Department of Defense grants

Every open and upcoming grant from Department of Defense, with deadlines, award amounts and eligibility.

80 open, 8 coming up

Due in October 2026

ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes in 6 days

Due in November 2026

DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 11 days
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 11 days
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Resource Development Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 11 days
DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 11 days
DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 11 days
DoW Parkinson’s, Early Investigator Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 13 days
DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 13 days
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

Department of Defense $50K to $3M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes in 13 days
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

Department of Defense $50K to $3M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes in 13 days
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

Department of Defense $50K to $7M Public and state-controlled colleges

Closes in 13 days
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Translation Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 19 days
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 19 days
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 19 days
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 19 days
DoW Vision, Clinical Trial Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 19 days
DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 19 days
DoW Vision, Translational Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 19 days
DoW Joint Warfighter Medical, Military Medical Research and Development Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 23 days
Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research

Department of Defense $250K to $500K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes in 23 days
DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 25 days
DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 25 days
DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 25 days
DoW Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 25 days
DoW Orthopaedic, Clinical Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 25 days
DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 25 days
DoW Rare Cancers Resource and Community Development Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 25 days
DoW Toxic Exposures Clinical Trial Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 26 days
DoW Toxic Exposures Investigator Initiated Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 26 days
DoW Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes in 26 days

Due in December 2026

The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Cooperative Agreement

Department of Defense Up to $1.3B Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 3
Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

Department of Defense $150K to $450K Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 4
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program

Department of Defense $450K to $525K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 11
Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 14
TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 22
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 30
FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 31

Due in January 2027

ERDC Broad Agency Announcement

Department of Defense Up to $1000M Small businesses eligible

Closes Jan 1, 2027
Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Jan 13, 2027

Due in March 2027

Deployed Warfighter Protection FY27

Department of Defense $20K to $1.1M Small businesses eligible

Closes Mar 17, 2027
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Mar 31, 2027

Due in April 2027

FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)

Department of Defense $200K to $600K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Apr 5, 2027
FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) CAPACITY BUILDING (CB)

Department of Defense $750K to $1.5M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Apr 5, 2027
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

Department of Defense Up to $7.5M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Apr 9, 2027
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

Department of Defense Up to $15M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Apr 9, 2027
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

Department of Defense Up to $7.5M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Apr 9, 2027
LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes Apr 30, 2027

Due in June 2027

Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Jun 22, 2027

Due in August 2027

Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Aug 27, 2027
US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Indo-Pacific Fundamental Research Collaboration Opportunities

Department of Defense From $10K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Aug 30, 2027

Due in September 2027

Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes Sep 18, 2027
CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes Sep 30, 2027
CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes Sep 30, 2027
DOD Defense Health Agency (DHA) Research & Development FY23-FY27 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT for Extramural Medical Research

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes Sep 30, 2027

Due in November 2027

DEVCOM ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Nov 20, 2027

Due in January 2028

DEVCOM ANALYSIS CENTER BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPLIED RESEARCH

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Jan 4, 2028
DoW’s Energy, Installations, and Environment Innovation Partners Programs

Department of Defense Up to $100M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Jan 8, 2028

Due in February 2028

NDEP STEM Open NFO

Department of Defense $100K to $10M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Feb 8, 2028

Due in April 2028

UNITED STATES ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (ARI) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BASIC, APPLIED, AND ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Apr 30, 2028

Due in July 2028

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) for Extramural Biomedical and Human Performance Research and Development Department of Defense

Department of Defense $750K to $50M Small businesses eligible

Closes Jul 31, 2028

Due in August 2028

Defense Security Cooperation University - Research Grants

Department of Defense $2,500 to $800K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Aug 7, 2028

Due in December 2028

FOUNDATIONS OF TRUSTED SYSTEMS

Department of Defense Up to $99.9M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 5, 2028

Due in April 2029

ARMY APPLICATIONS LAB BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE APPLICATIONS

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Apr 4, 2029

Due in May 2029

Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)

Department of Defense Up to $24.9M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes May 22, 2029

Due in July 2029

Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments

Department of Defense Up to $49M Small businesses eligible

Closes Jul 18, 2029

Due in August 2029

Air Force Basic Research Sciences Conference and Workshop Support

Department of Defense $1 to $2M Nonprofits eligible

Closes Aug 31, 2029

Due in September 2029

Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval

Department of Defense Up to $99M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Sep 9, 2029

Due in January 2030

Research Initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School

Department of Defense Nonprofits eligible

Closes Jan 13, 2030
Department of War Cyber Service Academy (DoW CSA)

Department of Defense $50K to $20M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Jan 22, 2030

Due in February 2030

US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Broad Agency Announcement

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Feb 27, 2030

Due in June 2030

Staff Research Program

Department of Defense $200K to $10M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Jun 2, 2030

Due in August 2031

National Center for Narrative Intelligence (NCNI)

Department of Defense Up to $6M Public and state-controlled colleges

Closes Aug 19, 2031

Rolling or no fixed deadline

Continuing Human Enabling Enhancing Restoring and Sustaining

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Rolling or no fixed deadline
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Rolling or no fixed deadline
Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Rolling or no fixed deadline
Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC)

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Rolling or no fixed deadline
Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Rolling or no fixed deadline
Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Department of Defense Up to $10M Others (see eligibility details)

Rolling or no fixed deadline
Research Interests of the United States Air Force Academy (formerly USAFA-BAA-2021)

Department of Defense Up to $99M Small businesses eligible

Rolling or no fixed deadline
Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver

Department of Defense $100K to $2.3M Others (see eligibility details)

Rolling or no fixed deadline

Coming up

Forecast by the funder but not open yet. Dates are estimates.

Broad Agency Announcement for Fundamental AI Research

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Expected, date not set
DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTATION RESEARCH ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUCEMENT (DETER ARA)

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Expected, date not set
DRAFT Community Noise Mitigation Program

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Expected, date not set
Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Broad Agency Announcement for Fiscal Year 2026

Department of Defense $100K to $450K Private colleges and universities

Expected, date not set
NFRP Outreach and Invitation for Response

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Expected, date not set
Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA)

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Expected, date not set
STARBASE Cherry Point

Department of Defense Nonprofits eligible

Expected, date not set
STARBASE Wright Patt

Department of Defense Independent school districts

Expected, date not set

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