ALERT | Awareness and Localization of Explosive-Related Threats

DHS S&T Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA) May 24, 2016

The Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Long-Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA) is a standing, open invitation to the scientific and technical communities to fund pioneering research and development (R&D) projects in support of our nation’s security. Its purpose is to advance our scientific and technical knowledge and to apply such advances to the department’s operational environments.

TSA Innovation for Aviation Security Broad Agency Announcement May 24, 2016

TSA is seeking individual solutions or processes that can address a component of the screening system or solutions that integrate multiple elements of the screening process (integrated systems).

TSA Innovative Concepts Broad Agency Announcement (TSICBAA) May 24, 2016

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is interested in receiving concept papers and proposals for research projects that support the TSA mission of ensuring the safety of the nation’s transportation. TSA is specifically interested in research that will provide for near term improvement of current security operations and capabilities. This BAA remains open until further notice.

Sandia National Lab Request for Proposals May 24, 2016

Opportunities: #659375 and #659371

The Open Threat Assessment Platform (OTAP) is a Sandia National Labs project aimed at developing and demonstrating an open architecture baggage screening prototype in support of TSA’s Open System Architecture initiative. OTAP is being developed in partnership with several Transportation Security Equipment (TSE) manufacturers and will allow a broad market of third-party vendors to develop and easily implement detection algorithms, software, fused solutions and specialized hardware upgrades on field deployable TSE.

Transportation Security Innovative Concepts Broad Agency Annoucement June 10, 2015

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is interested in receiving concept papers and proposals for research projects that support the TSA mission of ensuring the safety of the nation’s transportation.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) FY14.1 SBIR December 4, 2013

The purpose of the pre-solicitation notice is to alert potential small business offerors that the Department of Homeland Security will be accepting proposals for the Small Business Innovation Research program beginning on December 18, 2013.

BAA 13-05 Advanced X-ray Material Discrimination May 1, 2013

This BAA will advance aviation security and improvised explosive threat detection by providing enabling technology for subsequent incorporation into EDS and AT screening equipment by future development acquisitions.

MGH RFP for Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies – Innovation Award March 22, 2013

Through support from the Bacca Foundation and the Omidyar Network, the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health (CGH) is pleased to announce its 3rd Innovation Award to accelerate health technologies to improve the lives of people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

NIH FOA for Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01) March 22, 2013

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to encourage collaborations between the life and physical sciences that: 1) apply a multidisciplinary bioengineering approach to the solution of a biomedical problem; and 2) integrate, optimize, validate, translate or otherwise accelerate the adoption of promising tools, methods and techniques for a specific research or clinical problem in basic, translational, or clinical science and practice.

NSF RFP for Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering 2013 (BRIGE) March 22, 2013

The Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) solicitation is designed to promote the development of early career faculty who will become champions for diversity and broadening participation of underrepresented groups in engineering throughout their careers.