Project Grant H982102410013

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $587,744.02, was granted by the Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, to the CAL Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) on May 8, 2025. The award is under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002), which provides financial assistance to establish and maintain APEX Accelerators that offer free technical assistance, education, and resources to help...

This $132,875.26 Cooperative Agreement award was granted on September 23, 2025 by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental research by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated (doing business as Orau) to relate experimental and simulated characterization to accelerate material development. The goal is to pursue high-risk, high-payoff ideas in basic science to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Defense's Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002) provides $731,106.75 in funding to Boise State University to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator to serve as a resource for business entities, including newly started businesses, to obtain procurement technical assistance. The objective is to enable these businesses to identify potential contractual...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $118,750.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental research at Texas Tech University System on the formation of aluminum hydroxide layers to enable surface modification of aluminum particles. The research aims to expand scientific understanding in materials science and potentially...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Defense's Office of the Secretary of Defense is part of the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). The $699,510 award to the Southwestern College Foundation in California is to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator that provides procurement technical assistance to business entities, including newly started businesses. The APEX Accelerator will offer professional, specialized assistance to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense provides $778,402.61 in funding for the University of Alabama to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator. The APEX Accelerator will serve as a resource for business entities, including newly started businesses, to obtain procurement technical assistance under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). The goal of the program is to build a strong and sustainable U.S. supply chain...

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Congressionally Directed Assistance program (CFDA 12.599) to Applied Research Institute Inc., doing business as the Indiana Innovation Institute. The $64,338,217 award, effective from June 20, 2025, to June 19, 2030, will fund the design, development, and management of a network of physical and digital hubs and collaborative partnerships to lower the barriers for commercial and dual-use technology entry...

The U.S. Department of Defense, through its Office of the Secretary of Defense, awarded a $805,334.94 Cooperative Agreement to the University of South Carolina to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). This APEX Accelerator will serve as a resource to provide procurement technical assistance to business entities, including newly started businesses, to help them successfully navigate government contracting...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense), is part of the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). The $657,722.28 award to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator that will serve as a resource for businesses, including newly started entities, to obtain procurement technical assistance. This assistance enables...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $340,135.25 and granted on May 8, 2025 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, aims to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator in California. The APEX Accelerator will serve as a resource for business entities, including newly started businesses, to obtain procurement technical assistance. This assistance enables businesses to identify potential contracting opportunities and obtain or perform under contracts, innovation and technology grants or...