MEEN Research Newsletter
The Research and Strategic Initiatives team puts together a newsletter that goes out each Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters. This is sent to the MEEN faculty and anyone else who requests access. This newsletter provides critical information to maintain and grow the university's research enterprise by sharing a multitude of opportunities for faculty and their students.
We share funding opportunities, events, webinars, professional development opportunities, awards and more. To be added to our list serve, email Taylor Northcut (tnorthcut@tamu.edu).
Latest Email: January 30, 2026
Important Announcements
Funding Opportunities
DARPA: DSO BAA
Full application deadline: 6/2/2026
NASA: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) 2025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research Development Center BAA
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NSF: Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X)
Program Director: Alex Leonessa. Alex Leonessa visited MEEN in November of 2023. To listen to his seminar, click here.
DOD: Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
Full application deadline: 9/9/2029
DOD: US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Broad Agency Announcement
Full application deadline: 2/27/2030
DOD: Army Applications Lab (AAL) BAA for Disruptive Applications
Full application deadline: 5/4/2029
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DOD: Air Dominance Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Full application deadline: 10/31/2029
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DOD: Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
Full application deadline: 7/18/2029
DOD RAD University Assistance Instruments
NIST: Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
Full application deadline: accepted on a rolling basis
DOD: Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring, and Sustaining (CHEERS)
Full application deadline: open 8/22/2044
NIST: BAA for Proposals to Advance Microelectronics Technologies
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Due 3/1/2026: Dr. Scholl Foundation Grant Program
Due 3/2/2026: DOD: Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide
Due 3/4/2026: NSF/CASIS: Transport Phenomena Research at the International Space Station to Benefit Life on Earth
Due 3/10/2026: Allen Family Philanthropies: Natural Climate Solutions RFP
Due 3/12/2026: DARPA: Mechanisms for Amplification of fusion Reaction Rates in Solids (MARRS) BAA
Due 3/20/2026: NASA: Collaborative Opportunities for Mentorship, Partnership and Academic Success in Science
Due 3/26/2026: USDA: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Strengthening Agricultural Systems
Due 3/30/2026: ARPA-H: Autonomous Interventions and Robotics (AIR)
Due 3/31/2025: NASA Water Quality Applications
Due 3/31/2026: NASA ROSES Science Activation Program
Due 3/31/2026: NVIDIA Academic Grant Program
Due 4/15/2026: DOD: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Fundamental AI Research
4/20/2026: Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering
Due 4/28/2026: NASA: Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars
Due 5/1/2026: NIH: Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education (BRITE) Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Due 5/1/2026: W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program (December Cycle)
Due 5/25/2026: NIH: Research Education Program - Research Experiences (R25)
Due 5/27/2026: NIH: Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Due 6/1/2026: NIH: Limited Competition: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Due: 6/2/2026: DARPA DSO BAA
Due 6/22/2026: NSF: Expeditions in Computing
Due 6/22/2026: DOD: FY25 Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Office BAA
Due 6/22/2026: DOD: TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025
Due 7/24/2026: NSF: Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER)
Due 9/3/2026: NIH: Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due 9/30/2026: DOC: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
Due 9/30/2026: DOD: xTechHumanoid
Due 9/30/2026: DOD: Biological Technologies
Due 9/30/2026: DOE: FY 2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Due 11/20/2026: DARPA: Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide
Due 1/1/2027: DOD: ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
Due 3/31/2027: United States Military Academy BAA
Due 3/21/2027: DOD: Air Delivered Effects
Due 9/28/2027: NIH: Clinical and Translational Science Award (UM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due 5/4/2029: DOD: Army Applications Lab (AAL) BAA for Disruptive Applications
Due 9/29/2029: DOE: Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready
Due 10/31/2029: DOD: Air Dominance Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Due 1/13/2030: Naval Supply Systems Command: Research Initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School
Due 3/31/2030: DOD Staff Research Program
Due 9/30/2034: DOD: Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction
Research Databases
On this page, you can view the topics for active or archived Board Agency Announcements (BAAs). You can search by topic number, topic title or keyword and filter by program, component, technology area, modernization priorities, BAA and topic status. You can also view existing Q&A for active BAA topics.
Grants.gov is the single point of access for searching competitive funding opportunities from more than 900 grant programs offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies.
NSPIRES now allow users to SEARCH for and view Proposals and NOIs due in 30 days, FUTURE, and OPEN, CLOSED/PAST NASA research announcements. The full text of the Solicitation Announcements and information about selected proposals, if available, can be viewed and downloaded.
The National Institutes of Health is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. In fiscal year 2022, NIH invested most of its $45 billion appropriations in research seeking to enhance life, and to reduce illness and disability. NIH-funded research has led to breakthroughs and new treatments helping people live longer, healthier lives, and building the research foundation that drives discovery.
The SBIR and STTR programs fund a diverse portfolio of startups and small businesses across technology areas and markets to stimulate technological innovation, meet Federal research and development (R&D) needs, and increase commercialization to transition R&D into impact.