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Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Funds defense technologies that reduce chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and emerging security threats.

United States
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is the U.S. defense agency focused on countering weapons of mass destruction. It sits under the Department of Defense and centers its research mission on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives threats. The agency's RDT&E budget was about $654 million in FY2023, which gives its external research portfolio a meaningful but tightly targeted sca…

Programs & grants under this funder
Chemical/Biological Technologies BAA

Supports Applied chemical and biological defense innovation development, development stage Chemical Biological Technologies BAA.

C-WMD Basic Research BAA

Supports Fundamental science for chemical and biological defense, development stage over.

1 grant
DTRA C-WMD Basic Research BAA
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction

Funds fundamental research countering weapons of mass destruction, through a rolling Defense Threat Reduction Agency announcement.

1 grant
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction
Open
$500M pool·Rolling submission
Parent entityU.S. Department of Defense
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