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Open grants: Department of Defense

78 grant opportunities from the Department of Defense are accepting applications, and 1 more are forecast. Sorted by deadline, soonest first.

Grants.gov extract of Oct 25, 2026 · refreshed daily

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OpportunityEligibleEst. fundingCloses
ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program
Office of Naval Research · N0001426SF004
Others—Oct 30, 2026
DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526RTRPIIRA
Unrestricted$8.0MNov 4, 2026
DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526RTRPCA
Unrestricted$600KNov 4, 2026
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526BMFRPIIRA
Unrestricted$1.3MNov 4, 2026
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526BMFRPIDA
Unrestricted$4.0MNov 4, 2026
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Resource Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526BMFRPRDA
Unrestricted$1.3MNov 4, 2026
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · W911NF26S0095
Others$28.0MNov 6, 2026
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Office of Naval Research · N0001426SF003
Others$28.0MNov 6, 2026
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260001
Public universities, Private universities$28.0MNov 6, 2026
DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526PRPIIRA
Unrestricted$10.0MNov 6, 2026
DoW Parkinson’s, Early Investigator Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526PRPEIRA
Unrestricted$4.2MNov 6, 2026
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526SCIRPCTA
Unrestricted$9.8MNov 12, 2026
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526SCIRPIIRA
Unrestricted$5.0MNov 12, 2026
DoW Vision, Clinical Trial Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526VRPCTA
Unrestricted$2.6MNov 12, 2026
DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526VRPIIRA
Unrestricted$4.4MNov 12, 2026
DoW Vision, Translational Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526VRPTRA
Unrestricted$1.6MNov 12, 2026
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526SCIRPTRA
Unrestricted$8.3MNov 12, 2026
DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Translation Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526SCIRPCTRA
Unrestricted$6.1MNov 12, 2026
DoW Joint Warfighter Medical, Military Medical Research and Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526JWMRPMMRDA
Unrestricted$8.8MNov 16, 2026
Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research
Office of Naval Research · N0001426SBC11
Others—Nov 16, 2026
DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526BCRPBTA122
Unrestricted$10.6MNov 18, 2026
DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526BCRPCREA2
Unrestricted$8.4MNov 18, 2026
DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526CRRPTRA
Unrestricted$4.4MNov 18, 2026
DoW Rare Cancers Resource and Community Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526RCRPRCDA
Unrestricted$5.6MNov 18, 2026
DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526RCRPIDA
Unrestricted$7.3MNov 18, 2026
DoW Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526ORPARA
Unrestricted$3.8MNov 18, 2026
DoW Orthopaedic, Clinical Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526ORPCRA
Unrestricted$13.6MNov 18, 2026
DoW Toxic Exposures Clinical Trial Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526TERPCTA
Unrestricted$4.5MNov 19, 2026
DoW Toxic Exposures Investigator Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526TERPIIRA
Unrestricted$2.4MNov 19, 2026
DoW Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526TERPTRA
Unrestricted$6.0MNov 19, 2026
The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Cooperative Agreement
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · W911NF-27-R-A001
Others—Dec 3, 2026
Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · FA955026S0003
Public universities, Nonprofits (501c3), Nonprofits (other) +2$4.5MDec 4, 2026
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program
Office of Naval Research · N0001426SF001
Others$1.6MDec 11, 2026
Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · HM047623BAA0001
Others—Dec 14, 2026
TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025
DARPA - Tactical Technology Office · HR001125S0011
Others—Dec 22, 2026
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research
Naval Research Laboratory · N00173-24-S-BA01
Unrestricted—Dec 30, 2026
FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
Office of Naval Research · N0001425SB001
Others—Dec 31, 2026
ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
Engineer Research and Development Center · W912HZ26S0001
Unrestricted—Jan 1, 2027
Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027
DARPA - Defense Sciences Office · DARPARA2701
Others—Jan 13, 2027
Deployed Warfighter Protection FY27
ACC-APG-Detrick · AFPMB-BAA-27-01
Unrestricted—Mar 17, 2027
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · W911NF-20-S-0008
Others—Mar 31, 2027
FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) CAPACITY BUILDING (CB)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260003
Others$6.0MApr 5, 2027
FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260004
Others$14.4MApr 5, 2027
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)
Office of Naval Research · N0001426SF002
Others—Apr 9, 2027
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · W911NF26S1000
Others$170.0MApr 9, 2027
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260002
Others$170.0MApr 9, 2027
LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · W911NF21S0009
School districts, Public universities, Nonprofits (501c3) +5—Apr 30, 2027
Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide
DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office · HR001126S0011
Others—Jun 22, 2027
Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA
DARPA - Defense Sciences Office · HR001126S0015
Others—Aug 27, 2027
US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Indo-Pacific Fundamental Research Collaboration Opportunities
USAF 347 Contracting Squadron · FA520922S0001
Others—Aug 30, 2027

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