Closed · FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2018-0003 · CFDA 12.800 · Discretionary

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments

Federal grant opportunity posted by Air Force Office of Scientific Research, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$6M
Award range
Closed
Status
October 19, 2018
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments is a closed discretionary listing from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that offered $1 -- $6,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 136 other opportunities from Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

$1-$6M
award range
Closed
application status
12.800
CFDA program
136
other opportunities from Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Archived opportunity record

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: Assured Autonomy in Con… is closed (last close October 19, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Air Force Office of Scientific Research still indexes 136 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed October 19, 2018

Posted May 22 Closes Oct 19

Instrument

Grant

Description

AFOSR seeks unclassified proposals from educational institutions in the United States for a University Center of Excellence (UCoE) Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments Department of Defense. Proposals must not contain any proprietary information.

Multi-door applicant board · 3 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 3 distinct applicant types for CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: Assured Autonomy in Con… (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 12 other Air Force Office of Scientific Research listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 137).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

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