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ARPA-I Ideas and Innovation Challenge

Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 2
H. Rastgoftar (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) 

Limiting Language
Any eligible entity may lead the submission of up to three Concept Papers describing distinct technologies and is eligible to receive multiple State 1 prizes.

Overview

External Deadline
9/17/2025 (Concept Paper)
Internal Deadline
Sept. 10, 2025

Revitalizing Domestic Manufacturing by Developing the Next Generation of America’s Shipbuilders through International Partnerships

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

Limiting Language
Multiple applications from an organization are not allowed. If multiple applications are received, the most recent application submitted by the deadline will be accepted. If the most recent application is disqualified for any reason, USDOL will not replace it with an earlier application. Applicant entities are not precluded from participating as partners on another entity’s application.

Executive Summary

External Deadline
9/26/2025
Internal Deadline
Sept. 19, 2025

Brain Research Foundation: 2026 Seed Grant Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

D. Ferguson (COM-P)

Limiting Language
BRF will only accept one LOI per institution

Overview
Brain Research Foundation’s Annual Seed Grant Program was initiated in 1981. The purpose of our program is to provide start-up monies for new research projects in the field of neuroscience that will likely lead to extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other outside funding sources. 

External Deadline
10/23/2025 (LOI)
Internal Deadline
Aug. 27, 2025

2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program

Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 0 

Tenured Scholar - F. Gonzalez (Government and Public Policy) 
Untenured Scholar - D. Alharthi (Information Science) 

Limiting Language 
The University of Arizona may nominate two scholars - one tenured and one non-tenured.

Program Overview 
The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program was established in 2015 to provide philanthropic support for high-caliber research in the humanities and social sciences.

External Deadline
11/7/2025
Internal Deadline
Sept. 3, 2025

NSF 25-541: Test Bed: Toward a Network of Programmable Cloud Laboratories

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0
M. Beidaghi (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)

Limiting Language
An institution may submit only a single proposal in response to this solicitation, as the lead institution.

If more than one proposal is submitted from an institution, the first proposal submitted from that institution will be considered, and remaining proposals will be returned without review.

External Deadline
11/20/2025
Internal Deadline
Aug. 27, 2025