Federal Funding Support
We empower early-stage companies to secure and manage federal funding through specialized assistance.
Our Federal Funding Support includes:
Consortium Management
We can deftly bring high-level partners together for a joint proposal, including overseeing development of a consortium management agreement, and coordinating partners’ contributions to multiparty proposals.
Proposal Development
Our experienced team can help draft all elements of a sophisticated proposal including technical scopes of work, commercialization plans, supporting documents, and required legal documentation.
Administrative Leadership
Bringing a deep bench of organizational support and expertise, we can support a technical lead with both pre-award planning and coordination and post-award administrative functions including financial management, compliance, and reporting.
Government Affairs
We leverage decades-long relationships with elected and appointed officials in support of our funding requests.
Current funding opportunities
Deadline: September 30, 2026
DARPA, Biological Technologies Office Broad Agency Announcement
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO) is soliciting proposals that leverage biological properties and processes to revolutionize our ability to protect the nation’s warfighters. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Deadline: March 5, 2029
ARPA-H, Health Science Futures (HSF) Mission Office Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO)
Mission Office Innovative Solution Openings (ISO) provide a way to seek funds for individual research projects that fall outside the scope of an ARPA-H program or initiative, but that still aligns with an ARPA-H research focus areas. The Health Science Futures ISO supports research that removes scientific and technological limitations that stymie progress towards the health care of the future.
Deadline: March 5, 2029
ARPA-H, Proactive Health Office (PHO) Mission Office Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO)
Mission Office Innovative Solution Openings (ISO) provide a way to seek funds for individual research projects that fall outside the scope of an ARPA-H program or initiative, but that still aligns with an ARPA-H research focus areas. The Proactive Health Office ISO supports research that focuses on preventative programs that reduce the likelihood that people become patients.
Deadline: March 5, 2029
ARPA-H, Resilient Systems Office (RSO) Mission Office Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO)
Mission Office Innovative Solution Openings (ISO) provide a way to seek funds for individual research projects that fall outside the scope of an ARPA-H program or initiative, but that still aligns with an ARPA-H research focus areas. The Resilient Systems Office ISO supports research that builds robust and integrated health care systems.
Deadline: March 5, 2029
ARPA-H, Scalable Solutions Office (SSO) Mission Office Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO)
Mission Office Innovative Solution Openings (ISO) provide a way to seek funds for individual research projects that fall outside the scope of an ARPA-H program or initiative, but that still aligns with an ARPA-H research focus areas. The Scalable Solutions Office ISO supports research that addresses challenges to geography distribution, manufacturing, data and information, and economies to promote equitable solutions.
Deadline: September 30, 2029
NIST, CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement
NIST is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for research, prototyping, and commercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the U.S. The goals and objectives are to grow U.S. leadership in semiconductor technology and accelerate the pace of commercialization to enable technology dominance in the industries of the future, in areas including advanced microelectronics research and development with a nexus to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Technology, Biotechnology, Biomanufacturing, Commercialization of Innovation, and/or Standards Development.
Agency experience
Our experienced team of grant writers and research administrators has led and supported successful proposals to:
Startups we've worked with to prepare federal funding proposals
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Federal Funding FAQs
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