Closed · W911NF-19-S-0013-RFP-01 · CFDA 12.630 · Discretionary

Special Notice - Request for Proposal for Biotechnology Center of Excellence

Federal grant opportunity posted by OUSD R-E Basic Research Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $7.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 30, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Special Notice - Request for Proposal for Biotechnology Center of Excellence is a closed discretionary listing from OUSD R-E Basic Research Office that offered Up to $7,500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1 other opportunity from OUSD R-E Basic Research Office.

up to $7.5M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
12.630
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Special Notice is closed (last close April 30, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. OUSD R-E Basic Research Office still indexes 1 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 April 30, 2021

Posted Mar 18 Closes Apr 30

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

NOTE: This is a Request for Proposal for a Biotechnology Center of Excellence.Entities interested in applying for this opportunity must go DoD Funding Opportunity W911NF-19-S-0013 on Grants.gov and apply using the instructions and applications forms provided there. See the Related Opportunities link above.The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) seeks unclassified research proposals from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) under Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) W911NF-19-S-0013 to conduct research in the area of Biotechnology at an established Center of Excellence (CoE). The Government will evaluate proposals through a scientific review process in accordance with evaluation criteria listed in the FOA. The HBCU or MI with the most technically acceptable proposal may be awarded a Cooperative Agreement with a performance period not to exceed five years. Biotechnology is defined as engineering of biological systems and processes to produce a wide range of technologies and products, as well as utilizing biological pathways and data to enable technological advances. DoD seeks to establish a Center of Excellence in Biotechnology to focus efforts in domains such as Materials and Systems, Military Medicine, Warfighter Performance, and Chemical-Biological Defense.Proposals must be compliant with instructions provided in this special notice and with the associated FOA.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · W911NF-19-S-0013-RFP-01

Grants.gov marks Special Notice 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the OUSD R-E Basic Research Office book (1 peers, 50% of 2).

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

Ms. Evelyn Kent Director, DoD HBCU/MI Program

What to do next

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