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Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Opportunity HM047623BAA0001

Who can apply

• Others

All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit an abstract and proposal for NGA’s consideration. See Section 3: Eligibility Information, of Broad Agency Announcement HM047623BAA0001 for detailed information.

About this opportunity

The Boosting Innovative GEOINT-Science and Technology (BIG-ST) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) invites proposers to submit innovative concepts to address hard GEOINT problems that align to one or more of the following technical domains: (1) Foundational GEOINT, (2) Advanced Phenomenologies, and (3) Analytic Technologies. BAA Process and Topic Call Publication: The BIG-ST BAA is a general announcement of NGA’s research interest, including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government’s needs. The requests for abstracts and proposals are transmitted via Topic Calls that are published separately under the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation at various times during the open period of the General Solicitation. Topic Calls will be published via updates to the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation site on Sam.gov, Grants.gov, and/or the Classified IC-Acquisition Research Center (https://acq-ui.ace.proj.nro.ic.gov). If a Topic Call is Classified, interested parties must have an account to log into the Classified IC-ARC to see the notice, and all associated RFP documents. For additional support with account access, please contact the Classified ACE Help Desk at 855-4ACE.Interested parties should periodically check these websites for updates. No submissions shall be accepted to the General Solicitation; abstracts and proposals will only be reviewed in response to open Topic Calls. Please refer to the Topic Calls for Abstract and Proposal due dates. The BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation, HM047623BAA0001 Revision 4 (dated 07/30/2026), is posted and applies to Topic 6 and forward. See Attachments/Links. Closed Topics: Topic 1 - Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model (GFM) is closed Topic 2 - Magnifying University Science Expertise (MUSE) is closed. Topic 3 - VLBI+G Signal Chain Development (VLBI+G) is closed. Topic 5 - Better Ingested GEOINT - Identifying Artificial Intelligence and Manually Manipulated Media (BIGISLAND) is closed. Topic 6 - Magnifying University Science Expertise (MUSE 2) is closed. Canceled Topics: Topic 4 - Production of Radio Frequency (RF) Surveys from Commercial On-orbit Passive RF (RF-COP) is canceled. Active Topics: 8/18/2026 Update: Topic 7 is on HOLD pending Government requirement reviews. No other updates are made. Topic 7 – Lidar Analysis for Surface & Environmental Reconnaissance (LASER) is open (currently on HOLD). Please visit SAM.gov for details. Please review the following new/updated documents under Attachment/Links: Updated: BIGST_BAA_HM047623BAA0001_GeneralSolicitation_REV4_20260730 Updated: BIGST_BAA_HM047623BAA0001_Provisions_Clauses_20260622 Updated: Research and Technology Plan_20260730 ** Please note: there are 8 Attachments to the RTP Plan** A summary of changes can be found within the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation Revision 4 dated 07/30/2026. Changes are highlighted in YELLOW.

Portfolio context — this listing covers more than this opportunity

This opportunity is funded under Assistance Listing 12.630 (“Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering”), a broad federal program that made about 174 new awards per year over the last five fiscal years (median award $490k). Those figures describe that whole portfolio — not this specific solicitation, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's track record.

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