instrumentation funding
110 open opportunities tagged instrumentation, across federal agencies and private foundations. Sorted by deadline.
NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks to advance its mission by maintaining strong, productive, and secure international research collaborations in support of the NIH mission.-based) prime organization and foreign organizations.
20 review criteria on filePublic Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN
This NOFO is the fourth issued under NTIA’s Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (PWSCIF or Innovation Fund).
ARMY ARM26BX03-NP006 — xTech|Inversion Competition
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3 review criteria on fileFiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Program
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $21 million in competitive grants under the Buses and Bus Facilities Program to assist in the financing of buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing or leasing buses or related equipment, and…
OSD OSW26BZ05-DV023 — Quantum Sensor Gravity Data Production & Analysis for Maritime Floor Mapping
Develop a quantum sensor gravitydata production & analysis for maritime floor mapping
3 review criteria on fileNative American Affairs: Fiscal Year 2025 Colorado River Basin Tribal Drought Resiliency Program
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Review criteria on fileDMEA DME26TZ05-NP001 — Cable Connector Enhancement
Development and validation of a robust, multiform factor applicable solution that is able to strengthen commercial of the shelf (COTS) cable connection points on variety of existing fabricated boards to remove the burden and re design and fabrication with custom solutions for enabling more robust connections.
3 review criteria on fileNAVY DON26BZ05-DV085 — DIRECT TO PHASE II: Persistent Non-Destructive Inspection System for Airfield Readiness and Foreign Object Debris Mitigation
, Pavement Condition Index (PCI) and alignment with applicable ASTM/FAA standards, without prescribing specific report formats or alerting implementations.
3 review criteria on fileDTRA DTR26TZ05-NP001 — Novel Technologies for CWMD and Related Threats
Develop novel technologies with commercial and national security applications that enable the detection (or indication and warning) of radiological or nuclear threats without the need for bespoke sensors—using only signals from general-purpose military hardware, commercially-available devices proliferate in civil society, and…
3 review criteria on fileNAVY DON26BZ05-NV068 — Intelligent Tools for Naval Aircrew Performance and Readiness
Research, develop, and demonstrate innovative methods for designing intelligent human performance systems to enhance Naval Aircrew readiness. These systems will track, predict, and mitigate cognitive, physical, and psychological vulnerabilities, serving as prehabilitation and protection tools.
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26BZ05-DV033 — Dynamic Open Systems Enclave
This topic seeks to develop a dynamic host platform-agnostic software suite that will securely integrate a large amount of information from multiple data sources into a single, common operating picture for the pilot. This integration will reduce the real-time pilot workload in order to employ effectively in combat scenarios.
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26BZ05-NV027 — Integrating Neural Architectures for Brain-Inspired AI with Low SWAP
This SBIR solicitation seeks innovative research and development of novel AI architectures that integrate multiple neural network paradigms into a unified framework.
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26BZ05-DV032 — F-35 Agnostic Rapid Weapons Integration
This effort is focused on the development of a rapid, modular, and scalable weapons integration architecture, developed on the Open Systems Enclave (OSE) system, that can deploy a broader range of munitions in months (vs years) in order to solve a critical interoperability constraint, increase the capacity of 5th generation platforms;…
3 review criteria on fileNAVY DON26BZ05-DV087 — DIRECT TO PHASE II: Edge-Deployed Explainable Digital-Twin Condition Based Maintenance CBM+ Platforms for Carrier-Based Systems
Develop Digital Twin modeling and simulation, leveraging existing and new sensors to detect faults and predict possible failures in Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) to provide advance notice and prepare “maintainers” performing Condition Based Maintenance (CBM).
3 review criteria on fileDMEA DME26BZ05-NV001 — Additive Manufacturing for Flexible Electronics
The Department of War (DoW) is seeking the development of additive manufacturing of electronics (AME) processes by small businesses. Additive Manufacturing Methods are being investigated as an alternative to standard commercial Advanced Packaging techniques and Organic Substrate Fabrication.
