Active Government Funding Opportunities

This RFP seeks development of a luminescence-based measurement technique to simultaneously capture pressure and temperature data in non-oxygen hypersonic wind tunnels. Current pressure-sensitive paint technology requires oxygen in the flow, limiting advanced facilities like nitrogen-based tunnels to discrete measurements.

The Air Force is seeking optimized, lightweight optical beam control systems for airborne high-energy lasers. Proposals should focus on compact internal packaging using advanced materials, ruggedized designs, and precision assembly techniques that prioritize alignment, maintainability, and contamination resistance.

The Navy seeks a redesigned Input-Output Unit (IOU) that consolidates signal processing for naval vessels using simplified, modular hardware instead of multiple proprietary circuit cards. This modernized approach reduces lifecycle costs while maintaining continuous operation across legacy and future shipboard systems.

AEDC seeks a high-speed hyperspectral imaging system to simultaneously measure surface temperature and emissivity on test articles during ground testing. The solution must achieve 4000 Hz capture rates across 0-1500°F with submillimeter spatial resolution and ±10°F accuracy.

This RFP seeks mature counter-UAS technologies to detect, identify, and defeat low-altitude unmanned aircraft threatening tactical forces and infrastructure. Solutions should operate independently in denied environments without requiring permanent infrastructure, cloud connectivity, or target RF emissions.

ERDC seeks engineering designs for an emergency closure system to rapidly halt uncontrolled water flow at Winfield Locks and Dam during primary gate failure. The unique challenge: deploying a deployable barrier via barge-mounted crane under active flow conditions while respecting existing infrastructure constraints and load limits.

NSF seeks small businesses to develop next-generation scientific instrumentation and experimental platforms that enable breakthrough discoveries. This pilot program funds innovative tools and AI-driven research infrastructure to advance the U.S. scientific enterprise.

NSF supports foundational physics research across multiple domains—from quantum systems and particle physics to cosmology and living systems. This opportunity funds intellectually ambitious, potentially transformative research without requiring near-term commercial outcomes.

Navy seeks engineering and software development support for submarine C4I systems, featuring hardware prototypes, SUBSAFE compliance, and CMMI Level 3 development over five years.

USSOCOM seeks innovative solutions for SOF combat diving communications, diver propulsion systems, and maritime domain awareness sensors integrated on unmanned surface vehicles.

NSF seeks to transform open-source tools into secure, sustainable ecosystems addressing national challenges in AI, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure. Funding supports establishing governance structures, expanding promising projects, and enhancing safety and security across distributed developer communities.

NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY supports K-12 educators, technologists, and researchers collaborating to develop AI-integrated learning solutions and tools. Teams co-design evidence-based technologies addressing real challenges identified by students and educators to prepare the workforce for an AI-driven future.

Support early-career scientists conducting dissertation research on Arctic environmental and social systems change. Funding advances fundamental understanding of rapid Arctic transformation and builds STEM workforce capacity in polar sciences.

NSF seeks research on how engineers develop professional skills across education, training, and workplace contexts. Projects should integrate engineering and social science expertise to build pathways creating ethical, globally-competent engineers ready for evolving technical careers.

Five-year ongoing BAA soliciting innovative concepts, technological innovations, prototypes, and scientific breakthroughs to enhance Missile Defense System robustness and effectiveness.

NASA seeks early-stage research to advance Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) performance beyond traditional chemical rockets. Multi-institutional teams will develop transformative propulsion technologies for future civil-space applications.

Build interdisciplinary research networks combining learning science, education practice, and data science to create high-value datasets advancing K-12 mathematics learning. Phase I funds dataset generation; Phase II establishes a collaborative platform for sustained innovation.

NSF seeks foundational engineering research across chemical processes, bioengineering, energy, and transport systems. Support covers intellectually ambitious work to advance knowledge in resource management, biological systems, and multi-scale transport phenomena without requiring near-term commercialization.

NSF seeks foundational research on wave-based computing approaches that leverage wave dynamics principles for novel computation methods. Projects will advance transformative computing paradigms with potential long-term impact on strategic technology priorities.

NSF seeks engineering faculty to develop expertise in education research focused on professional formation of engineers. This program builds a new research community to address how engineers are trained and shaped for inclusive, responsive practice.

Develop expertise at the intersection of AI and biology to become a field leader applying machine learning to biological systems. This fellowship trains postdocs to drive biotechnology breakthroughs and innovations that strengthen the U.S. economy.

NSF seeks proposals to develop and operate novel national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems that enable data-intensive and AI-driven research across science and engineering disciplines.

NSF seeks proposals to unlock hidden value in existing scientific datasets through AI-driven feature extraction, metadata generation, and automated analysis pipelines. Enable interdisciplinary discovery by harmonizing data for AI tools while addressing security, governance, and community contribution frameworks.

NSF is funding regional AI Infrastructure Hubs to expand computing access for AI-enabled scientific discovery. This program connects researchers to shared compute resources while developing workforce expertise in AI applications across science and engineering.

NSF BIO Core funds foundational and interdisciplinary biological research across all organizational levels—from molecules to ecosystems. Support spans exploratory projects to long-term studies addressing legacy and emerging areas of biological science.