Closed · FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2023-0006 · CFDA 12.800 · Discretionary

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE): Intelligent Structures for Morphing High Speed Vehicles

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

up to $5M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 24, 2023
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE): Intelligent Structures for Morphing High Speed Vehicles is a closed discretionary listing from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that offered Up to $5,000,000 across 1 expected award. 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 $5M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
12.800
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE is closed (last close April 24, 2023). 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 April 24, 2023

Posted Feb 13 Closes Apr 24

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) seeks unclassified proposals from educational institutions in the United States for a University Center of Excellence (CoE) in Intelligent Structures for Morphing High Speed Vehicles.This center is a joint project between AFOSR and the Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW), Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ), and Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX), referred to collectively as “we, our, or us” or “AFRL” in this announcement. This Center of Excellence is anticipated to extend the research interests and capabilities of AFRL in this area. and provide opportunities for a new generation of US scientists and engineers to address United States Space Force (USSF) and United States Air Force (USAF) research needs. Proposals must not contain any proprietary information.We will consider proposals for up to five (5) years with a three-year (3) base period and a two-year (2) option period.We will evaluate proposals using peer review panels and the criteria specified in Section E of this FOA (Application Review Information).We anticipate making at least one award under this competition for a team proposal with no more than two universities.AFRL invites proposals for research in the areas described in detail below. The schedule for this announcement is given in Section B, Federal Award Information. This research effort will consist of multidisciplinary teams of researchers with the skills needed to address the relevant research challenges necessary to meet the program’s goals. Multi- investigator teaming is encouraged. University teaming (up to two) is allowed. Under no circumstances will the Government help to create teams.

Multi-door applicant board · 3 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 3 distinct applicant types for CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). 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). 12 other Air Force Office of Scientific Research listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 137).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
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

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