Intelligent Generator of Research (IGoR) - ISO

About this funding opportunity

Amendment 02 extends the proposal due date and provides revisions to Appendix A_Program and Technical Description and Appendix E_Draft Model OT Agreement, as highlighted in yellow.

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Amendment 01 adds Appendix E_Draft Model OT Agreement and provides revisions to Appendix B_Solution Summary Format and Instructions, as highlighted.

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ARPA-H intends to host a hybrid Proposers Day in early June in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Additional information will be posted when it becomes availiable.

The Intelligent Generator of Research (IGoR) program aims to eliminate longstanding inefficiencies in research and accelerate the development of effective therapies for complex diseases by creating an AI-enabled interoperable research ecosystem. IGoR would develop: 1) mechanistic disease models that encode causal biological relationships across scales, 2) an AI orchestration layer that identifies knowledge gaps and designs optimal experiments, 3) a layered protocol architecture that enables any qualified laboratory to execute the same experiment reproducibly, and 4) a distributed marketplace of validated laboratories that execute standardized protocols and return gold-standard data. Together, these components form a cycle of hypothesis generation, experimentation, and model refinement that enables researchers to create validated knowledge at least 10x more rapidly than conventional approaches. Ultimately, IGoR will empower researchers at every level to pursue bold, unconventional research directions that are currently too slow, too complex, or too resource‑intensive.

Topic areas: General and Cross-cutting R&D, Life Sciences and Health.

Funding amount

This contract provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are due Aug 13, 2026. Confirm the exact closing time on the official program page before applying.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• SME
• MidCaps
• Large Company
• Startups
• University
• Research Organization
• NGOs
• Public Authorities

Eligibility

No Set aside used

Agency

Intelligent Generator of Research (IGoR) - ISO is administered by Health And Human Services, Department Of (HHSD), listed via SAM.gov.