Closed · W911NF-17-S-0003-SN-MACHINE-LEARNING · CFDA 12.431 · Discretionary

Human-Guided Machine Learning

Federal grant opportunity posted by Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$600K-$2M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 25, 2021
Close date
3
Expected awards

The verdict

Human-Guided Machine Learning is a closed discretionary listing from Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command that offered $600,000 -- $2,000,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 185 other opportunities from Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command.

$600K-$2M
award range
Closed
application status
3
expected awards
12.431
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Human-Guided Machine Learning is closed (last close June 25, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command still indexes 185 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 25, 2021

Posted Jun 10 Closes Jun 25

Expected Awards

3

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

**PLEASE REVIEW THE FULL SPECIAL NOTICE ATTACHMENT FOR COMPLETE RESEARCH GOALS AND SPECIAL NOTICE DETAILS**Answers to questions received by potential applicants:Q1. The announcement specifies 5 research areas. Do proposals have to address all 5 research areas or can they address just 1 or 2?A1. Proposals can be focused on 1 or more of the 5 research areas.Q2. Please confirm that only proposals should be submitted, with no white papers.A2. Correct, there is not a white paper process associated with this announcement. Only full proposals will be accepted and they must be submitted in response to this specific grants.gov special notice announcement.Q3. The regular BAA states that there is a page limitation for white papers of 7 pages. Is there a limit for proposals under this special notice?A3. No, there is no page count limit for proposals submitted against this special notice.The aim of this Special Notice under the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (W911NF-17-S-0003), under Grants.gov Opportunity W911NF-17-S-0003-SN-MACHINE-LEARNING, is to solicit research proposals related to the ARL BAA Topics, “KCI-HS-1: Robust Human and Machine Hybridization” and “CCE-HS-4: Humans in Multi-Agent Systems.” The Army is interested in collaborating on research efforts to further develop the field of human-guided machine learning in the following areas: novel forms of human-intelligent technology decision making; cybernetics; hybridized thinking between man and intelligent technology; human technological savvy, and human-intelligent technology teaming assessment tools.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · W911NF-17-S-0003-SN-MACHINE-LEARNING

Grants.gov marks Human-Guided Machine Learning 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 Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command book (110 peers, 59% of 186).

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

Nikolaos Geogakopoulos

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