(FY20) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR)

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Opportunity number
FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0004
Agency
Applications due
Originally
Award size
$200,000 to $600,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible applicants
  • Other
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

Synopsis

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Update #2 · Latest ·

To account for the President's Day holiday on February 15, 2021 the DEPSCoR solicitation is being amended to update the due date for final proposal submissions to be received on the Grants.gov website no later than 11:59 PM (EST) on February 16, 2021. -

The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2020 (FY20) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). The program is sponsored and managed by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD [R & E]), awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and administered through the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The DoD plans to award FY20 DEPSCoR appropriations through this announcement.


The aim of DEPSCoR is to improve the research capabilities at institutions of higher education (IHE) in eligible States/Territories to perform competitive basic research in science and engineering that is relevant to the DoD mission and reflect national security priorities.


The Basic Research Office anticipates approximately $7.2 million in total funding will be made available for this program to fund approximately twelve (12) awards up to $600,000 (total cost) each. Each award will be funded up to $200,000 (total cost) per year for three (3) years in the form of a grant.


The FY20 DEPSCoR competition seeks proposals addressing the following topic areas as detailed in the full announcement in the Related Documents folder:


  1. Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences
  2. Space Science
  3. Agile Science of Test and Evaluation
  4. Materials with Extreme Properties
  5. Propulsion and Energetics
  6. Computational Architectures and Visualization
  7. Optoelectronics
  8. Probability and Statistics
  9. Molecular Structure and Dynamics
  10. Social and Behavioral Science
  11. Biotronics
  12. Aerospace Structures and Materials
  13. Ocean Acoustics
  14. Machine Learning, Reasoning, and Intelligence
  15. Power Electronics & Electromagnetism, Adaptive & Machinery Controls and Advanced Machinery Systems
Update #1 ·

The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2020 (FY20) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). The program is sponsored and managed by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD [R & E]), awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and administered through the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The DoD plans to award FY20 DEPSCoR appropriations through this announcement.


The aim of DEPSCoR is to improve the research capabilities at institutions of higher education (IHE) in eligible States/Territories to perform competitive basic research in science and engineering that is relevant to the DoD mission and reflect national security priorities.


The Basic Research Office anticipates approximately $7.2 million in total funding will be made available for this program to fund approximately twelve (12) awards up to $600,000 (total cost) each. Each award will be funded up to $200,000 (total cost) per year for three (3) years in the form of a grant.


The FY20 DEPSCoR competition seeks proposals addressing the following topic areas as detailed in the full announcement in the Related Documents folder:


  1. Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences
  2. Space Science
  3. Agile Science of Test and Evaluation
  4. Materials with Extreme Properties
  5. Propulsion and Energetics
  6. Computational Architectures and Visualization
  7. Optoelectronics
  8. Probability and Statistics
  9. Molecular Structure and Dynamics
  10. Social and Behavioral Science
  11. Biotronics
  12. Aerospace Structures and Materials
  13. Ocean Acoustics
  14. Machine Learning, Reasoning, and Intelligence
  15. Power Electronics & Electromagnetism, Adaptive & Machinery Controls and Advanced Machinery Systems

Files

File Type Posted
R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.4].4] —
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V2.0].0] —
Grants.gov Lobbying Form [V1.1].pdf PDF
Research & Related Personal Data [V1.2].pdf PDF
Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.4].4] —
Research & Related Senior-Key Person Profile [V2.0].4] —
SF424 (R & R) [V3.0].0] —
Research & Related Budget [V1.4].pdf PDF
Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.2].pdf PDF
Project Abstract Summary [V2.0].pdf PDF
Project-Performance Site Location(s) [V3.0].pdf PDF
DEPSCoR Webinar Questions and Answers.docx DOCX document
DEPSCOR - FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0004_Amendment 2_Published 22 JULY 2020.doc DOC document
DEPSCoR FOA Overview Slides from Webinar on 21 JULY 2020.pdf PDF
FY20 DEPSCoR Webinar (Bulletin).pdf PDF
Second Posting of Questions & Answers as of 17 June 2020 - FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0004.docx DOCX document
DEPSCOR - FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0004_Amendment 1_Published 22 MAY 2020.doc DOC document
First Posting of Questions & Answers as of 22 May 2020 - FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0004.docx DOCX document
Representation for Tax Delinquency, Felony Conviction, and Internal Confidentiality Agreeme.pdf PDF
PKG00261412-instructions.doc DOC document
DEPSCOR - FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0004.doc DOC document
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