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Grants, Competitions & Funding Opportunities

The DOS - US Mission to Luxembourg is offering a grant called “Bolstering Security and Defense.” There is $15K available in funding. Submittals are due May 4.

Navy is offering a challenge called “Electronic Warfare (EW) Battlefield Realism.” Design affordable, realistic EMS battlefield training. There is $150,000 in total prizes. Phase 1 closes May 23.

Navy is offering another challenge called “Threat Simulation Environment for Enabling Synthetic Inject to Live (SILT).” Design innovative training: EW simulation without EMS emissions. There is $150,000 in prizes. Phase 1 closes May 23.

The NIWCP has a BAA called “C4ISR, Information Operations, Cyberspace Operations, and Information Technology System Research, Cryogenics, and Quantum.” Applications are due June 9.

NAVAIR has an open BAA for white papers on any topic. Applications are due June 20.

DARPA has a grant available called “Exponentiating Mathematics (expMath).” Funding #: HR001125S0010. Applications are due July 8.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has a challenge called “Life Threatening Situations Extended Reality Trainer Challenge” where developers are asked to create a VR training solution for rapid, realistic naval mechanics training. Phase 1 closes July 18. There is $170,000 in prizes.

NASA is offering a challenge called “Beyond the Algorithm.” Design novel computing architectures for flood analysis. Three winners will receive $100,000 each. Phase 1 closes July 25.

NSF is offering a grant called “Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL).” Funding #PD-19-127Y. Applications are due August 6.

NSF is offering a grant called “Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence.” Funding #24-569. There is a $1.5M award ceiling. Proposals are due October 10, 2025.

AFRL is offering grant funding for “Geospatial Intelligence Processing and Exploitation (GeoPEX).” There is $100M in funding available. Applications are due September 30, 2026.

USAID has a challenge called “Innovating to Counter Transnational Corruption Open Call.” There is $5 million in funding. Applications are open through September 30, 2026.

Air Force Office of Scientific Research has an open opportunity for “Research Interests,” which is open for ideas that offer benefits to our national war fighting and peacekeeping capabilities. Up to $100M in awards. No posted closing date.