Opportunities for Academia
External Sponsor:
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
Collection of DEVCOM ARL’s announcements used to obtain proposals for basic and applied research and the part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement.
Target Audience(s):
Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, U.S. Government, Foreign Business, Foreign GovernmentDefense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR)
The Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) is a capacity building program that is designed to strengthen the research infrastructure at institutions of higher education in underutilized States/Territories.
Target Audience(s):
AcademiaDefense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation.
Target Audience(s):
Academia
External Sponsor:
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))DEVCOM ARL Implementation of Army Futures Command (AFC) Army Research Risk Assessment Protection Program (ARRP)
The DEVCOM ARL implementation of the AFC Army Research Risk Assessment Protection Program (ARRP) is an effort to help identify and mitigate existing or potential risk of Conflicts of Commitment/Conflicts of Interest (CoC/CoI) in Army research grants and cooperative agreements.
Target Audience(s):
Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, U.S. Government, Foreign Business, Foreign GovernmentEducational Partnership Agreement (EPA)
An Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) establishes an official basis for mutual understanding and cooperation between DEVCOM ARL and the EPA partner to encourage and enhance education and research opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs and disciplines relevant to ARL science and technology programs.
Target Audience(s):
AcademiaNational Security Agency’s Laboratory for Physical Sciences Qubit Collaboratory
The National Security Agency’s Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) in partnership with DEVCOM ARL launched the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC). The LQC pursues disruptive qubit research, innovative workforce development programs, and deep, collaborative partnerships to tackle some of the hardest open problems in quantum information science and technology.
Target Audience(s):
Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, U.S. Government, Foreign Business, Foreign Government
External Sponsor:
National Security AgencyTest Services Agreement (TSA)
Department of Defense laboratories may make available to any person or entity (including universities), on a reimbursable basis, laboratory services for the testing of materials, equipment, models, computer software, and other items.
Target Audience(s):
Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, U.S. Government, Foreign Business, Foreign GovernmentUniversity Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
A University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) is a strategic United States Department of Defense (DoD) research program that is associated with a university. UARCs were established to ensure that essential engineering and technology capabilities of particular importance to the DoD are maintained.
Target Audience(s):
AcademiaxTech
The xTech program, led by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)), manages the Army’s prize competitions to award and accelerate transformative technology solutions that can help solve Army challenges.
Target Audience(s):
Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, U.S. Government, Foreign Business, Foreign Government