NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250003 RFP Questions and Answers 07 APR 2025.pdf

Is it recommended to secure support letters from the contacts at various AFRL directorates, or is it sufficient to elaborate on our existing interactions and plans for establishing additional ones?

Proposers should explain existing interactions with AFRL in so far as it contributes to their plan for future collaboration and engagement; however, please do not seek letters of support pertaining to this opportunity. Per page 15 of the NOFO, "A strong proposal should outline specific activities that enable proposers to work with each other and to work with AFRL scientists ... Proposals should highlight any history of collaboration with AFRL or other government research labs."

Is the listed budget limit/year ($1,150K/yr) for the first year only, and hence can it be adjusted for inflation after the first year?

Per the NOFO, AFOSR anticipates making at least one grant award of up to $1,150,000 per year per award, for a maximum of five years. The budget should be the same every year for 5 years and the ceiling remains the same for all years.

3 Would it be possible to extend the proposal submission deadline?

No, the final proposal submission deadline remains at 21 APR 2025 NLT 11:59 PM.

On page 41 of the call, a disclosure is needed in Section vii. Will it also be a part of the project narrative (it is listed under project narrative but unlike other items, i-vi, it is not explicitly stated)?

The 'Disclsoure of Foreign National and Dual Citizenship Personnel' can be submitted as a separate attachment. It does not need to be part of the project narrative.

Should we include a brief summary of current/pending as a part of the project narrative (in addition to the detailed list we typically provide as a part of the submission package)?

Yes, the project narrative should include a brief summary of current/pending support. The R&R Senior / Key Person Profile Form should include a detailed breakdown and is not included in the page count.

Are there student visa status/residency/citizenship requirements for research assistants who are potentially supported by this project?

As stated on page 18 of the NOFO, we require that any students and post-docs funded by this uCoE be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Additionally, AFRL contains facilities and equipment that could be useful to the uCoE. Access to these facilities is restricted to U.S. citizens or permanent residents; therefore, research assistants would need to meet this requirement as well.

Would the use of SciENcv would be acceptable formats for the biographical sketches and current & pending reports?

The use of SciENcv is acceptable as long as it captures the information required for the proposal.

The full proposal deadline in the NOFO indicates 4/21/2025, but grants.gov says the closing date is 4/7/2025. Will grants.gov be updated to match the NOFO dates?

Yes, Grants.gov has been updated to reflect the 21 APR 2025 proposal deadline.

Page 38 of the NOFO indicates a form for the Abstract can be found under related documents on grants.gov, but we are not seeing anything there. Is there a required form for the abstract? If so, where can we locate this?

The Project Abstract (V1.2) form is linked under the mandatory forms in the grant opportunity package.

Does the proposal formatting on page 30 apply to all documents, or just those with a page limit? Specifically, we are wondering about the biographical sketch and current & pending documents.

The biographical sketch and current & pending documents do not need to fit the proposal format on page 30.

RFP Questions and Answers

NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250003

Posted April 7, 2025

For the “page count” referenced throughout the NOFO, are the Abstract and Data Management Plan counted within the 35 pages we are limited to for the Project Narrative? Or are these 2 documents counted outside of that 35 pages? For example, is Abstract (300 words/1 page), Project Narrative (35 pages), Data Management Plan (2 pages) for a total of 38 pages acceptable?

The abstract and Data Management Plan are not counted within the 35 pages of the Project Narrative. The Abstract (300 words/1 page), Project Narrative (35 pages), Data Management Plan (2 pages) for a total of 38 pages is acceptable.

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