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Defense R&D RFPs

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U.S. Army Engineer District Vicksburg

Commercial solutions openings - erdc geospatial research.

Posted Date

Jun 18, 2025

Due Date

Jun 30, 2026

Suny University At Buffalo

Seeking research ultrasound system upgrade. Upgrading existing verasonics vantage nxt 64le to vantage nxt 128. Compatibility/equivalency must be demonstrated.

Posted Date

Dec 17, 2025

Due Date

Jan 9, 2026

California Health and Human Services Agency

This funding opportunity aims to support doctoral student representative research within California that uses a precision medicine framework, includes underrepresented populations, who have been underrecognized or historically excluded, as research participants, and reduces health disparities, so that research benefits all people within California, and promotes health innovation for all California communities.

Posted Date

Oct 15, 2025

Due Date

Jan 30, 2026

University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina seeks vendors to provide annual giving support services and advancement research services to its constituent institutions, forming a pool of vendors eligible to provide services under competitively negotiated project-level agreements. Required services include annual strategy development, campaign execution, creative and content support, performance reporting, donor research platform access, custom research/advisory services, and training/collaboration with campus teams. The estimated contract value is roughly $500,000–$2,000,000 per year depending on the number of institutions and scope of work.

Posted Date

Dec 1, 2025

Due Date

Jan 28, 2026

Air Force Research Laboratory

The art technology and scientific knowledge supporting all aspects of space systems including payload adapters, on-orbit systems, communications links, ground systems, and user equipment. Efforts will include basic and advanced research, advanced component and technology development, prototyping, and system development and demonstration and will span the range from concept and laboratory experimentation to testing/demonstration in a relevant environment. Specific tasks include design, development, analysis, fabrication, integration, characterization, testing/experimentation, and demonstration of hardware and software products.

Posted Date

Oct 12, 2021

Due Date

Sep 29, 2026

The Spencer Foundation

Provide large education research grants: program aims to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious, and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. The foundation aims to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may have a lasting impact on educational discourse. The program supports proposals from multiple disciplinary and methodological perspectives, both domestically and internationally, from scholars at various stages in their career.

Posted Date

Dec 10, 2025

Due Date

Jun 23, 2026

New York Office of the State Comptroller

Purchase of information technology research and advisory services.

Posted Date

Dec 18, 2025

Due Date

Jan 12, 2026

Ohio Department of Development

Undertake a statewide economic impact, visitor profile, advertising awareness, image, brand lift, resident sentiment, and market potential research, for 2025 and 2026. The findings inform content and creative development, media strategy, and market selection to ensure finite marketing dollars create awareness, drive the greatest economic impact and incrementality, and showcase all that Ohio has to offer as a place of adventure, a place of promise, and the place for you. See attached file.

Posted Date

Dec 19, 2025

Due Date

Jan 22, 2026

Massachusetts Gaming Commission

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is soliciting research consultant services on an open enrollment basis to serve on peer review committees, advise on research design/methods, review data collection and analytic plans, and assist with data access and dissemination related to the Commission’s multi-year research agenda. The initial contract term is five years with an option to renew for an additional five years, and services may be performed remotely or as specified by the MGC. Bidders must demonstrate applicable research and peer-review experience and familiarity with IRB processes; the posting includes downloadable solicitation documents and forms on the buyer’s site.

Posted Date

Jan 6, 2026

Due Date

Feb 6, 2026

Air Force Research Laboratory

Provide experiments, prototypes, research, and evaluation supporting systems (express).

Posted Date

Sep 29, 2021

Due Date

Feb 14, 2027

National Institutes of Health

This posting is a grants notice for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T35) issued by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. It is a federal grant opportunity listed on Grants.gov and therefore does not meet the user's requirement for a non-federal government RFP.

Posted Date

Jan 18, 2023

Due Date

Jun 11, 2028

Transportation Research Board

Seeking to develop an aashto cobs research roadmap that identifies, supports, disseminates, and implements research to help state dots address pressing needs in bridges and structures and reflect aashto cobs priorities and advancements in the industry.

Posted Date

Jan 5, 2026

Due Date

Feb 18, 2026

New Jersey Department of the Treasury

Contractor to perform Non-Infrastructure related research studies, at varying degrees of complexity, for the DOT Bureau of Research (BOR).

Posted Date

Sep 23, 2025

Due Date

Jan 21, 2026

Air Force Research Laboratory

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Procurement Headquarters issued a pre-solicitation Special Notice (FA8652-26-R-0001) to establish a Multiple-Award IDIQ vehicle (AMAC) to support diverse Science & Technology (S&T) requirements under NAICS 541715. The procurement is full and open; the combined estimated maximum value for all awards is $10,000,000,000 with a basic five-year term plus three one-year options and a $500 minimum order guarantee per awardee. Industry comments/questions are requested (emailed to afrl.amac.mailbox@us.af.mil) and will no longer be accepted after 4:00 PM EST on January 9, 2026; the official posting is on SAM.gov and the action is a procurement (not a grant).

Posted Date

Dec 19, 2025

Due Date

Jan 9, 2026

Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises (HOME)

Provide development opportunities to increase the availability of affordable residential housing, particularly for low- and very-low income families. Proposals must be for (a) the acquisition, development, or construction of new residential housing; (b) rehabilitation or renovation of existing housing within the proposer s ownership or control; (c) expansion of quality, available, affordable housing; and (d) related infrastructure, service delivery, or commercial development. See outside link.

Posted Date

May 31, 2024

Due Date

Jun 2, 2027

Virginia Information Technologies Agency

Seeking proposals from qualified suppliers for legal, investigative, and business risk research services.

Posted Date

Nov 10, 2025

Due Date

Feb 5, 2026

W6QK Army Contracting Command (ACC) Apg Natick

Provide a brief statement of what the government expects to accomplish under the contract-the breadth and limitations of the contract effort. It should not include specific work tasks or a description of deliverable products. Tasks: sometimes identified as requirements or work requirements , this section defines the specific tasks that the contractor must complete during contract performance and should describe requirements in terms of results required rather than the methods for completing the work. The specific tasks must provide the specific performance attributes that define success, such as minimum performance thresholds, form/fit/function characteristics, quality control requirements and/or other objective measurements defining successful task performance. Other items to consider include but are not limited to: Specify requirements clearly so that all readers can understand them. Reference only the absolute minimum applicable specifications and standards needed. Tailor specifications and other documents. See attached file.

Posted Date

Mar 3, 2025

Due Date

Feb 27, 2030

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Funding opportunity for research projects aimed at improving fishery information and mitigating long-term effects of the 2021 Chignik salmon fishery disaster.

Posted Date

Dec 24, 2025

Due Date

Jan 31, 2026

NASA Headquarters

Payloads and research investigations on the surface of the moon.

Posted Date

Dec 18, 2025

Due Date

Jan 9, 2026

W6QK Army Contracting Command (ACC) APG Durham

Provide research services for submission to the analysis center (dac) for funding consideration.

Posted Date

Jan 5, 2023

Due Date

Jan 5, 2028

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