Active Government Funding Opportunities

NSF Ocean Education supports ocean research integration through undergraduate internships (REU) and early-career faculty programs combining research with education. Funding enables universities and marine labs to train the next generation of ocean scientists.

Develop innovative insecticides, personal protective technologies, and pesticide application equipment to protect deployed military personnel from disease-carrying arthropods like mosquitoes, ticks, and emerging threats. Research focuses on new formulations, enhanced protection modalities, and improved vector control sustainability.

NASA GSFC seeks information on Ground Systems and Mission Operations (GSMO-4) support for science and Earth science missions including JWST, EOS, and GOES, encompassing systems engineering, launch operations, flight dynamics, and cloud infrastructure management.

DOE is offering vouchers to energy companies for performance validation, modeling, and certification support to accelerate commercialization of advanced energy technologies. Recipients gain access to testing, digital twin development, and failure-mode analysis to increase market readiness.

DOE is offering in-kind support vouchers to help states, tribes, and local governments streamline energy infrastructure siting and permitting processes. This accelerates commercialization of innovative energy technologies by reducing regulatory barriers.

DOE seeks companies with advanced energy technologies ready for commercialization or large-scale demonstration. Voucher-based in-kind support funds studies and analyses to accelerate market readiness and reduce commercial risk.

Fund marine mammal rescue and stranding response efforts through grants supporting sick, injured, or entangled animal recovery, emergency response operations, and health data collection to advance understanding of marine mammal population trends.

Army Mentor-Protégé Program BAA incentivizes large contractors to develop small business capabilities through technical and business expertise partnerships to strengthen the Defense Industrial Base.

The DoW MURI program funds high-risk, multidisciplinary basic research aimed at breakthrough discoveries that have never been achieved before. It connects university researchers with military needs to develop revolutionary technologies and scientific advances.

This MURI program funds multidisciplinary university research teams addressing critical DoD scientific challenges. It supports cutting-edge R&D across multiple fields to develop innovative solutions for defense capabilities and national security.

NASA seeks atmospheric science research proposals advancing Earth's atmosphere understanding through innovative observational and modeling studies. This competitive program supports fundamental and applied research addressing climate, weather, and air quality challenges.

NASA solicits proposals for planetary science enabling facilities that support research infrastructure and capabilities. This program funds facility development to advance planetary exploration and scientific discovery through enhanced instrumentation and equipment.

NASA seeks theoretical and computational astrophysics research through networked collaborations to advance modeling and simulation capabilities. This program funds fundamental scientific research networks tackling complex astrophysical challenges through innovative computational approaches.

NASA seeks research proposals to advance cryosphere science and monitoring through Earth observation. This program funds competitive studies addressing ice sheet dynamics, glaciers, permafrost, and snow systems to improve climate understanding.

NASA seeks research proposals on hydrosphere science to advance understanding of Earth's water systems and their interactions with climate. This competitive grant program supports innovative studies addressing critical water cycle challenges through dual anonymous peer review.

NSF X-Labs Initiative soliciting innovative early-stage platform technologies for AI systems operating in physical environments including robotics, embodied systems, human-robot interfaces, advanced sensing, and cyber-physical systems.

Defense Logistics Agency 5-year, $50M R&D BAA seeking white papers on innovative logistics solutions. Covers supply chain optimization, process improvement, and strategic logistics initiatives aligned with DoD priorities.

NSF ELEGANT ecosystem program coordinating R&D in low-dimensional electronics for AI, HPC, and advanced communications. Seeks ecosystem coordinator and expert teams across five translation themes from materials to AI-enabled acceleration.

DEPSCoR funds science and engineering research at universities in underrepresented states to build DoD-relevant research capacity and national security capabilities. The program strengthens institutional competitiveness for federal research funding through multiyear grants.

NSF X-Labs Initiative seeks input on next-generation platform technology opportunities, technical bottlenecks, and enabling infrastructure to accelerate scientific breakthroughs through dedicated teams.

NSF seeks a Resource Center to translate PreK-12 STEM education research into actionable tools and strategies for teachers and policymakers. The center will connect researchers, share promising findings, and amplify the national impact of NSF's education research investments.

Build data science workforce capacity by engaging undergraduate and K-12 students in real-world data projects addressing community needs. This NSF initiative bridges the data-to-knowledge gap through partnerships that produce workforce-ready data scientists while advancing STEM education and broadening participation.

Department of Energy Chain Reaction Innovations program supporting energy technology innovation. Full details available in attached documentation.

DoD seeks to prototype TITANS, a veteran-led innovation workforce model embedding military talent into federal, academic, and commercial innovation roles. The program bridges operationally-grounded expertise with emerging technology development to accelerate dual-use capability transition.