Today, the ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is pleased to announce the availability of the final, public version of our Adaptive Incremental Forming through Optimized Robotic Manufacturing (AI-FORM) Tech Project Call created in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The ARM Institute expects to award approximately $6M to fund projects under this Project Call. Note that the period-of-performance in this Project Call is longer than typical ARM Institute Project Calls with a period-of-performance of around 54 months and projects concluding in September 2030.
Proposals for this Project Call are due on December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET and must be submitted via the ARM Member Community. While our Project Call is publicly available, you must be an ARM Member to submit a proposal. Learn more about membership here.
ARM Institute Project Calls catalyze collaboration between industry, government, and academia to spur keenly needed robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to strengthen US manufacturing and secure the Organic and Defense Industrial Bases. Project Calls provide a key platform for collaboration and innovation, fostering a consortium that works together to lift solutions off the ground that may have otherwise suffered from a lack of funding or technical roadblocks.