Stacy L Chin covers federal R&D funding deadlines. NSF's 2026 solicitation closes July 27. The Department of War releases new SBIR topics the first Wednesday of every month, with several 2026 topics already live including new DARPA opportunities.
The NSF is officially back online, for example, and the project pitch opened on June 2nd. The new 2026 solicitation is live and the next deadline is July 27th. The Department of War is already moving fast. Several 2026 topics are now live, including new DARPA opportunities, and some programs are operating under overlapping funding cycles due to the delays caused by the reauthorization process. And importantly, in the DOW, new SBIR topics are going to be dropped the first Wednesday of every month.
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