Closed · DE-FOA-0002781 · CFDA 81.113 · Discretionary
DNN R&D UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: CONSORTIUM FOR NUCLEAR FORENSICS
Federal grant opportunity posted by NNSA, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $5M-$25M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 20, 2022
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
DNN R&D UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: CONSORTIUM FOR NUCLEAR FORENSICS is a closed discretionary listing from NNSA that offered $5,000,000 -- $25,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $5M-$25M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 81.113
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - DNN R&D UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: CONSORTIUM FOR NUCLEAR FORENSICS - is cataloged under number DE-FOA-0002781 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 81.113, posted by NNSA. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on August 4, 2022 and last updated on August 10, 2022. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $5,000,000 -- $25,000,000. The agency has projected $25.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $25.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $25.0 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on September 20, 2022. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$5,000,000 -- $25,000,000
Close Date
September 20, 2022
Posted
August 4, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$25,000,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The mission of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D) is to drive innovative research that develops technologies and expertise to detect foreign nuclear proliferation activities and produces technologies for integration into operational systems by leveraging capabilities at the national laboratories, plants, and sites, as well as at universities and within private industry. DNN R&D supports U.S. national and nuclear security objectives in reducing global nuclear security threats through the innovation of unilateral and multi-lateral technical capabilities to detect, identify, and characterize: 1) foreign nuclear weapons development activities; 2) illicit diversion of special nuclear materials; 3) nuclear explosions globally; and 4) stewarding U.S. technical capabilities in nuclear nonproliferation. Throughout this document the term, DOE National Laboratories, is used to collectively refer to DOE and NNSA National Laboratories, Plants, Sites, and Complexes. For DNN R&D, the role of Institutions of Higher Education (IHE; as defined in Section III.A. below) is to innovate, develop, and prove some of the most challenging basic aspects of new technology and methods in coordination with the DOE National Laboratories which can in turn fulfill their unique role to perform mission-specific research and development that improves on capabilities until they are either adopted by operational enterprises or transitioned into private industry for commercialization. Transparently and effectively linking the roles of these IHE and DOE National Laboratory represents the core of how DNN R&D proposes to meet its objectives. The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to award ONE five-year cooperative agreement(s) to a consortium consisting of accredited IHE’s to allow them to receive and administer funds for student and faculty research, fellowships, and scholarship funding awarded by DOE/NNSA, DNN R&D. The cooperative agreement will be awarded to a consortium of IHEs that include the participation of DOE National Laboratories as consortium-members. Individual consortium-member IHEs shall make specific contributions and shall receive specified portions of the funding. The consortium may include student and research fellows and must have a long-term objective of building expertise in scientific disciplines directly relevant to nuclear forensics. Research results should be incorporated readily into IHE curricula. Students, faculty, and researchers must be able to work unencumbered while moving across organizational and bureaucratic boundaries of the academic and governmental facilities engaged in the consortium, while properly protecting critical information and materials. The consortium should establish reciprocal arrangements between the lead IHE and other IHEs as well as relationships with appropriate DOE National Laboratories.A. TYPE OF AWARD INSTRUMENTDOE/NNSA anticipates awarding a cooperative agreement under this funding opportunity announcement.B. ESTIMATED FUNDINGApproximately $5 million a year is expected to be available for an award under this announcement, contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.C. MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM AWARD SIZEThe ceiling amount of $25,000,000 is expected to be available contingent upon the availability of funds for all five years.D. EXPECTED NUMBER OF AWARDSDOE/NNSA anticipates making one award under this announcement but reserves the right to make more or less than one award.E. ANTICIPATED AWARD SIZE.DOE/NNSA may fund $25 million under this FOA, contingent upon the availability of appropriate funds for all five years.F. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCEDOE/NNSA anticipates notifying the applicant selected for award by January 2023. The award is expected to start on July 01, 2023, depending on availability of funds. DOE/NNSA anticipates making award(s) that will run no longer than 5 years.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 06, 20. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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