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Air Force Research Laboratory

Runs United States air-force research across air, space, and cyber domains, translating science into military capability.

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Active grants13
Total grants15
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AFRL is the primary scientific R&D center for the US Department of the Air Force, leading discovery, development and integration of warfighting technologies for air, space and cyberspace forces ("One Lab Two Services" — USAF + USSF). It is one of six centers within Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, with a workforce across seven mission areas at mor…

Programs & grants under this funder
Space Strategic Technology Institute (SSTI): Space Cyber-Cognitive Overmatch (SCCO)

Backs a university-led consortium with up to $25 million to build transformative cyber, AI and quantum technologies that protect and strengthen U.S. military space systems.

1 grant
Space Strategic Technology Institute (SSTI): Space Cyber-Cognitive Overmatch (SCCO)
Closed
$25M pool
AFOSR Broad Agency Announcement (basic research)

Funds basic research in engineering, information, physical sciences, and chemistry from universities and industry.

1 grant
AFOSR BAA — Basic Research
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
AFOSR Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

Funds basic research partnerships between small businesses and research institutions up to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars.

1 grant
AFOSR STTR
Open
- pool
AFRL/AFOSR Center of Excellence (CoE)

Funds multi-year collaborative basic research centers at outstanding universities partnering with Air Force labs.

1 grant
AFRL/AFOSR Center of Excellence — FOAs
Open
- pool
AFRL Enterprise CSO

Offers AFRL Enterprise CSO pathways across broad Department of defense interest areas through contract-oriented support models.

HBCU/MI Research Program

Funds basic research and infrastructure at historically Black colleges and minority-serving institutions.

1 grant
AFOSR HBCU/MI Research Program
Open
- pool
Young Investigator Research Program (YIP)

Funds early-career researchers within seven years of doctorate showing exceptional promise in basic research.

1 grant
AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program
Open
- pool
Continuing Human Enabling Enhancing Restoring and Sustaining

Funds Air Force human-performance research, but only through the two grant-eligible solicitations sitting beneath this umbrella notice.

1 grant
Continuing Human Enabling Enhancing Restoring and Sustaining
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas

Funds white papers under a standard Broad Agency Announcement inside the Air Force's CHEERS human-performance research strategy.

1 grant
CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas

Funds white papers under a narrower experimental-purchase authority inside the Air Force's CHEERS human-performance research strategy.

1 grant
CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)

Funds aerospace capabilities, engineering and research through a Broad-Agency-style vehicle the Air Force keeps open for two decades at a time.

1 grant
Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING AND EXPLOITATION (GeoPEX)

Funds geospatial-intelligence processing and exploitation work for the Air Force, through a notice that sends applicants straight to SAM.gov.

1 grant
GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING AND EXPLOITATION (GeoPEX)
Between cycles
- pool
Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)

Funds coordinating disconnected field nodes and analysing their data streams, through a notice that sends applicants straight to SAM.gov.

1 grant
Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval

Funds automated knowledge-discovery and information-retrieval work for the Air Force, through a notice that sends applicants straight to SAM.gov.

1 grant
Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
FOUNDATIONS OF TRUSTED SYSTEMS

Funds foundational work on trusted systems for the Air Force, through a notice that carries almost nothing beyond a SAM.gov link.

1 grant
FOUNDATIONS OF TRUSTED SYSTEMS
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments

Funds university-partnered directed-energy research, through a cooperative agreement with an unusually large ceiling and few published details.

1 grant
Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
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