Closed · FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2021-0007 · CFDA 12.431 · Discretionary
FY21 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Air Force Office of Scientific Research, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $200K-$600K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 1, 2022
- Close date
- 21
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY21 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC) is a closed discretionary listing from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that offered $200,000 -- $600,000 across 21 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.
- $200K-$600K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 21
- expected awards
- 12.431
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
FY21 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE… is closed (last close March 1, 2022). 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 March 1, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$12,600,000
Expected Awards
21
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2021 (FY21) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) – Research Collaboration (RC). The program is sponsored and managed by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD [R&E]), awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and administered through the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The DoD plans to award FY21 DEPSCoR appropriations through this announcement. DEPSCoR's objectives are to: (1) increase the number of university researchers in eligible States/Territories capable of performing S&E research responsive to the needs of the DoD; and (2) enhance the capabilities of institutions of higher education (IHE) in eligible States/Territories to develop, plan, and execute science and engineering (S&E) research that is relevant to the mission of the DoD, and competitive under the peer-review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance; (3) increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awarded financial assistance that IHE in eligible States receive from the Federal Government for S&E research. Consistent with these long‑term objectives of building research infrastructure, the DoD intends to competitively make, and fund from fiscal year 2021 appropriations, multiyear awards for S&E research in areas relevant to the DoD’s mission and important to national security. The Basic Research Office anticipates approximately $12.6 million in total funding will be made available for this program to fully fund at award approximately twenty one (21) grants up to $600,000 (total cost) each. Each grant award will be funded up to $200,000 (total cost) per year for three (3) years. Awards are subject to funding availability. There is no guarantee of an award. The FY21 DEPSCoR - Research Collaboration (RC) competition seeks proposals addressing the following topic areas as detailed in the full announcement in the Related Documents folder: Physics of Sensing Space Propulsion and Power Complex Networks Atomic and Molecular Physics Modeling of Complex Systems Biomathematics Solid Mechanics Environmental Chemistry Electronic Sensing Nanoscale Computing Devices and Systems Marine Mammals and Biology Additive Manufacturing Social Networks and Computational Social Science Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2021-0007
Grants.gov marks FY21 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE… 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: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 40 other Air Force Office of Scientific Research listings share this eligibility-code string (29% of 137).
- 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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