3 review criteria on fileDARPA DPA26BZ05-DV022 — Commercialization of Ultra-High Payload-to-Weight UAS Subsystems
The overarching objective is to mature and commercialize revolutionary Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) subsystem designs capable of breaking the 4:1 payload-to-weight ratio.
3 review criteria on fileNAVY DON26BZ05-NV069 — Wearable Real-Time Command-and-Control Interface for Enhanced Naval Situational Awareness
Develop, demonstrate, and deliver a production-ready, wearable, real-time Command-and-Control (C2) interface utilizing Mixed Reality (MR) technology with spatial anchoring that integrates and fuses multi-domain naval sensor data from Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2).
3 review criteria on fileDTRA DTR26BZ05-NP001 — Novel Technologies for CWMD and Related Threats
Develop novel technologies with commercial and national security applications that enable the detection (or indication and warning) of radiological or nuclear threats without the need for bespoke sensors—using only signals from general-purpose military hardware, commercially-available devices proliferate in civil society, and…
3 review criteria on fileDARPA DPA26BZ05-DV021 — Open Architecture Platform for Underwater Vehicles for Rapid Adaptation, Collaborative Sensing, Navigation, and Autonomy
Develop and demonstrate a modular, open-architecture autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platform that enables rapid payload adaptation, scalable fleet deployment, advanced multi-vehicle collaboration, and resilient autonomous navigation.
3 review criteria on fileOSD OSW26BZ05-DV018 — Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Radar Data Compression
g. autoencoders or transformer models) to compress raw radar data into low-bit representations for efficient storage/transmission, with reconstruction that preserves radar utility.
3 review criteria on fileDARPA DPA26BZ05-DV019 — Semantically-Aware ISR
Develop and demonstrate a mission-aware semantic communications capability for low-SWaP tactical ISR platforms that reduces transmitted multimodal ISR data while preserving mission-relevant context under degraded, disrupted, intermittent, and limited communications.
3 review criteria on fileOSD OSW26TZ05-NV003 — High Throughput Wafer Scale Manufacturing of Custom Achromatic Infrared Meta Optics
Develop cost effective, high throughput wafer scale manufacturing processes for custom achromatic meta optic components operating in the mid wave infrared (MWIR, 3–5 µm) or long wave infrared (LWIR, 8–14 µm) spectral bands.
3 review criteria on fileNAVY DON26BZ05-DV083 — DIRECT TO PHASE II: Solution to Reduce Towing Based Mishaps During Flightline Operations
Develop advanced, modular technology to enhance situational awareness and collision-prevention during aircraft towing operations; both at land-based airfields and on shipboard flight decks.
3 review criteria on fileOSD OSW26BZ05-DV022 — Signal Classification and Anomaly Detection in Contested Spectral Environments
To develop and demonstrate a flexible, scalable, and robust Machine Learning (ML)-based software processers capable of running on COTS platforms to identify and classify known and unknown Radio Frequency (RF) signals in complex, contested spectral environments.
3 review criteria on fileOSD OSW26BZ05-NV021 — Co-packaging Digital Readout Integrated Circuits and Photonics for Advanced Infrared Imaging
Model, design, and produce a readout integrated circuit with a photonic digital output for an infrared sensor demonstration in a cryogenic environment.
3 review criteria on fileOSD OSW26BZ05-NV017 — Sensing Algorithms for Bandwidth Efficient Edge Radars (SABER)
Develop techniques for decentralized radar systems that will enable cooperative target inferences across tactical networks with N = 3 or more nodes while minimizing/optimizing required per-node effective communications bandwidth.
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26BZ05-DV031 — F-16 Agnostic Rapid Weapons Integration
This effort is focused on a rapid, modular, and scalable weapons integration architecture, developed on the Open Systems Enclave (OSE) system, that can deploy a broader range of munitions in months (vs years) in order to solve a critical interoperability constraint, enhance the relevance of legacy platform; and enable greater agility,…
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26BZ05-NV028 — Ultra-Sensitive Quantum Telemetry Receiver
The objective of this Phase I SBIR effort is to investigate the feasibility and foundational principles for a highly sensitive quantum telemetry receiver, capable of outperforming current classical receivers by orders of magnitude.
