Closed · RFI-WHS-07222020 · CFDA 12.006 · Other

National Defense Education Program (NDEP) Request for Information for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Defense, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
August 28, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

National Defense Education Program (NDEP) Request for Information for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) is a closed other listing from Department of Defense that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 124 other opportunities from Department of Defense.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
12.006
CFDA program
124
other opportunities from Department of Defense

Archived opportunity record

National Defense Education Program is closed (last close August 28, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of Defense still indexes 124 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 August 28, 2020

Posted Jul 22 Closes Aug 28

Instrument

Other

Description

The Department of Defense (DoD) may use responses to this request for information (RFI) to inform future solicitation. The purpose of this RFI is to survey industry (to include non-profits, academia, large, and small businesses (e.g., 8(a), service-disabled Veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, Veteran-owned small business, and woman-owned small business)) for relevant information. Hence, submitted responses should not be worded as proposals. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submissions of the RFI being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses.This RFI consists of three focus areas, which are outlined below:I. Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, outreach, and workforce development,II. Biotechnology education and workforce development, andIII. Enhanced civics education.NOTE: Respondents are not required to address all three focus areas, but should direct their responses to one of the areas, I, II, or III, listed above and background information is provided in the RFI. If respondents want to answer multiple foci, they can submit separate responses following the instructions in the submission requirements located in the RFI.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RFI-WHS-07222020

Grants.gov marks National Defense Education Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Department of Defense book (66 peers, 53% of 125).

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.

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Agency Contact

Christina L Gess Contract Specialist

What to do next

National Defense Education Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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