NGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)
This BAA funds innovative GEOINT research and development concepts for eligible offerors in response to NGA topic calls, including geospatial foundational models and related analytic or phenomenology technologies.
⚑ Federal contract BAA; responses are only accepted to separately published Topic Calls, not the general solicitation. · Active Topic 1 requires an abstract before proposal submission; proposers who skip the abstract are ineligible to submit a proposal. · Check each Topic Call for its own due dates and any topic-specific restrictions.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 90 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topic: national_security_defense (primary); social/behavioral work is minor; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
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/or 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 of the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation site on Sam.gov and Grants.gov (Opportunity ID:351404). 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 Topic Calls. Please refer to the Topic Calls for Abstract and Proposal due dates. The BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation, HM047623BAA0001, is posted and applies to Topic 1 and forward. See Attachments/Links. Active Topics: Topic 1 - Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model (GFM) is active. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic 01: 'Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model' (GFM) published on 12/15/2023. See Attachments/Links. Questions Due on 01/02/2024 @ 5:00pm ET Abstracts Due on 01/23/2024 @ 5:00pm ET Proposals Due on 03/04/2024 @ 5:00pm ET (Note: Proposers who do not submit an abstract are ineligible to submit a proposal.) Contact Email for Topic 01: Unclassified: BIGSTBAA@nga.mil (Email Subject: ‘TOPIC 01 – GFM’) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (NGA) / ATTN: MS S84 - OCS.
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Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · Department of Defense (BAA-style) conventions SEE A DOD EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — Department of Defense (BAA-style)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.