3 review criteria on fileOSD OSW26BZ05-DV020 — Joint Radar & Communication Waveforms
Embed information directly into transmitted radar waveforms, to lessen or remove requirements for separate communications datalinks.
3 review criteria on fileOSD OSW26BZ05-DV019 — Collaborative Distributed Swarm Radar
Develop novel signal processing methods to combine information from multiple small radar sensors such as those on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for potential signal processing performance improvement.
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26TZ05-NV005 — Real Time Enhanced Fine Tracking in Directed Energy Applications
Motivation: The growing threat of drone-based attacks has underscored the critical need for advanced counter-drone technology in the DoD. One area of interest is the potential for 3D imaging modalities to outperform 2D modalities in these circumstances.
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26BZ05-DV030 — High Temp Semiconductor Transistors for Hot DoW Environments and Electronic Warfare
This D2P2 topic is seeking high temperature semiconductor electronics device solutions, informed by circuit design, applicable to high temperature DoW environments and eectronic warfare applications.
3 review criteria on fileUSAF DAF26BX05-DV509 — Power the space: high-voltage radiation hardened power switches for space power and propulsion
, electrical propulsion) and high-voltage bus lines to advance space high-power systems. The desired results should deliver radiation-hardened (rad-hard) power switches with supplied voltage larger than 350 V up to 1 kV with high efficiency (> 80%).
3 review criteria on fileNAVY DON26BZ05-NV077 — Multi-Core Parallel Processing for Sensor Fusion Architecture
Investigate and develop an efficient architectural structure/design to optimize sensor fusion algorithms within multi-core processors using parallel processing.
3 review criteria on fileLimited Competition: Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence: Expansion/Sustainability Phases (COBRE-E/S) (P30 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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13 review criteria on fileModern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (S15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites eligible academic or research institutions to apply for funding support to purchase latest scientific equipment that will enhance and modernize research-supporting operations of existing shared biomedical research facilities.
5 review criteria on fileUtilizing Equipment to Study Environmental Extrinsic Factors and Enhance Rigor and Reproducibility of Animal Research (R24, Clinical Trials Not-Allowed)
The Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) invites grant applications from core facilities, resource centers, animal vivaria, or individual investigators of other shared resources to systematically study the roles of critical environmental extrinsic factors in biological, behavioral, and treatment studies using animal model…
6 review criteria on fileSeed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Through the Seed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program, NIH supports the purchase of a single commercialized research instrument that is currently unavailable to the applicant institutions.
5 review criteria on fileNHLBI Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trials Optional)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Program Project Grant (P01) supports research related to fundamental processes and diseases of the heart, blood and lymphatic vessels, lungs, and blood, including transfusion medicine, blood resources, and sleep disorders other programs including implementation science, health…
6 review criteria on fileBiomedical Technology Optimization and Dissemination Center (BTOD) (RM1 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) encourages applications for support of Biomedical Technology Optimization and Dissemination (BTOD) Centers in any of the basic or clinical research areas within the NIGMS mission .
8 review criteria on fileSilvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30-Clinical Trial Optional)
Program Objective This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (DDRCCs) to support research related to digestive and/or liver diseases and their complications.
12 review criteria on fileSingle Source Competition: Continuation of the Cardiovascular Repository for Type 1 Diabetes (CaRe-T1D) - Resource Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Single Source that will invite an application from an eligible organization to apply. Please see Section III.
7 review criteria on fileLimited Competition: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers 2027 (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
Purpose This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. Please see Section III.
17 review criteria on fileLogistics Center for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Purpose The Logistics Center will provide the administrative infrastructure necessary to facilitate and coordinate PRIMED-AI activities to maximize the impact of the PRIMED-AI Program. Within the Logistics Center , three integrated Cores will serve the functions of Administration, Evaluation, and Outreach.
