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

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 NGAs research interest, including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Governments 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 3 (dated 04/25/2025), is posted and applies to Topic 5 and forward. See Attachments/Links.Closed Topics:Topic 1 - Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model (GFM) is closedTopic 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.Canceled Topics:Topic 4 - Production of Radio Frequency (RF) Surveys from Commercial On-orbit Passive RF (RF-COP) is canceled.Active Topics:Topic 6 Magnifying University Science Expertise 2 (MUSE 2) is open. Topic is open to Grant Applicants only. Go to Grants.gov for details.