OtherOpenDepartment of Defense - Army Research Laboratory

Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver

Awards $100,000 – $2,300,000 per recipient for federally funded research and development centers (ffrdc), other legal entity, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, closing Not stated.

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In one sentence

Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver awards $100,000 – $2,300,000 per recipient, open to federally funded research and development centers (ffrdc), other legal entity, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$2,300,000
Award floor and ceiling per individual award; multi-year awards consist of a first-year pilot followed by a second-year option
Award floor
$100,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
unknown
Opens
Apr 22, 2022
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) · Other Legal Entity · for-profit organizations · institutions of higher education · nonprofit organizations
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$2,300,000

Source wording: “Award floor and ceiling per individual award; multi-year awards consist of a first-year pilot followed by a second-year option”

Who can apply?

entity

Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), Other Legal Entity, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations

Source field: entity types
industry
use

Development of coordinated and individual behaviors for autonomous agents, Learning doctrinal and novel tactics for maneuvering in military relevant environments, Possible higher TRL experimentation on surrogate platforms at ARL test facilities, Research outcomes to be demonstrated in sophisticated simulations of relevant environments

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Proposals may consist of teams from any combination of organizations (prime and subawardees), but this is not a requirement for award and award will only be made to a single entity. FFRDC may propose with effort as allowed by their sponsoring agency and in accordance with their sponsoring agency policy. No limitation on place of performance, though on-site collaboration at ARL facilities encouraged.

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When does it close?

Not statedunknown deadline

Updated from original date; page states Cycle 2 has two-year structure with annual reviews; additional cycles forecasted for FY26, FY28, FY30

What can the money be used for?

Development of coordinated and individual behaviors for autonomous agentsLearning doctrinal and novel tactics for maneuvering in military relevant environmentsResearch outcomes to be demonstrated in sophisticated simulations of relevant environmentsPossible higher TRL experimentation on surrogate platforms at ARL test facilities

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No
Cost sharing: false

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?
$100,000 – $2,300,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor and ceiling per individual award; multi-year awards consist of a first-year pilot followed by a second-year option”.
Who is eligible to apply?
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), Other Legal Entity, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations.
What can the funding be used for?
Development of coordinated and individual behaviors for autonomous agents, Learning doctrinal and novel tactics for maneuvering in military relevant environments, Research outcomes to be demonstrated in sophisticated simulations of relevant environments, Possible higher TRL experimentation on surrogate platforms at ARL test facilities, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-08-31
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-08-31

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