Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction

Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction.  **AMENDED  and posted to grants.gov**: The latest revision is posted as Amendment 12. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety, as it updates several sections. Specifically, “ATTACHMENT 1: SPECIFIC TOPICS” now includes Basic Research Topics J1-J5, with pre-application white papers due by 11:59pm EST on 4 March 2020. ** Please note that all correspondence must be sent to the appropriate Agency contact identified in Section 7. Agency Contacts. **  Please see further amendments that followed.  This posting today (5 Dec 2022) is Amendment 17.  

Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction.  **AMENDED  and posted to grants.gov**: The latest revision is posted as Amendment 12. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety, as it updates several sections. Specifically, “ATTACHMENT 1: SPECIFIC TOPICS” now includes Basic Research Topics J1-J5, with pre-application white papers due by 11:59pm EST on 4 March 2020. ** Please note that all correspondence must be sent to the appropriate Agency contact identified in Section 7. Agency Contacts. **  Please see further amendments that followed.  This posting today (19 Apr 2022) is Amendment 16.  

Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction.  **AMENDED  and posted to grants.gov**: The latest revision is posted as Amendment 12. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety, as it updates several sections. Specifically, “ATTACHMENT 1: SPECIFIC TOPICS” now includes Basic Research Topics J1-J5, with pre-application white papers due by 11:59pm EST on 4 March 2020. ** Please note that all correspondence must be sent to the appropriate Agency contact identified in Section 7. Agency Contacts. **  Please see further amendments that followed.  This posting today (20 Dec 2021) is Amendment 15.  

Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction.  **AMENDED  and posted to grants.gov**: The latest revision is posted as Amendment 12. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety, as it updates several sections. Specifically, “ATTACHMENT 1: SPECIFIC TOPICS” now includes Basic Research Topics J1-J5, with pre-application white papers due by 11:59pm EST on 4 March 2020. ** Please note that all correspondence must be sent to the appropriate Agency contact identified in Section 7. Agency Contacts. **

**AMENDED 26 JULY 2018**: The latest revision is posted as AMENDMENT 8. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety. Thrust Area 7, Topic B was added to ATTACHMENT 1. ** Please note that all correspondence must be sent to the appropriate Agency contact identified in Section 7. Agency Contacts. **

**AMENDED 27 FEBRUARY 2017**: The latest revision is posted as Amendment 4. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety, as it updates several sections. Specifically, Basic Research Topics G1-G19 were removed from ATTACHMENT 1: SPECIFIC TOPICS, and Post Doc-Topic A: Postdoctoral Scholars Program (Thrusts 1-5 and 7) was added to ATTACHMENT 1. ** Please note that all correspondence must be sent to the appropriate Agency contact identified in Section 7. Agency Contacts. **

NOTE: The two prior "links" are identified as "Amendment 4" and "Amendment 5" - these were failed attempts to load Amendment 4. The corrected Amendment 4 is identified by FedBizOpps as "Amendment 6." To remove the two erroneous links would have cancelled the BAA posting, so please ignore.

**AMENDED 27 FEBRUARY 2017**:  The latest revision is posted as Amendment 4.  Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety, as it updates several sections.  Specifically, Basic Research Topics G1-G19 were removed from ATTACHMENT 1:  SPECIFIC TOPICS, and Post Doc-Topic A:  Postdoctoral Scholars Program (Thrusts 1-5 and 7) was added to ATTACHMENT 1.  ** Please note that all correspondence must be sent to the appropriate Agency contact identified in Section 7.  Agency Contacts. **

The Amendment 4 was added as an attachment to the FedBizOpps website for this BAA on 27 February 2017.  However, it does not appear that the application identified this as an actual amendment; therefore, DTRA is adding this notification to ensure that the Amendment 4 is recognized.

This serves as a notice only. The full announcement is posted on Grants.gov. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Research and Development (J9) Directorate, Basic and Applied Sciences Department (BA), has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) under the announcement number and title of: "HDTRA1-14-24-FRCWMD-BAA Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction." On 20 March 2015, the BAA was posted on the Grants.gov website, www.Grants.gov. All applicable dates, topics, and instructions can be found on the Grants.gov posting. It is the applicant's responsibility to check Grants.gov for updates. There is no guarantee FBO will be updated. (Link provided below)

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275322

All ADMINISTRATIVE and PROGRAMMATIC correspondence should be directed to HDTRA1-FRCWMD-A@dtra.mil.

Every effort will be made to provide a timely response to all inquiries; however, e-mails may not receive a response. Attachments will not be reviewed. Specific TECHNICAL correspondence regarding the thrust areas as well as the topics may be directed to the following e-mail addresses:

Thrust Area 1: FRCWMD-TA1@dtra.mil
Thrust Area 2: FRCWMD-TA2@dtra.mil
Thrust Area 3: FRCWMD-TA3@dtra.mil
Thrust Area 4: FRCWMD-TA4@dtra.mil
Thrust Area 5: FRCWMD-TA5@dtra.mil
Thrust Area 6: FRCWMD-TA6@dtra.mil
Thrust Area 7: FRCWMD-TA7@dtra.mil

Please note that technical correspondence e-mails may or may not be reviewed and responded to; attachments will not be reviewed. Dialogue that assists the applicants in developing better pre-application white papers and invited proposals is encouraged. Questions regarding debriefing summaries for pre-application white papers that are invited to full proposals are encouraged. Requests to reconsider pre-application white papers and/or proposals, requests for additional information beyond the debriefing summaries for non-invites/non-selections, and rebuttals to the debriefing summary (e.g., additional data, further explanation, etc.) WILL NOT be considered under any circumstances.

*Note: Should you have issues using the link provided, go to

http://www.grants.gov/search/basic.do

Search by CFDA Number: "12.351"; Click "HDTRA1-14-24-FRCWMD-BAA"