February Funding Opportunities

We're switching up our monthly newsletter releases from beginning of month to mid month! Watch out for the full newsletter in mid-Feb, and here are some funding opportunities to kick off the month!

Feb 7 2024: SBIR: Funding Available for Multiple Technologies| Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) | All DoD Agencies

Innovators with solutions for junctional tourniquets, the rapid manufacturing of braces and splints, a pathogen inactivation device, or a wireless, wearable metabolic sensor may submit their solutions to the DHA for the opportunity to receive funding. https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/login

12 Feb 2024 Defense Innovation Unit sUSV Commercial Solutions Offering Discussed above.  

$1M Available for Global Fishing Forecast Technologies | Feb. 16, 2024 | Prize Challenge | NSIN - National Security Innovation Network and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Innovators with novel methods to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing may win part of a $1 million prize pool during the NSIN and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Present: Global Fishing Forecast Grand Challenge. Submissions are due Feb. 16. Attend an Ask Me Anything session on Jan. 29, to learn more about the challenge.

Further Out

March 5, 2024  N244-D04: "Direct to Phase II: Next-generation Autonomy for Unmanned Maritime Vehicles (UMVs)- Navy Open Topic.  This follows quickly on the heels of the announcement by Defense Innovation Unit 

April 10 2024 |$1.7M Available for Synthetic Data Generation | Other Transaction Solicitation Call | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)  Innovators with synthetic data generation capabilities for both structured and unstructured data that maintain data privacy and security may submit their solutions to DHS for the opportunity to receive up to $1.7 million in funding. Submissions are due April 10.

April 30 2024 |$22.5M Available for AI-Powered Cybersecurity  Prize Challenge | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Innovators with the ability to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically secure the critical code that underpins Americans’ daily lives may submit applications to DARPA to take part in the AIxCC AI Cyber Challenge for the opportunity to win part of the $22.5 million prize pool. There are two tracks of competition, registration for the Open Track is due April 30.

May 16 2024 |Funding Available for Research in Multiple Topic Areas  Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Innovators with research that addresses one of the FBI Enterprise BAA Problem Sets and could improve artificial intelligence (AI), counterintelligence and security, mission-enhancing science and technology, or mission support capabilities may submit their research to the FBI for the opportunity to receive funding. Submissions are due May 16.

September 9 2024 |Funding Available for Multiple Technologies | Sept. 9, 2024 | Broad Agency Announcement | Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL)

Innovators with research that covers the topic areas of interest of ONR or MCWL (find topic areas under the “BAA” tab) may submit their proposals for the opportunity to receive funding from ONR or MCWL. Submissions are due Sept. 9.