ARL Collaborative Research Alliances (CRAs)
Helps ARL Collaborative Research Alliances for Large multi-year Army research consortia pairing ARL scientists with university-led teams on defined mission.
ARL Collaborative Research Alliances are large, multi-year research consortia run by the US Army Research Laboratory with a lead university and academic or industry sub-awardees. They sit under ARL's cooperative-agreement authority and are designed around defined Army mission problems rather than open-ended investigator grants. The standard award structure is roughly $30 million to $50 million over five years, with the possibility of renewal to ten years. Active alliances in 2026 include A2I2, ARCEDD-CRP, DCIST, Collective Judgement Formation, IoBT, SARA, STRONG, and TBAM. The alliance structure is built for university-led teams that can organize a broad consortium and keep a long research agenda on track. Lead institutions are chosen through dedicated BAA-style solicitations, and once an alliance is awarded it becomes a continuing agreement rather than an open competition for new lead applicants. New researchers typically enter as sub-awardees through the lead institution. The strongest proposals align a multi-lab team to a specific Army challenge and can sustain collaboration over several years.
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