Closed · FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2021-0004 · CFDA 12.800 · Discretionary

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Department of Defense Space University Research Initiative

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

up to $10M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 30, 2021
Close date
5
Expected awards

The verdict

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Department of Defense Space University Research Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that offered Up to $10,000,000 across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 136 other opportunities from Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

up to $10M
award range
Closed
application status
5
expected awards
12.800
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Department of Defense S… is closed (last close June 30, 2021). 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 June 30, 2021

Posted Mar 17 Closes Jun 30

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Grant

Description

This is a special Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in support of the research objectives the Department of Defense (DoD) Space University Research Initiative (SURI), sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Chief Technologist Office (hereafter collectively referred to as “DoD agencies”). DOD’s SURI program is focused on directing basic research toward applications that meet US Space Force (USSF) needs and challenges. The program was initiated as a pilot to foster engagements between various DoD agencies and the academic community in a developing USSF University Consortium, with the goal of improving the transition of critical concepts from the academic sector into revolutionary new military technologies. Key to the program’s success is the close management of the SURI projects by DoD agency program officers, and their role in providing research guidance and supporting transition of research products into DoD applications.The SURI program is intended to support basic and applied research in Space-related science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities"), with potential transition to critical applications of DoD interest. As such, SURI differs from the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) that is funded by DoD basic research funds for basic research products. SURI is co-funded by applied research dollars, and thus expands the scope of work to include science and technology development. The SURI program supports multidisciplinary research efforts, ideally creating synergies to speed DoD-relevant research and development.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Department of Defense S… (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). 42 other Air Force Office of Scientific Research listings share this eligibility-code string (31% of 137).

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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Agency Contact

Bhawana Sharma Grantor Email: bhawana.sharma@us.af.mil

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