Closed · DE-FOA-0003180 · CFDA 81.113 · Discretionary

DNN RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: CONSORTIA FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

Federal grant opportunity posted by NNSA, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5M-$50M
Award range
Closed
Status
February 6, 2024
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

DNN RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: CONSORTIA FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION is a closed discretionary listing from NNSA that offered $5,000,000 -- $50,000,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 26 other opportunities from NNSA.

$5M-$50M
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
81.113
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

DNN RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY PROGR… is closed (last close February 6, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. NNSA still indexes 26 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 6, 2024

Posted Nov 15 Closes Feb 6

Est. Total Funding

$50,000,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

DE-FOA-0003180, Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D) projects. 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.

Campus applicant desk · Energy

Grants.gov prints only higher-education applicant doors for DNN RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY PROGR… (Private institutions of higher education). This reads as a campus competition desk, not a civic or commercial open call. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Energy · Science and Technology / R&D (EN;ST). Only 1 other NNSA listing share this exact eligibility-code string (4% of 27).

Code 20
Private 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.

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Agency Contact

Virginia Hernandez

What to do next

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