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

<p><strong>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: </strong></p><p><strong>(1) Foundational GEOINT, </strong></p><p><strong>(2) Advanced Phenomenologies, and </strong></p><p><strong>(3) Analytic Technologies.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>BAA Process and Topic Call Publication:</u></strong></p><p>The BIG-ST BAA is a <u>general announcement</u> of NGA’s research interest, including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government’s needs.</p><p><strong>The requests for abstracts and proposals are transmitted via Topic Calls </strong>that are published separately under the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation at various times during the open period of the General Solicitation.&nbsp;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).&nbsp;If a Topic Call is Classified, interested parties must have an account to log into the <strong><u>Classified IC-ARC</u> </strong>to see the notice, and all associated RFP documents.&nbsp;For additional support with account access, please&nbsp;contact the Classified ACE Help Desk at 855-4ACE.Interested parties should periodically check these websites for updates.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>No submissions shall be accepted to the General Solicitation; abstracts and proposals will only be reviewed in response to open Topic Calls.</strong>&nbsp;Please refer to the Topic Calls for Abstract and Proposal due dates.&nbsp;</p><p>The BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation, <u>HM047623BAA0001 </u><strong><u>Revision 3</u></strong><u>&nbsp;(dated 04/25/2025),</u> is posted and applies to Topic 5 and forward.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>See Attachments/Links.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Closed Topics:</u></strong></p><p>Topic 1 - Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model (GFM) is closed</p><p>Topic 2 - Magnifying University Science Expertise (MUSE) is closed.</p><p>Topic 3 - VLBI+G Signal Chain Development (VLBI+G) is closed.</p><p>Topic 5 - Better Ingested GEOINT - Identifying Artificial Intelligence and Manually Manipulated Media (BIGISLAND) is closed.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Canceled Topics:</u></strong></p><p>Topic 4 - Production of Radio Frequency (RF) Surveys from Commercial On-orbit Passive RF (RF-COP) is canceled.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Active Topics:</u></strong></p><p>Topic 6 – Magnifying University Science Expertise 2 (MUSE 2) is open.

Topic is open to Grant Applicants only. Go to Grants.gov for details.</p><p>Topic 6 Update (3/16/2026): The Questions and Answers (Q&amp;A) session is closed.

The Q&amp;A document is embedded in the revised Topic 6 document titled "BIGST_BAA_T06_MUSE_2v2.pdf." The revised Topic 6 can be found in Grants.gov under RELATED DOCUMENTS.</p><p>Topic 6 Update (3/24/2026): Topic 6 "BIGST_BAA_T06_MUSE_2v3.pdf" and Appendix 5 "APPENDIX 5 Grants Coops_version3' have been revised and can be found in Grants.gov under RELATED DOCUMENTS.

The Abstract submission date has been extended to 31 March 2026 (10AM ET).

Additionally, APPENDIX 5 Grants Coops_version3 has been uploaded as an Attachment to this General Solicitation.</p><p><strong>Topic 6 Update (4/01/2026):</strong> Topic 6 "BIGST_BAA_T06_MUSE_2v4.pdf" has been revised and can be found in Grants.gov under RELATED DOCUMENTS. <strong>Abstract Submissions are CLOSED and are no longer being accepted. </strong></p>