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POST DATE: 05/18/2026

FUNDING CATEGORY: Health & Medicine

OPPORTUNITY: Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program: Research Advancement Award

FUNDING AGENCY: DOD

AWARD AMOUNT: $1,400,000

LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE: July 16, 2026

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 30, 2026

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POST DATE: 05/11/2026

FUNDING CATEGORY: Education

OPPORTUNITY: Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Program Competition

FUNDING AGENCY: U.S. Dept of Education

AWARD AMOUNT: $500,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 23, 2026

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POST DATE: 05/11/2026

FUNDING CATEGORY: Health & Medicine

OPPORTUNITY: Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Biomedical Research and Development

FUNDING AGENCY: USAMRAA

AWARD AMOUNT: $10,000,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 31, 2026

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RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (47)
Computer Science & Data Science, Engineering
Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
DOD   |   LOI DUE DATE: 09/09/2029  |  

OPPORTUNITY: Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval

FUNDING AGENCY: DOD

AWARD AMOUNT: $3,000,000 – $35,000,000

LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE: September 9, 2029

DESCRIPTION: Seeking innovative research to develop, demonstrate, integrate, test, evaluate, and deliver technologies that process and exploit multi-source, multi-domain classified, open source, non-traditional source data to improve Battlespace Awareness, derive decision quality information, and automate analysis/decision processes.

NOTE: Air Force Research Laboratory

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Engineering, Health & Medicine, Natural & Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Workforce Development
Staff Research Program – US Army Materiel Command (AMC)
DOD   |   FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: 06/02/2030FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Rolling Deadline

OPPORTUNITY: Staff Research Program – US Army Materiel Command (AMC)

FUNDING AGENCY: DOD

AWARD AMOUNT: TBD

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 2, 2030

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Rolling Deadline

DESCRIPTION: Abstract The ARO is soliciting proposals for Staff Research Program opportunities. The purpose of the program is to enable ARO scientific staff to maintain and expand professional competence in support of fulfilling the ARO mission through the conduct of hands-on, basic research. The staff research will be performed collaboratively with institutions external to ARO. Staff research efforts will involve scientific study directed toward advancing the state-of-the-art or increasing knowledge and scientific understanding in engineering, physical, life and information sciences, when there is an intersection with the interests and capabilities of the participating external institutions in these basic research areas.

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