7 review criteria on fileSingle-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Research Objectives This NOFO supports applications to develop and conduct investigator-initiated single-site clinical trials. Clinical trials supported by this NOFO include Phase II and above clinical trials.
3 review criteria on fileData Coordinating Center for Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (Collaborative U24 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Research Objectives This NOFO supports applications to develop and conduct a Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for investigator-initiated multi-site clinical trials submitted to the collaborating Clinical Coordinating Center NOFO ( PAR-27-012 ).
8 review criteria on fileClinical Coordinating Center for Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (Collaborative UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Research Objectives This NOFO supports applications to develop and conduct a Clinical Coordinating Center (CCC) for investigator-initiated multi-site clinical trials. Clinical trials supported by this NOFO include Phase II and above clinical trials that will enroll participants from two or more recruitment sites.
3 review criteria on fileThe Metastasis Research Network (MetNet): MetNet Research Projects (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Purpose Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) solicits applications proposing research projects that use integrative systems-level approaches to address a specific question in metastasis research.
3 review criteria on fileAdvancing Bioinformatics, Translational Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) wishes to advance groundbreaking and innovative research in bioinformatics, translational bioinformatics and computational biology, which are related areas of biomedical informatics that aim to understand biological data using storage, analytic and interpretive methods.
3 review criteria on fileResearch Grants in Clinical Informatics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Clinical informatics sits at the intersection of healthcare, information science, and technology, offering critical tools and approaches to improve patient care, advance clinical practice, and inform decision-making.
3 review criteria on fileNIDCR Prospective Observational or Biomarker Validation Study Cooperative Agreement (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Purpose This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support, through the cooperative agreement mechanism, investigator-initiated observational studies or biomarker validation studies that require prospective collection of data/biospecimens or continued analysis of data/biospecimens collected previously.
4 review criteria on fileBRAIN Initiative: Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Background Since 2014, the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative has aimed to accelerate the development and application of innovative neurotechnologies, enabling researchers to produce a new dynamic picture of the brain that reveals how individual cells and complex neural circuits interact in…
7 review criteria on fileEngineering Research Initiation
The NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) seeks to build engineering research capacity across the nation by investing in new academic investigators who have yet to receive sufficient research funding from Federal Agencies.
2 review criteria on file · agency frameworkCommunity-Based Participatory Research to Advance Data and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) for Optimizing Oral Health for All (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits UG3/UH3 phased, cooperative agreement research applications to evaluate, implement, and/or test population-based interventions to policies, programs, and/or practices that promote the integration of services, systems, and/or values by leveraging cross-sector partnerships in communities.
3 review criteria on fileModel-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trial Optional)
Purpose The Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) NOFOs seek to spur on the development of innovative, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable multimodal AI-based clinical decision support (CDS) tools with the potential for transformational impact.
3 review criteria on fileCommunity Engagement Evaluation and Data Coordination (CEED) Hub to Advance Data and Practice Transformation for Optimizing Oral Health for All (U01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks applications for a Community Engagement Evaluation and Data coordination hub (CEED) for the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) consortium: Advancing Data and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) for Optimizing Oral Health for All.
3 review criteria on fileSustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
Purpose The ITCR Program The central mission of ITCR is to promote research-driven informatics technology across the development lifecycle to address priority needs in cancer research.
8 review criteria on filePRIMED-AI: Data-to-Model Academic-Industrial Partnerships (D2M-AIP) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Purpose Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) NOFOs seek to spur on the development of innovative, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable multimodal AI-based clinical decision support (CDS) tools with the potential for transformational impact.
3 review criteria on fileAdvanced Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
Purpose The ITCR Program The central mission of ITCR is to promote research-driven informatics technology across the development lifecycle to address priority needs in cancer research.
8 review criteria on fileEarly-Stage Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Purpose The ITCR Program The central mission of ITCR is to promote research-driven informatics technology across the development lifecycle to address priority needs in cancer research.
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