NASA
ROSES-2025 C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities (Amendment 65)
Nov 10, 2026
Approximately $5M annual program budget; 2 to 8 new awards expected, up to 4 years each
MaterialsQuantumSpace
US research institutions proposing shared experimental or analytical facilities for the planetary science community, not single-PI research
science.nasa.gov ↗
AFOSR
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) FY2027, joint AFOSR/ONR/ARO
Nov 6, 2026
$28M total nationally; individual awards $50K to $7M (AFOSR ceiling $7M, ONR and Army ceiling $3M)
Instrumentation DefenseMaterials AcademicIndustry
Accredited US institutions of higher education only; no for-profit entities, no cost-share required
www.grants.gov ↗
ARO
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) FY2027, W911NF26S0095
Nov 6, 2026
$50,000 to $3,000,000 per award; $28,000,000 total program
Instrumentation DefenseMaterials AcademicIndustryNonprofit
Accredited non-profit US institutions of higher education with degree-granting programs in science, math, or engineering; UARCs eligible; for-profit institutions excluded.
simpler.grants.gov ↗
ONR
Fiscal Year 2027 Department of War Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) - Announcement N0001426SF003
Nov 6, 2026
$50,000 to $3,000,000 per award
Instrumentation DefenseMaterialsQuantum AcademicIndustry
Accredited US institutions of higher education (universities); for-profit organizations are not eligible
www.onr.navy.mil ↗
State-MA
MLSC Research Infrastructure Program
Nov 6, 2026
$1.5 million to $5 million per award, over a 1 to 3 year project period
Instrumentation Health/BioMaterials AcademicNonprofit
Massachusetts nonprofit organizations eligible for Commonwealth capital funding: colleges, universities, academic medical centers, independent research institutions, and nonprofit accelerators/incubators.
www.masslifesciences.com ↗
DOE
Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program - 2026 Solicitation 2
Nov 4, 2026
$3,600 per month stipend for a 3 to 12 month research placement at a DOE national laboratory, plus a supplemental research and travel allowance
EnergyMaterialsQuantum AcademicNational Lab US only PhD students
Open to PhD students. Applicant must be a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, enrolled in a PhD program at a US university, conducting thesis research in a topic aligned with one of six DOE Office of Science program areas, and partnered with a host scientist at a participating DOE national laboratory (Ames, Argonne, Brookhaven, Fermilab, LBNL, ORNL, PNNL, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, SLAC, or Jefferson Lab).
science.osti.gov ↗
NSF
SBIR/STTR Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation (NSF 26-511)
Nov 4, 2026
Phase I up to $305K; Phase II up to $1.25M; Fast-Track up to $400K (Phase I) plus $1.155M (Phase II); Strategic Breakthrough up to $30M; about $40M total pilot budget
Instrumentation ManufacturingMaterialsQuantum AcademicSmall Business
US small business concerns (500 employees or fewer including affiliates). STTR requires a research institution partner. Phase I and Fast-Track need an NSF invitation after a Project Pitch. Phase II is open only to NSF Phase I SBIR/STTR awardees. The PI must be employed at least 51% by the small business. Next deadlines after this one: 2027-03-04 and 2027-07-07.
www.nsf.gov ↗
ONR
Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP), N0001426SF004
Oct 30, 2026
Not stated on the public NOFO page; historical ONR YIP awards have run approximately $510,000 total over 3 years (up to about $170,000 per year), though recent DoD YIP cycles have trended toward larger multi-year budgets
Defense AcademicEarly CareerNonprofit Early career
Early-career faculty. Applicants must be in their first or second full-time tenure-track or tenure-track-equivalent academic appointment, have received a PhD or equivalent degree on or after January 1, 2019, and be employed at a US institution of higher education or US non-profit research organization.
www.onr.navy.mil ↗
