Department of Defense grant deadlines

67 open Department of Defense calls with an upcoming deadline, soonest first. Updated October 26, 2026. All open Department of Defense calls →

Department of Defense grant deadlines October 2026

• Oct 30
  ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines November 2026

• Nov 4
  DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 4
  DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 4
  DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 4
  DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Resource Development Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 4
  DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 6
  DoW Parkinson’s, Early Investigator Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 6
  DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 6
  Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

  Department of Defense$50,000 – $7,000,000
• Nov 6
  Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

  Department of Defense$50,000 – $3,000,000
• Nov 6
  Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

  Department of Defense$50,000 – $3,000,000
• Nov 12
  DoW Vision, Clinical Trial Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 12
  DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 12
  DoW Vision, Translational Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 12
  DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 12
  DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 12
  DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Translation Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 12
  DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 16
  Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research

  Department of Defense$250,000 – $500,000
• Nov 16
  DoW Joint Warfighter Medical, Military Medical Research and Development Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 18
  DoW Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 18
  DoW Orthopaedic, Clinical Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 18
  DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 18
  DoW Rare Cancers Resource and Community Development Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 18
  DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 18
  DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 18
  DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 19
  DoW Toxic Exposures Clinical Trial Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 19
  DoW Toxic Exposures Investigator Initiated Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Nov 19
  DoW Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines December 2026

• Dec 3
  The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Cooperative Agreement

  Department of DefenseUp to $1,300,000,000
• Dec 4
  Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

  Department of Defense$150,000 – $450,000
• Dec 11
  Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program

  Department of Defense$450,000 – $525,000
• Dec 14
  Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Dec 22
  TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Dec 30
  NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Dec 31
  FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines January 2027

• Jan 1
  ERDC Broad Agency Announcement

  Department of DefenseUp to $999,999,999
• Jan 13
  Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines March 2027

• Mar 17
  Deployed Warfighter Protection FY27

  Department of Defense$20,000 – $1,100,000
• Mar 31
  UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines April 2027

• Apr 5
  FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)

  Department of Defense$200,000 – $600,000
• Apr 5
  FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) CAPACITY BUILDING (CB)

  Department of Defense$750,000 – $1,500,000
• Apr 9
  Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

  Department of DefenseUp to $15,000,000
• Apr 9
  Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

  Department of DefenseUp to $7,500,000
• Apr 9
  Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

  Department of DefenseUp to $7,500,000
• Apr 30
  LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines June 2027

• Jun 22
  Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines August 2027

• Aug 27
  Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Aug 30
  US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Indo-Pacific Fundamental Research Collaboration Opportunities

  Department of DefenseUp to $10,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines September 2027

• Sep 18
  Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Sep 30
  DOD Defense Health Agency (DHA) Research & Development FY23-FY27 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT for Extramural Medical Research

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Sep 30
  CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Sep 30
  CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines November 2027

• Nov 20
  DEVCOM ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines January 2028

• Jan 4
  DEVCOM ANALYSIS CENTER BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPLIED RESEARCH

  Department of DefenseNot specified
• Jan 8
  DoW’s Energy, Installations, and Environment Innovation Partners Programs

  Department of DefenseUp to $100,000,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines February 2028

• Feb 8
  NDEP STEM Open NFO

  Department of Defense$100,000 – $10,000,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines April 2028

• Apr 30
  UNITED STATES ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (ARI) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BASIC, APPLIED, AND ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines July 2028

• Jul 31
  BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) for Extramural Biomedical and Human Performance Research and Development Department of Defense

  Department of Defense$750,000 – $50,000,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines August 2028

• Aug 7
  Defense Security Cooperation University - Research Grants

  Department of Defense$2,500 – $800,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines December 2028

• Dec 5
  FOUNDATIONS OF TRUSTED SYSTEMS

  Department of DefenseUp to $99,900,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines April 2029

• Apr 4
  ARMY APPLICATIONS LAB BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE APPLICATIONS

  Department of DefenseNot specified

Department of Defense grant deadlines May 2029

• May 22
  Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)

  Department of DefenseUp to $24,900,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines July 2029

• Jul 18
  Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments

  Department of DefenseUp to $49,000,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines August 2029

• Aug 31
  Air Force Basic Research Sciences Conference and Workshop Support

  Department of Defense$1 – $2,000,000

Department of Defense grant deadlines September 2029

• Sep 9
  Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval

  Department of DefenseUp to $99,000,000