1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
The ARM Institute's 26-01 Core-Funded Technology Project Call makes approximately $2 million available to fund multiple robotics and AI projects that advance U.S. manufacturing, with individual requests to the ARM Institute capped at $500,000.
Topic areas are multi-modal inputs for AI robotics in manufacturing, rapid re-tasking and robot agility, multi-robot and multi-human collaboration with supervised autonomy, adaptive real-time path planning and control, and mobile robotics. The call is oriented toward Department of Defense manufacturing needs including castings, forgings, submarines, unmanned aerial systems, and munitions production.
Concept papers are due February 4 in the ARM Member Community, with a public informational webinar January 8 and a target project start date of October 1, 2026. Project cost share is weighted in evaluation.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: ARM Institute consortium members only — industry, academic, and government organizations that hold ARM Institute membership. Non-members must join the consortium to submit a proposal. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows approximately $2,000,000 total available to fund multiple projects, with individual project budgets not to exceed $500,000 requested from the ARM Institute. Project cost share is a factor in proposal evaluation. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for ARM Institute 26-01 Core-Funded Technology Project Call for AI Robotics in Manufacturing, Robot Agility and Multi-Robot Human Collaboration are due February 4, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
ARM Institute 26-01 Core-Funded Technology Project Call for AI Robotics in Manufacturing, Robot Agility and Multi-Robot Human Collaboration is funded by Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
AFRL's Geospatial Intelligence Processing and Exploitation (GeoPEX) BAA seeks white papers for research, development, integration, test and evaluation of technologies and techniques to provide geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in all its forms and from whatever source — imagery, imagery intelligence, or geospatial data and information. The open, two-step BAA prioritizes AI-enabled sensor fusion, machine learning for imagery exploitation, multi-source data integration, autonomous geospatial reasoning, and intelligent processing pipelines. Total funding approximately $99.9M with individual awards typically $250K to $10M over up to 24 months. White papers accepted on a rolling basis until September 30, 2026; formal proposals are by invitation only.
The U.S. Army's SBIR/STTR Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Open Topic provides non-dilutive funding to small businesses developing AI and machine learning solutions for defense applications such as supply chain management, logistics coordination, target identification, and modeling and simulation. Awards follow the standard SBIR/STTR structure: Phase I establishes technical feasibility (typically up to about $250,000) and Phase II funds development and demonstration (typically up to about $2,000,000), with Phase III for commercialization. Open-topic solicitations accept proposals on a periodic basis.
DARPA's TIAMAT (Transfer from Imprecise and Abstract Models to Autonomous Technologies) program develops sim-to-real transfer techniques that train autonomous systems in low-fidelity, abstract simulations and reliably deploy them in unpredictable physical environments. Research targets foundations for rapid sim-to-real generalization, robustness to physics-model error, and transfer learning across morphology and sensor configurations. The program is structured as two 18-month phases and supports applications including ground autonomy, aerial autonomy, and robotic manipulation in adversarial, novel, or contested settings. Awards have included University of Central Florida ($1.2M) and other academic and industry performers. TIAMAT is a core DARPA investment in foundational autonomy R&D.
Title III of the Defense Production Act lets the Pentagon hand non-dilutive capital to companies that expand domestic production of defense-critical materials and manufacturing — through a white-paper-first pathway run by the Air Force Research Laboratory (FA8650-19-S-5010) rather than a conventional grant competition. But the core DPA authorities sunset September 30, 2026 absent reauthorization, and the standing white-paper window has moved in and out of suspension. Here is how the Title III mechanism actually works, why it rewards companies that lead with a supply-chain vulnerability, and how to position before the authority cliff.
Read articleThe Labor Department's RESTART grants closed April 15, but the $81 million program is a map, not just a deadline. Up to 20 awards, $5.1M ceilings, and a priority list — AI infrastructure, nuclear, advanced manufacturing, domestic minerals — that signals the shape of the next workforce funding cycle. Here is how to read it and position for what comes next.
Read articleThe FY2026 federal funding map has tilted hard toward AI, critical minerals, energy, advanced manufacturing, and workforce development — while a new layer of political review asks whether each award advances administration priorities. Here is a strategic map of where the money is moving, and how to position a proposal for the new alignment screen without distorting the work.
Read article