The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) has released its Fiscal Year 2026 Multi‑Topic Request for Project Proposals (MTEC‑26‑04‑MultiTopic), opening a wide lane for medical prototype and knowledge solutions that directly support force health and readiness. Enhanced White Papers are due October 30, 2026 at noon Eastern, and awards will be made under MTEC’s prototype OTA […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), under the Defense Sciences Office (DSO), has released the full Program Solicitation for Protein ENGineering (PENG), DARPA-PS-26-129. The solicitation moves PENG from concept and Proposers Day into an active, multi‑phase program seeking innovative proposals to build a multifunctional, target‑agnostic platform for precise, programmable editing of endogenous proteins. PENG’s
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), under the Defense Sciences Office (DSO), has released a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Precision Inertial Navigation & Positioning On an Integrated Tesseract (PINPOINT) program, HR001126S0016. PINPOINT aims to deliver a new class of micro‑scale inertial measurement units (IMUs) that can provide GPS‑quality positioning and navigation over
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ASPR And BARDA Move To Close The Nitrile Glove Gap The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), through the Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium (BioMaP‑Consortium), has released a new Request for Project Proposals (RPP 26‑09‑Gloves) focused on Expansion of Domestic Manufacturing Capacity for Nitrile Gloves. ASPR’s Center for Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain (IBMSC)
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The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), working through the Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium (BioMaP‑Consortium), has released a new Request for Project Proposals (RPP 26‑04‑NBR) focused on Sustainment of PPE Capacities – Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR). ASPR’s Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain (IBMSC) is seeking projects that will sustain and strengthen domestic NBR
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA‑H) has released Special Notice ARPA‑H‑SN‑26‑158 for ASCENT‑IBO: Accelerating Safe Clinical Evaluation of Novel Treatments – Ibogaine for Better Outcomes in OUD. This effort sits under the Proactive Health Office (PHO) Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO ARPA‑H‑SOL‑24‑106) and is directly tied to Executive Order 14401, which directs federal agencies
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its through its Division of Transport and Storage, has released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity titled “Advancing Oil and Natural Gas Production and Delivery” (DE-FOA-0003634). DOE plans to invest approximately $65.5 million in federal funding, paired with at least $16.4 million in required cost share, for a total of
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), through the Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office (AFFO), has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for a forthcoming funding opportunity titled “Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)” (DE-FOA-0003646). DOE anticipates releasing the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA‑H) is launching the Fast Assessment of Solutions, Therapeutics, Pharmaceuticals, and Supplies (FASTPASS) program to tackle a critical, often invisible problem in the U.S. healthcare system: substandard and contaminated medicines slipping through the supply chain. Drug-related morbidity and mortality cost the system an estimated $528 billion per year and recalls affect the
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The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has issued a Sources Sought Notice titled “Advanced Dermal Regeneration Substitutes for Treatment of Severe Burns and Complex Traumatic Injuries” (BARDA-CBRN-07282026) to identify commercially available or near commercial technologies that address large-area skin loss from burns and traumatic injuries in a mass casualty setting. This notice is for
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)‘s Multi X Office has expanded the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) with a new Topic call, QBIT Stage A, aimed at one deceptively simple question: can any quantum architecture credibly reach a utility‑scale, fault‑tolerant machine by about 2033. QBI defines “utility‑scale” as a quantum computer whose computational value exceeds its cost,
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) inaugural Genesis Mission Summit brought leaders from government, research institutions, national laboratories, and industry to Washington, DC to set the direction for “AI for Science” as a national priority. Held on July 22, 2026, at the Capital Hilton, the summit confirmed that Genesis has moved well past its November 2025 Executive Order origins.
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