FY25-29 STRATEGIC TRENDS RESEARCH INITIATIVE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is soliciting strategic research on challenges related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) 5-10 years in the future. The research should focus on anticipating, understanding, and characterizing WMD trends and threats, as well as delivering timely insights and recommendations on how to adapt and respond. The agency is looking for proposals that explore 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. Some key areas of focus include: • 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 • Examining and anticipating WMD threats and trends in the future • Recommending solutions to WMD challenges across the policy, Military Service(s), and Combatant Command communities • Shaping the understanding of countering-WMD (CWMD) challenges