Title
Fiscal Year 2023 Department of Defense Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI)
Agencies
Department of Defense (DOD)
Description
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to (a) enhance research programs and
capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions
of DoD; (b) enhance the capacity of HBCU/MI to participate in DoD research programs and
activities; and (c) increase the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in
fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) important to the defense
mission.
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Applications for basic research projects are requested in research areas of interest to the
Agencies as presented in their respective broad agency announcements, which are available as
follows:
Army Research Office: https://www.arl.army.mil/business/broad-agency-announcements/
Select “Broad Agency Announcements” in the “Business” section. See the most recent ARO
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Fundamental Research, W911NF-17-S-0002. This
BAA may also be found on Grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov) by entering the BAA
number in the “Search Grants” keyword box.
Office of Naval Research: Research topics of interest to ONR are available at
https://www.onr.navy.mil/. Select “Work With Us,” then “Funding Opportunities,” and then
“BAAs, FOAs and Special Program Announcements” to see the FY22 Long Range Broad
Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology, BAA N00014-
22-S-B001. The ONR BAA may also be found on Grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov) by
entering the BAA number in the “Search Grants” keyword box.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research: See Research Interests of the Air Force Office of
Scientific Research available at: https://www.grants.gov. Under the “Search Grants” tab,
insert keyword: FA9550-19-S-0003.
In addition to providing details about the Agencies’ research interests, the above documents
include names and contact information of technical program managers. Principal Investigators
(PIs) are encouraged to peruse the research interests of each Agency and to contact the
respective program managers to discuss mutual research interests. Applications with
relevance to interests of multiple Agencies may receive multiple reviews.
NOTE: Use the above-referenced documents only to identify research areas of interest to the
Agencies. Disregard instructions contained therein regarding application preparation, content,
and submission requirements. Instead, follow the instructions in this FOA.
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340470
Submission Limits
An institution may submit no more than three (3) applications under this FOA. If a
given HBCU/MI submits more than three applications, the institution will be required to
withdraw applications that exceed this limit.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Jul 1, 2022 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Jul 2, 2022 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Jul 11, 2022 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Jul 18, 2022 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
| Agency Proposal |
Aug 12, 2022
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Office of the Vice President for Research
