Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS) - Proposers' Day
This is a Proposers' Day special notice for the ARPA-H BRAINS program; it does not itself fund awards, but interested parties may later submit solution summaries for the BRAINS ISO.
⚑ Special Notice / Proposers' Day only; no funding awarded from this announcement · Solution summary is mandatory for later BRAINS ISO submissions · ARPA-H Other Transaction mechanism anticipated for any future awards · Applicant restrictions are stated only at the federal contract level in the notice
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| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 35 weak | technical depth: substantial; funds other (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 30 weak | prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
| IPPRA | 20 weak | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; social/behavioral work is none; funds other — not a research fit; eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped) |
Description
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) posts this funding opportunity in support of the Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS) Exploratory Topic program. ARPA-H anticipates multiple awards with Other Transaction award types resulting from this announcement. Interested parties are invited to review the BRAINS Special Notice ARPA-H-SN-26-153 and Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO) ARPA-H-SOL-26-148. Parties interested in submitting a proposal in response to the ARPA-H BRAINS ISO are required (mandatory) to submit a solution summary. No awards will be made, or funding provided as a result of solution summary submissions. The virtual Proposers' Day will be on June 9, 2026 and the recording will be available on the BRAINS program website. The event is intended to foster a greater understanding of the BRAINS program.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: No Set aside used. Notice type: Special Notice. Organization: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH / ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H).
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