VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces is a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs that funds organizations working to increase and expand sustainable adaptive sport activities for veterans and service members with disabilities. The program supports community-level physical activity programs, including those addressing mental health, as well as advanced Paralympic and adaptive sport programs at regional and national levels. Eligible applicants are non-federal government entities with significant experience managing large-scale adaptive sports programs for persons with disabilities. Recent federal obligations indicate approximately $16 million in annual funding. The VA also provides monthly assistance allowances to veterans with disabilities training in Paralympic sports.

The Department of Defense FY2026 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) provides funding for U.S. universities to acquire research equipment and instrumentation in areas important to national defense, including AI and machine learning hardware. The program is administered jointly by the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), with approximately $34 million available and 95 awards anticipated. DURIP funds the acquisition of specialized computing hardware for AI/ML research (GPU clusters, TPUs, neuromorphic processors), robotics and autonomous systems testbeds, sensor arrays and data collection systems for machine learning training, high-performance computing infrastructure for defense-relevant AI research, and laboratory equipment for human-AI interaction studies. The program specifically supports equipment that enhances research-related education in DoD-priority disciplines. While general-purpose computing is not eligible, computing equipment directly supporting DoD-relevant AI research programs qualifies. No cost sharing is required.