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The DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory issues a rolling Broad Agency Announcement (W911NF-23-S-0001) soliciting white papers and full proposals for foundational research aligned to ARL's essential research programs.
Explicit AI and ML priorities include the Artificial Intelligence of Maneuver and Mobility (AIMM) program, autonomous ground systems, AI-enabled sensing and perception, human-autonomy teaming, reinforcement learning for tactical decision-making, and trustworthy AI for the future battlefield.
The BAA supports basic and applied research relevant to the Army Modernization Priorities including next-generation combat vehicles, networked sensors, and soldier lethality. ARL's extramural program engages universities, federally funded R&D centers, nonprofit organizations, and U.S. industry of all sizes through cooperative agreements, grants, and contracts.
The rolling BAA structure allows submission at any time and offers a low-friction entry point for new performers seeking long-term partnerships with the Army's principal land warfare laboratory.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S. and foreign institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, foreign organizations, foreign public entities, and for-profit organizations (large and small businesses). Foreign performers must comply with applicable export control and security requirements. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows individual award sizes vary; expected to make up to 2,000 awards over the life of the BAA across all research areas. Typical ARL extramural basic research awards range from $100,000 to $1,500,000 per project. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Foundational Research BAA for AI and Autonomy are due November 20, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Foundational Research BAA for AI and Autonomy is funded by U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program funds the creation of university-based humanities research centers focused on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence. Funded centers undertake interdisciplinary humanities-led research that brings ethics, law, history, philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, literature, linguistics, and cultural studies to bear on questions raised by AI systems. Topics include responsible AI governance frameworks, AI and civil rights, AI and labor, cultural impact of generative AI, AI and creative authorship, philosophical foundations of machine reasoning, history of AI thought, and humanistic evaluation of AI safety and alignment. Centers are expected to convene researchers, train new humanities scholars in AI, host public-facing programming, and produce publications and translational tools that inform policy and public understanding. Strong fit for universities seeking to launch sustained interdisciplinary AI humanities research programs in partnership with computer science and other STEM departments.
SaTC 2.0 is NSF's flagship cybersecurity, privacy, and trust research program reorganized to address emerging threats including generative AI security, open-source software security, quantum computing security, and supply chain security. Funded scope covers the bidirectional role of AI as both a cybersecurity threat (adversarial attacks on AI systems, AI-enabled cyberattacks, data poisoning) and a defensive tool (AI for intrusion detection, automated vulnerability discovery, secure-by-design AI). The program supports interdisciplinary collaboration across computer science, mathematics, social and behavioral sciences, and STEM education to build trust in global cyber ecosystems.
NSF SaTC 2.0 (Security Privacy and Trust in Cyberspace) is the largest open solicitation for university-led cybersecurity research in the federal portfolio now expanded with AI security as an explicit priority area. The 2.0 reboot added generative AI security open-source software security quantum computing security and supply chain security as topics of interest addressing the bidirectional role of AI as both a cybersecurity threat and a defensive tool. Research awards support adversarial machine learning and attacks on AI systems AI weaponization against people information and systems privacy-preserving machine learning and responsible AI use for detecting and responding to cyber threats. The program funds three award types: Research awards up to $1.2M for four years Education awards up to $500K for three years and Seedling awards up to $300K for two years through Dear Colleague Letters. Proposals are accepted on a recurring annual basis with two windows per year. This is distinct from NSF CyberAICorps which focuses on scholarship and workforce development and from NSF AIMing which focuses on AI formal methods and mathematical reasoning.
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