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FY25-29 STRATEGIC TRENDS RESEARCH INITIATIVE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is soliciting strategic research through Broad Agency Announcement HDTRA124S0003 for the Strategic Trends Research Initiative covering Fiscal Years 2025 through 2029. With a total funding pool of 35,880,000 dollars, the initiative seeks to identify and characterize weapons of mass destruction and emerging technology threats projected five to ten years into the future. The research focuses on nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear challenges, emphasizing analytical studies and international dialogues to support deterrence, crisis prevention, arms control, and strategic competition for the Department of Defense and its allies. The solicitation is open to a wide range of performers, including universities, think tanks, and NGOs, as well as government-affiliated organizations such as FFRDCs and UARCs through a specific Government Call. Funding is awarded based on a multi-phase process starting with the submission of white papers, with individual awards historically ranging from 50,000 to 1.3 million dollars. Research priorities are updated annually, with a current emphasis on strategic dialogues in the Indo-Pacific and NATO regions, as well as studies on conventional-nuclear integration. The BAA remains active until August 1, 2029, and is managed by the Strategic Integration Directorate's Strategic Trends Office.

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DTRA seeks research on WMD and emerging threats through 2029 with $35.88M funding.

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54171

Place of Performance

Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060, USA

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Amendment 01 to FY25 Broad Agency Announcement HDTRA1-24-S-0003 for Strategic Trends Research

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Amendment 02 to FY25-29 Strategic Trends Research Initiative BAA HDTRA1-24-S-0003

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Amendment 03 to BAA HDTRA1-24-S-0003: Review Delays Due to Potential Government Shutdown

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DTRA SI-ST FY25-29 Strategic Trends Research Initiative Industry Day and BAA Overview

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FY 2025 Strategic Trends Research Initiative Industry Day Q&A - BAA HDTRA1-24-S-0003 Amendment 03

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FY25-29 Strategic Trends Research Initiative Broad Agency Announcement

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FY25-29 Strategic Trends Research Initiative Government Call for White Papers

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Defense Threat Reduction Agency
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OfficeFORT BELVOIR, VA, 22060-6201, USA
Office AddressFORT BELVOIR, VA, 22060-6201, USA

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This is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting strategic research on challenges related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) 5'10 years in the future in support of the mission of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The BAA covers Fiscal Year (FY) 2025'2029 with a total funding amount of $35,880,000, subject to availability of funds. This BAA will remain posted on the Government point of entry, https://sam.gov/content/home until superseded. Within DoD, DTRA provides cross-cutting solutions to enable the DoD, the United States Government (USG), and international partners to deter strategic attack against the United States and its allies; prevent, reduce, and counter WMD and emerging threats; and prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict. In pursuit of its mission, DTRA serves two distinct yet complementary roles as a Defense Agency (DA) and Combat Support Agency (CSA). As a DA, DTRA supports strategic policies and priorities to reduce global WMD and emerging threats by deterring potential adversarial acquisition and use of WMD materials/components through nuclear assurance, treaty support, and building partner capacity programs. As a CSA, DTRA leverages its unique capabilities and expertise to identify, develop, and field solutions to counter WMD and emerging threats in direct support of Joint Staff and Combatant Commands. Within DTRA, the Strategic Integration Directorate (SI), Strategic Trends Office (SI-ST) is responsible for anticipating, understanding, and characterizing WMD trends and threats 5'10 years in the future and delivering timely insights and recommendations on how to adapt/respond. SI-ST's Strategic Trends Research Initiative (STRI) is a curated research portfolio sponsoring analytical studies and Track 1.5 and 2 international dialogues to generate timely, credible, and actionable insights into challenges related to WMD and emerging technology. SI-ST's research explores a range of challenges related to nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, including the development of materials, methodologies, or technologies with potential to create new or increase the impact of existing WMD threats. SI-ST's primary focus area is on WMD challenges 5'10 years into the future and the associated implications for DTRA, DoD, USG, and U.S. allies and partners in areas of deterrence, crisis and conflict prevention, risk reduction, arms control, escalation management, strategic competition, and prevailing during conflict with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) possessing adversaries. With its emphasis on examining and anticipating WMD threats and trends in the future, SI-ST's research reinforces DTRA's priorities of ensuring an actionable, forward-thinking countering-WMD (CWMD) mission focus; shaping the understanding of CWMD challenges across the policy, Military Service(s), and Combatant Command communities; and recommending solutions to those challenges. In addition to the 1 allowable NAICS Code provided in the Classification Section of this posting, the NAICS Codes listed below are applicable under this BAA. 541690: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 541713: Research and Development in Nanotechnology 541714: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) 541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) 541720: Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities 541990: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 611310: Academies, College or University Including Military Service (college) 927110: Space Research and Technology

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