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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.
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Topic 01: 'Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model' (GFM) published on 12/15/2023. See Attachments/Links.
Important update:
Topic 01 Revision 1 will be published on 01/24/2024; the revision will include the Q&A.
Abstract and Proposal due dates are extended:
Abstracts Due on 02/02/2024 @ 5:00pm ET
Proposals Due on 03/22/2024 @ 5:00pm ET (Note: Proposers who do not submit an abstract are ineligible to submit a proposal.)
Contact Email for Topic 01: Unclassified: [email protected] (Email Subject: ‘TOPIC 01 – GFM’)
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General Solicitation, Appendix 1 & 2 were updated on 01/16/2024. See Attachments/Links:
Appendix 1 was updated to
-change the header,
-add instructions that list of acronyms is allowed outside of the page count, and
-change the margins to 1 inch to match the instructions in the document.
Appendix 2 was updated to
-add instructions that list of acronyms is allowed outside of the page count
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