May 5, 2026 The Bureau of Reclamation’s Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program aims to improve the skill of water …
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Biospecimen Access

NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Biospecimen Access

Due: May 5, 2026 The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is the largest longitudinal study of brain development and …
Expertise in the Inhibition of Glycemic Peaks Sprint

Expertise in the Inhibition of Glycemic Peaks Sprint

Due: May 6, 2026 Mondelez, a global leader in snacks, seeks long-term collaboration with US experts having knowledge natural compounds …
Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Program Implementation for People Who Use Substances

Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Program Implementation for People Who Use Substances

Due: May 7, 2026 This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) encourages formative research, intervention development, and pilot-testing of interventions. Primary …
Understanding Expectancies in Cancer Symptom Management

Understanding Expectancies in Cancer Symptom Management

May 7, 2026 This Notice of Funding Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports research on expectancy-generating factors and measures of their effects …
NIDCR Small Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data

NIDCR Small Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data

Due: May 7, 2026 The purpose of this NOFO is to announce support for meritorious research projects that address research …
HIV Prevention and Alcohol

HIV Prevention and Alcohol

Due: May 7, 2026 The NOFO seeks to expand the HIV/AIDS prevention toolkit among alcohol impacted populations with a range …
Priority HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of NIDDK

Priority HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of NIDDK

Due: May 7, 2026 This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to stimulate HIV/AIDS research within the mission of the …
Advancing HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of the NIDCD

Advancing HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of the NIDCD

Due: May 7, 2026 The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to stimulate HIV/AIDS research within the …
Early Immune System Development and Ontogeny

Early Immune System Development and Ontogeny

Due: May 7, 2026 The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is tofurther elucidate the mechanisms of early …
NIDCR Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data

NIDCR Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data

Due: May 7, 2026 The purpose of this NOFO is to announce support for meritorious research projects that address research …
Small R01s for Clinical Trials Targeting Diseases within the Mission of NIDDK

Small R01s for Clinical Trials Targeting Diseases within the Mission of NIDDK

Due: May 7, 2026 This Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFO) encourages the submission of pilot and feasibility clinical trials conducted …
Protean

Protean

Due: May 7, 2026 This Research Announcement represents a solicitation for a research thrust, entitled Protean, that will focus on …
Assay Development and Screening for Discovery of Validated Chemical Hits for Brain Disorders

Assay Development and Screening for Discovery of Validated Chemical Hits for Brain Disorders

Due: May 7, 2026 The objective of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to stimulate research in 1) discovery …
Development and Application of PET and SPECT Imaging Ligands as Biomarkers for Drug Discovery and for Pathophysiological Studies of CNS Disorders

Development and Application of PET and SPECT Imaging Ligands as Biomarkers for Drug Discovery and for Pathophysiological Studies of CNS Disorders

Due: May 7, 2026 This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites research grant applications that propose the development and evaluation …
Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Due: May 7, 2026 The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support translational and clinical research …
Neuromuscular Junction Micro-Physiological Systems for Botulinum Neurotoxin Potency Measurement and Medical Countermeasures Evaluation

Neuromuscular Junction Micro-Physiological Systems for Botulinum Neurotoxin Potency Measurement and Medical Countermeasures Evaluation

Due: May 11, 2026 The objective of this RFI is to assess the current landscape of human-relevant neuromuscular junction (NMJ) …
TRMC S&T

TRMC S&T

Due: May 11, 2026 Responding to this opportunity requires membership in the Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TREX II). This Consortium …
Collaboration for Innovative Research on Aircraft Structure (CIRAS)

Collaboration for Innovative Research on Aircraft Structure (CIRAS)

Due: May 11, 2026 Collaboration for Innovative Research on Aircraft Structure (CIRAS) The Aerospace Vehicles Division (RQV), Aerospace Systems Directorate …
Lithium Battery Abusive Testing Capabilities

Lithium Battery Abusive Testing Capabilities

Due: May 13, 2026 This Request for Information (RFI) is issued by the Expeditionary Missions Consortium – Crane (EMC²) in …
Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms Program

Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms Program

Due: May 14, 2026 The purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean …
Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood

Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood

Due: May 14, 2026 The purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean …
Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers

Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers

Due: May 18. 2026 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams of clinical and …
AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS

AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS

Due: May 25, 2026 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Division of AIDS Research (DAR) encourages applications for Center …
NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research Project: Resource Center Grant

NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research Project: Resource Center Grant

Due: May 25, 2026 The NEI uses UG1 cooperative agreement awards to support investigator-initiated large-scale clinical trials, human gene-transfer, stem …
Food-Safe Lubricants for Commercial-Scale Production Sprint

Food-Safe Lubricants for Commercial-Scale Production Sprint

Due: May 26, 2026 TechConnect’s client, an international snack and candy producer, seeks innovative food-safe lubricants for use on its …
TechConnect Critical Technology Spotlights

