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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.

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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 ov…

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No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: One-off.

Last verified: 1 Jun 2026Source: arl.devcom.army.mil