What is this grant opportunity?

This is a federal funding opportunity titled "AFRL RV-RD Assistance Instruments Announcement", offered by AFRL Kirtland AFB. It is associated with CFDA program 12.800. This is a 5 year open Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) accepting proposals from the date of publication for the award of Grant and Cooperative Agreement Assistance Instruments. The AFRL Space Ve...

Is this opportunity still open?

No, this opportunity is closed. It closed on December 19, 2023. Check the parent program page for future funding cycles.

How much funding is available?

The award range for this opportunity is Up to $90,000,000. Expected number of awards: 100.

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Closed · FOA-RVK-2019-0001 · CFDA 12.800 · Discretionary

AFRL RV-RD Assistance Instruments Announcement

Federal grant opportunity posted by AFRL Kirtland AFB, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $90M
Award range: Closed
Status: December 19, 2023
Close date: 100
Expected awards

Compiled by PlainGrants · August 10, 2026

The verdict

AFRL RV-RD Assistance Instruments Announcement is a closed discretionary listing from AFRL Kirtland AFB that offered Up to $90,000,000 across 100 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 5 other opportunities from AFRL Kirtland AFB.

up to $90M
award range: Closed
application status: 100
expected awards: 12.800
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

AFRL RV-RD Assistance Instruments Announcement is closed (last close December 19, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. AFRL Kirtland AFB still indexes 5 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 December 19, 2023

Posted Dec 20 Closes Dec 19

Expected Awards

100

Instrument

Grant

Description

This is a 5 year open Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) accepting proposals from the date of publication for the award of Grant and Cooperative Agreement Assistance Instruments. The AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate (RV) and Directed Energy Directorate (RD) are interested in receiving proposals under this announcement in order to establish University Cooperative Agreements and Grants to provide funds to students/professors in a timely manner for the purpose of engaging U.S./U.S. territories’ colleges and universities in directed energy and space vehicles-related basic, applied, and advanced research projects that are of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD). The scope of the research will include the entire spectrum of RV and RD technology that is applicable to the Air Force, including all peripherally-related RV and RD research.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for AFRL RV-RD Assistance Instruments Announcement (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education). 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). Inside AFRL Kirtland AFB's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 06: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 20: Private institutions of higher education

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

JENNIFER JARAMILLO Grants and Agreements Officer Phone:(505) 846-7040

What to do next

AFRL RV-RD Assistance Instruments Announcement is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants

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