Closed · HQ003423NFOEASD16 · CFDA 12.630 · Discretionary
Global Competitive Analysis
Federal grant opportunity posted by Washington Headquarters Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $10M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 15, 2024
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Global Competitive Analysis is a closed discretionary listing from Washington Headquarters Services that offered Up to $10,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 38 other opportunities from Washington Headquarters Services.
- up to $10M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 12.630
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Global Competitive Analysis is closed (last close May 15, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Washington Headquarters Services still indexes 38 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 May 15, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$10,000,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Basic Research Office (BRO) within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering seeks proposals to assess and report on Global Competitive Analysis (GCA). The recipient will collaborate with the federal government to deliver comparative analysis assessing the relative science and technology (S&T) competitive balance between the United States and major global competitors. Given the breadth of the expertise and perspectives likely needed to deliver GCA products at the scale and analytic depth required, BRO expects that recipients would need to form a consortium of FFRDCs, UARCs, universities, non-profits, or other non-governmental entities. This being said, a consortium is not required and other teaming arrangements are eligible for award.The recipient will prepare reports that assess the myriad elements of relative technology leadership, explore the implications of competitors’ actions, provide a common operating picture of global technological competition, and create a forum to explore policy options. The recipient will serve as a key performer of the GCAT (Global Competitive Analysis Team), a federated interagency mechanism that brings together agencies’ unique analytic capabilities in order to conduct GCA. The recipient will integrate their independent analysis with agency analysis to deliver products that are more than the sum of the parts.The recipient will take its priorities and guidance from an Executive Office of the President-led Panel (“EOP Panel”) that includes senior representation from relevant federal agencies. In the first year of the program, initial topics, currently four in number, are provided to set the direction of the recipient, with input from the EOP Panel once the Panel has been established.The recipient is expected to have capability in all of the sub-elements described in Section C. However, to diversify the analysis and ensure that multiple views are represented in each GCA product, the recipient is expected to continuously identify and include external/additional performers possessing strong capabilities in a subset of the described elements, as necessary.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HQ003423NFOEASD16
Grants.gov marks Global Competitive Analysis 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 Washington Headquarters Services book (32 peers, 82% of 39).
- 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Kimberly Hernandez
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