Closed · ST-ESE-21-001 · CFDA 97.061 · Discretionary

DHS S&T Engineering Secure Environments from Targeted Attacks (ESE) Center of Excellence (COE) - Lead

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $3.6M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 10, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

DHS S&T Engineering Secure Environments from Targeted Attacks (ESE) Center of Excellence (COE) - Lead is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division that offered Up to $3,650,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 223 other opportunities from Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division.

up to $3.6M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
97.061
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

DHS S&T Engineering Secure Environments from… is closed (last close March 10, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division still indexes 223 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 March 10, 2021

Posted Jan 5 Closes Mar 10

Est. Total Funding

$36,500,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The DHS S&T Office of University Programs (OUP) is requesting applications from accredited U.S. colleges and universities to lead a consortium of universities for an ESE COE. The DHS COEs are university consortia that work closely with DHS Components to conduct research, develop and transition mission-relevant science and technology, educate the next generation of homeland security technical experts, and train the current workforce in the latest scientific applications. Each COE is led by an accredited U.S. college or university and involves multiple partners for varying lengths of time. COE partners include other academic institutions, commercial industry, DHS Components, Department of Energy National Laboratories and other Federally-Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), other federal agencies that have homeland security-relevant missions, state, local, tribal, territorial (SLTT) governments, non-profits, and first responder organizations. DHS envisions the COEs as long-term trusted partners that provide an array of resources to help DHS improve operations. OUP maintains both financial assistance and contract mechanisms for DHS to access COE capabilities. The COEs that make up the COE network are listed at https://www.dhs.gov/st-centers-excellence. The new Center will be a fully-integrated component of the COE network and will take advantage of the network's resources to develop mission-critical research, education, and technology transition programs.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for DHS S&T Engineering Secure Environments from… (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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Community Development · Disaster Prevention and Relief · Science and Technology / R&D (CD;DPR;ST). 44 other Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division listings share this eligibility-code string (20% of 224).

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.

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