OK starbase 4100 - new FY26 award, starbase program - FT sill, OK, federal AFP $538,338.00

The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $496,828 obligated to the Oklahoma Military Department on October 1, 2025, to support the STARBASE Program (CFDA 12.020) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The award funds an afterschool and school-based STEM mentoring initiative for middle and high school students in partnership with local school districts, designed to raise interest and build knowledge and skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics among underserved youth to develop a highly educated workforce capable of meeting Department of Defense technological requirements. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The award reflects a net funding adjustment: an initial federal appropriation of $538,338 was subsequently decreased by $41,510 in one funding line while a $375,309 increase was applied in an alternate funding category. STARBASE cooperative agreements are non-discretionary, Congressionally directed assistance available exclusively to the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam National Guards, with recipients required to work through their Adjutant General and obtain approval from the USPFO.