DHS S & T Center of Excellence Supplemement Applications
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- DHS-27-061-COE-SUPP
- Agency
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Office of Procurement Operations
Department of Homeland Security
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $15,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Points of contact
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- Marsha D Mathis marsha.mathis@dhs.gov
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
DHS Office of Procurement Operations is soliciting supplemental cooperative agreement applications under the Centers for Homeland Security program (CFDA 97.061, administered by the Science and Technology Directorate), with applications due May 21, 2027. The announcement is open only to six existing Center of Excellence recipients, and the listed applicant type is Higher Education Institutions (Public).
The six eligible recipients are: National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE), University of Nebraska Omaha; Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC-ARCTIC), University of Alaska Anchorage; Soft-target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality (SENTRY), Northeastern University; Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE), Arizona State University; Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Coastal Resilience Center (CRC), University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; and Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS), Texas A&M University. Each is an incumbent recipient.
Supplemental awards support research and education within each Center's existing scope of work. Research methods must be rooted in rigorous science and engineering disciplines, and knowledge produced must be amenable to integration with homeland security customers. The portfolio should generate substantial original, cutting-edge results.
Applications undergo eligibility and responsiveness review by DHS program and administrative staff, followed by merit review by a subject matter expert panel that may include federal and non-federal reviewers. Selection criteria are directed to the program guidance document.
The announcement does not state cost share, award amounts, award count, period of performance, or place of performance. Under the parent program, renewals are based on performance, program plan, and availability of funds. The parent program's awards have slowed substantially, with single awards in 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2024. The prior supplemental solicitation (DHS-23-061-COE-SUPP) used the same exclusive eight-recipient model and closed May 24, 2024.
Synopsis
The DHS Centers of Excellence (COE) are multi-disciplinary, university-based, research and education Centers that conduct rigorous, innovative and useful research. DHS expects the COEs to break new theoretical and empirical ground as well as adapt existing approaches to homeland security missions and technology gaps. Research methods proposed under these funding continuations should be rooted in rigorous science and engineering disciplines. Knowledge generated by the COE's research must be amenable to integration with homeland security customers. As a whole, the portfolio of proposed projects should generate substantial original and cutting-edge research results. Applications for supplemental funding will be considered for research and education activities within the scope of work for each COE.
This NOFO is for supplemental awards for the following existing Centers of Excellence recipients:
- National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) - University of Nebraska, Omaha
- Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC-ARCTIC) - University of Alaska Anchorage
- Soft-target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality) (SENTRY) - Northeastern University
- Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE) - Arizona State University
- Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS) - Texas A & M University
Eligibility
This announcement is open ONLY to the existing Center of Excellence recipients as identified below.
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