Closed · N00014-23-S-F006 · CFDA 12.300 · Discretionary
Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Naval Research, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1M-$3M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 16, 2024
- Close date
- 10
- Expected awards
The verdict
Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Naval Research that offered $1,000,000 -- $3,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 285 other opportunities from Office of Naval Research.
- $1M-$3M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10
- expected awards
- 12.300
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship is closed (last close February 16, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Office of Naval Research still indexes 285 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 February 16, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$30,000,000
Expected Awards
10
Instrument
Grant
Description
The VBFF program is sponsored by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD (R&E)). VBFF supports innovative basic research within academia, as well as opportunities intended to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers for the defense workforce.The Office of Naval Research (ONR) manages the VBFF program for USD (R&E). To accomplish this task, ONR is soliciting proposals for the VBFF program through this FOA. This FOA seeks distinguished researchers for the purpose of conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to the DoD and fostering long-term relationships between the VBFF Fellows and the DoD.VBFF is oriented towards bold and ambitious “blue sky” research that may lead to extraordinary outcomes such as revolutionizing entire disciplines, creating entirely new fields, or disrupting accepted theories and perspectives.The objectives of the program are to:Support unclassified basic scientific and engineering research that could be the foundation for future revolutionary new capabilities for DoD.Educate and train student and post-doctoral researchers for the defense workforce.Foster long-term relationships between university researchers and the DoD.Familiarize university researchers and their students with DoD’s current and projected future challenges.Increase the number of talented technical experts that DoD can call upon.Please see full text announcement for more details.
Campus applicant desk · Science and Technology / R&D
Grants.gov prints only higher-education applicant doors for Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education). This reads as a campus competition desk, not a civic or commercial open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). Only 2 other Office of Naval Research listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 286).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
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