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.

Questions Due on 01/02/2024 @ 5:00pm ET

Abstracts Due on 01/23/2024 @ 5:00pm ET

Proposals Due on 03/04/2024 @ 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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