TechConnect Critical Technology Spotlights

Due: May 29, 2026 The TechConnect Critical Technology Spotlights represent six targeted innovation tracks aligned with U.S. national priorities and …
Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases

Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases

Due: June 2, 2026 This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) provides funding to conduct efficacy studies in an established rare …
Impact of Initial Influenza Exposure on Immunity in Infants

Impact of Initial Influenza Exposure on Immunity in Infants

Due: June 4, 2026 The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support the establishment or continuation …
Protecting U.S. Critical Energy Investments Through C-UAS and UAS Surveillance Capabilities in Iraq

Protecting U.S. Critical Energy Investments Through C-UAS and UAS Surveillance Capabilities in Iraq

Due: June 8, 2026 The Department of State’s Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) announces this funding opportunity to protect American economic …
Safety Innovation Challenge: Energy Control

Safety Innovation Challenge: Energy Control

Due: June 10, 2026 Across a broad range of industries and occupations, workers rely on technologies to control hazardous energy, …
Standardizing Data and Metadata from Wearable Devices

Standardizing Data and Metadata from Wearable Devices

Due: June 10, 2026 The purpose of this NOFO is to support the creation of standards and related efforts that …
Consortium for Nuclear Forensics

Consortium for Nuclear Forensics

Due: June 10, 2026 Direct-fund basic research at universities that complement applied research in nuclear forensics at the DOE National …
BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System

BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System

Due: June 15, 2026 A central goal of the BRAIN Initiative is to understand how electrical and chemical signals code …
BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System

BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System

Due: June 16, 2026 This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks applications to optimize instrumentation and device technologies for recording …
Clinical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Neurological or Neuromuscular Disorders

Clinical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Neurological or Neuromuscular Disorders

Due: June 22, 2026 The purpose of this Program Announcement (PAR) is to enable clinical validation of strong candidate biomarkers …
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement

Due: June 22, 2026 The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is interested in receiving white papers for Research …
Precision Measurement Grant Program

Precision Measurement Grant Program

Due: June 22, 2026 The Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for activities to conduct …
Analytical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Neurological or Neuromuscular Disorders

Analytical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Neurological or Neuromuscular Disorders

Due: June 22, 2026 The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support rigorous analytical validation of …
Digital Health Technology Derived Biomarkers and Outcome Assessments for Remote Monitoring and Endpoint Development

Digital Health Technology Derived Biomarkers and Outcome Assessments for Remote Monitoring and Endpoint Development

Due: June 22, 2026 The purpose of this proposed Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFO) is to support development of biomarkers …
Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets

Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets

June 23, 2026 Many valuable and widely available data sets have been generated by multiple Common Fund programs. The purpose …
Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative

Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative

June 24, 2026 This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications to develop web-accessible data archives to capture, store, and …
Production and Distribution Facilities for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access Reagents

Production and Distribution Facilities for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access Reagents

Due: July 1, 2026 This BRAIN Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support scaled reagent production and distribution …
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs)

Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs)

Due: July 1, 2026 The DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces a re-competition of the Energy Frontier …
NIH SIREN Neurologic Clinical Trials

NIH SIREN Neurologic Clinical Trials

Due: July 9, 2026 This announcement (NOFO) encourages applications for multi-center clinical trials focused on neurological emergencies. Successful applicants will …
Clinical Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Natural Products

Clinical Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Natural Products

Due: July 14, 2026 This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages cooperative agreement applications for investigator-initiated, multi-site, clinical trials (Phase …
Data Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions

Data Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions

Due: July 14, 2026 This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), utilizing the U24 grant funding mechanism, encourages applications for a …
Ocean Technology Transition Program

Ocean Technology Transition Program

Due: July 15, 2026 The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) is a national and regional partnership working to provide …
Arctic Research Opportunities

Arctic Research Opportunities

Due: July 15, 2026 The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to the Arctic …
Social Psychology

Social Psychology

Due: July 15, 2026 The Social Psychology Program at NSF supports theoretically focused empirical investigations that advance fundamental social psychological …
HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome

HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome

Due: July 16, 2026 The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for pilot projects …
Linguistics

Linguistics

Due: July 15, 2026 The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the …
Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity

Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity

Due: July 20, 2026 This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports critical minerals and materials. Critical minerals and materials (CMM) …
Developmental Sciences

Developmental Sciences

Due: July 30, 2026 Developmental Sciences supports basic research that increases our understanding of perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and …
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 …
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 …
Physical Oceanography

Physical Oceanography

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

Chemical Oceanography

Due: August 17, 2026 The Chemical Oceanography Program supports research into the chemistry of the oceans and the role of …
Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development of Disorders of the Nervous System

Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): 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 …
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 …
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 …