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The I2O office-wide BAA is the widest door into DARPA for AI researchers whose idea does not map to a named programme - it exists precisely to catch breakthrough concepts that fall outside current solicitations.
Four research domains are in scope: Transformative AI, meaning trustworthy and disruptive AI technologies for national security applications; Resilient Software and Complex Systems, using formal methods to give cyber-physical systems security guarantees; Cyber Security and Privacy, covering defensive and offensive capabilities operating beyond human speed alongside user privacy assurance; and Information Domain Operations, detecting attacks on the cognitive, semantic and transport layers.
The evaluation posture is explicit and unusual - DARPA states it seeks unconventional approaches outside the mainstream that challenge accepted assumptions, so an incremental improvement on a published benchmark is a poor fit no matter how well executed. Submission is a two-step process, abstracts first on a rolling basis and full proposals by invitation. Two status details matter and they pull in different directions.
The call was temporarily paused effective 21 May 2026 while strategic priorities were re-aligned, with an updated BAA expected to resume in August 2026; separately, the office-wide BAA has been reported closed effective 24 June 2026. Anyone planning a submission should verify current status on SAM.
gov before investing in an abstract, since the published rolling dates - abstracts to 1 November 2026 and full proposal invitations to 30 November 2026 - may not reflect the operative schedule.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: The office-wide BAA is open to researchers, companies, universities and other innovators submitting ideas for breakthrough technologies that fall outside the scope of current DARPA programmes and solicitations. Four research domains are in scope: Transformative AI, covering trustworthy and disruptive artificial intelligence technologies for national security applications; Resilient Software and Complex Systems, applying formal methods to strengthen cyber-physical systems with security guarantees; Cyber Security and Privacy, covering advanced defensive and offensive capabilities operating beyond human speed together with user privacy assurance; and Information Domain Operations, covering detection of attacks on the cognitive, semantic and transport layers. DARPA explicitly seeks unconventional approaches that are outside the mainstream and challenge accepted assumptions, with revolutionary rather than incremental potential. Submission proceeds in two stages: abstracts are accepted on a rolling basis, with full proposals accepted by invitation only. DARPA does not publish fixed award amounts for this BAA; budgets are determined by technical approach, scope of work and alignment with I2O priorities, with individual awards typically ranging from approximately USD 500,000 to USD 5,000,000. Status should be verified before submission: the call was temporarily paused effective 21 May 2026 while strategic priorities were re-aligned with an updated BAA expected to resume in August 2026, and the office-wide BAA has separately been reported closed effective 24 June 2026. Published rolling dates were abstracts due 1 November 2026 and full proposal invitations by 30 November 2026. Abstracts are submitted via SAM.gov under solicitation HR001126S0001. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows DARPA does not publish fixed award amounts for this office-wide BAA; budgets are determined by technical approach, scope of work and alignment with I2O priorities. Individual awards have typically ranged from approximately USD 500,000 to USD 5,000,000 depending on project scope and duration. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for DARPA Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement HR001126S0001 for Transformative AI and Resilient Systems are due November 1, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
DARPA Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement HR001126S0001 for Transformative AI and Resilient Systems is funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Information Innovation Office (I2O). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering: Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) program (NSF 25-543) supports foundational computing research and education with a strong emphasis on AI and machine learning. The program funds research that advances the foundations of computing including AI/ML theory, algorithms, systems, and applications. Future CoRe supports small to medium-sized research projects that can have significant impact on computing foundations. The program has target dates of February 5, 2026 and September 10, 2026 for proposal submissions (note: these are target dates, not deadlines, meaning proposals may be submitted at any time but will be reviewed in batches around these dates). Investigators may not serve as PI, co-PI, or Senior/Key Personnel on more than two proposals submitted within any consecutive 12-month period across all Future CoRe programs. This is one of NSF's primary mechanisms for funding fundamental AI and machine learning research at U.S. academic institutions, covering areas such as machine learning theory, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics foundations, and human-AI interaction.
The ONR Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (N00014-25-S-B001) is the Office of Naval Research's primary mechanism for soliciting research proposals across all naval science and technology priority areas. The BAA accepts proposals on a rolling basis through September 30, 2026 and covers ONR's full spectrum of research interests with particular emphasis on AI-related topics including autonomous maritime systems, human-machine teaming, machine learning for sensor fusion, cooperative autonomous swarm technology, undersea autonomy, and AI-enabled decision superiority. Proposals can be funded through multiple mechanisms including individual investigator grants, the Young Investigator Program (~$510K over 3 years for early-career faculty), and Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) awards ($1.5M/year for 3-5 years for research teams). ONR recommends contacting relevant program officers before submitting to discuss alignment with current research priorities. The BAA supports basic research (6.1), applied research (6.2), and advanced technology development (6.3) across the full range of naval-relevant science and engineering disciplines.
DE-FOA-0003600 is the DOE Office of Science's FY 2026 open, rolling solicitation for financial assistance, providing roughly $500 million across seven program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Isotope R&D and Production. AI and machine learning research is supported directly through Advanced Scientific Computing Research, while Biological and Environmental Research funds atmospheric process research, environmental systems process research, and earth-energy systems modeling — making this a major channel for AI-enhanced climate and earth system modeling work. DOE anticipates 200 to 350 new awards ranging from $5,000 to $5 million each, with project periods from six months to five years. The FOA opened September 30, 2025 and accepts applications on a rolling basis through the end of FY 2026.
DARPA's DICE program (HR001126S0010) wants the theory and algorithms for a self-organizing collective of AI agents that stays on mission in contested environments with no central controller. It is a 36-month, simulation-only, three-technical-area BAA due August 25, 2026 — and it rewards a rare blend of distributed-systems theory and frontier-model inference control that almost no single lab has under one roof. Here is what DICE is really asking for, who is positioned to win, and how to build a team that can.
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