NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

About this funding opportunity

Amendment 0007

The purpose of this amendment is to add Summary Topic 61-24-06 - AFFF ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY OF FLUORINE-FREE FOAM (F3) WITH NON-ASPIRATING SPRINKLER NOZZLES to Appendix 1 in it’s entirety. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Amendment 0006

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Amendment 0005

The purpose of this amendment is to provide a searchable list of Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1. Expanded descriptions of each topic can be found in the full announcement pdf.

APPENDIX 1, RESEARCH DESCRIPTION - SUMMARY TOPICS

II. Detailed information about the funding opportunity

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The basic research program is driven by perceptions about future requirements of the Navy.

The Navy's operational effectiveness depends on its ability to keep pace with rapidly developing technologies. NRL contributes to this requirement by conducting research in the following areas, organized into NRL'S three research directorates and Naval Center for Space Technology:

Systems Directorate Code 5000

Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate Code 6000 Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate Code 7000 Naval Center for Space Technology Code 8000

A. SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE - CODE 5000

53-24-01 - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR

53-24-01C - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR (CLASSIFIED)

53-24-02 - LOW-COST WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES

53-24-03 - ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS

55-24-01 - INFORMATION AND DECISION SCIENCES

55-24-02 - MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTING

55-24-03 - HIGH ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING

55-24-04 - ADVANCED NAVAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS

55-24-05 - FEDERATED, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING/NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

56-24-01 - OPTICAL SCIENCES R&D

57-24-01 - ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

57-24-02 - SHIPBOARD ELECTRONIC WARFARE

B. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 6000

60-24-01 - HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ON MASSIVELY PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES

61-24-01 - ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE, CONVERSION AND COMMAND/CONTROL

61-24-02 - CORROSION PROCESSES, CONTROL, MITIGATION, AND TECHNOLOGY

61-24-03 - APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND ADVANCED LASER TECHNIQUES

61-24-04 - MULTIECHELON DIAGNOSTICS (MEDx) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TIERED EVALUATION

63-24-01 - MATERIALS PERFORMANCE, PROCESSING, AND MODELING

67-24-01 - BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN PLASMA SCIENCE

68-24-01 - RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH

68-24-02 - PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR PORTABLE POWER

C. OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 7000

71-24-01 - ACOUSTIC SIMULATION AND TACTICS

72-24-01 - LOW FREQUENCY RADIO INTERFEROMETRY

72-24-02 - OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE COASTAL REGIME

72-24-03 - REMOTE SENSORS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS

72-24-04 - AIRBORNE, SHIPBOARD, AND OVERHEAD DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS

73-24-01 - OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION OCEANOGRAPHY

73-24-02 - SEAFLOOR SCIENCES

73-24-03 - GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

75-24-01 - ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS, ANALYSIS, AND PREDICTION

76-24-01 - RESEARCH INTO SPACE, BACKGROUNDS, IMAGING AND MODELING

D. NAVAL CENTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY CODE 8000

82-24-01 - SPACECRAFT & SPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

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Amendment 0004

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers and revise Appendix 1 Summary Topics and email addresses in it’s entirety.

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Amendment 0003

The purpose of…

Topic areas: General and Cross-cutting R&D, Security and Defense, Space and Aerospace, Energy and Environment, Physical Sciences, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Industry.

Funding amount

This cooperative agreement provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are due Sep 30, 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:

• Open to all applicant types

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research is administered by Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), listed via Grants.gov.