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Opportunity Summary:

The "Multi INT Research Initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPS BAA 14 005) is a Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Broad Agency Announcement centered on advancing next-generation intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) through innovative research sponsored by the Center for Multi INT Studies (CMIS). The core premise is that modern intelligence problems have outgrown traditional, linear, analyst-heavy workflows. Decision makers and operators increasingly need real-time, accurate, and actionable intelligence, but the volume, variety, and speed of multi-source data streams now exceed what humans can reasonably process without major advances in automation and decision support. CMIS is therefore seeking independent research that can materially improve the timeliness, effectiveness, and overall execution of the intelligence cycle in complex and rapidly changing operational environments.

A major focus of the opportunity is the development and application of cognitive technologies that can help bridge the gap between massive data availability and practical, operational insight. CMIS describes a future ISR enterprise where systems do more than collect and store data: they anticipate strategic and tactical information needs, coordinate or "orchestrate" distributed sensing across all domains (cyber, human, terrestrial, air, sea, and space), and generate timely recommendations that can be acted on by humans and/or autonomous or semi-autonomous systems. The research emphasis is not just on processing data faster, but on improving higher-level functions like sensemaking, reasoning, inferencing, visualization, and situational awareness so that the right conclusions can be reached and communicated in time to matter.

The announcement highlights four transformative technology areas of interest. First is "understanding targets as systems," which points to approaches that model people, organizations, infrastructures, or adversary capabilities as interconnected systems rather than isolated elements, enabling richer prediction and explanation. Second is "orchestrated resource management," meaning methods to dynamically task, coordinate, and optimize sensors and collection assets across domains based on evolving objectives, constraints, and uncertainty. Third is "cognitive sensemaking," focused on computational methods that help form coherent interpretations from ambiguous, incomplete, or conflicting information, including tools that support reasoning under uncertainty. Fourth is "human-computer symbiosis," which emphasizes designs where human judgment and machine capabilities complement each other, improving trust, usability, interpretability, workflow integration, and overall decision quality rather than simply replacing analysts.

From an administrative and funding standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary research and development funding under CFDA 12.300 (Basic and Applied Scientific Research). Awards may be made as grants or cooperative agreements, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed. The agency associated with the posting is Naval Supply Systems Command, with NPS as the implementing research organization through CMIS.

Eligibility is broad but has specific exclusions. Proposals may be submitted by responsible sources from U.S. academia, U.S. research institutions, U.S. laboratories outside the Federal Government, U.S. industry, and accredited foreign universities. However, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are not eligible for awards under this BAA. In addition, U.S. Government schools of higher education, Navy laboratories and warfare centers, and other Department of Defense and civilian agency laboratories are not eligible to receive awards and should not submit directly; those organizations are instead directed to contact the BAA email address if they have interest. University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) may apply unless restricted by the terms of their specific Department of Defense UARC contract.

Key dates in the posted record indicate the opportunity was posted on September 23, 2014, with a closing date of September 30, 2015, and an archive date of October 30, 2015. The announcement also references an additional information link to NPS BAAs and provides a point of contact for access issues: Janet Norton, Contract and Grant Officer (Business POC).

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