Closed · FOAAFRLAFOSR20240006 · CFDA 12.431 · Discretionary

FY24 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) CAPACITY BUILDING (CB)

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

$750K-$1.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
November 25, 2024
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

FY24 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) CAPACITY BUILDING (CB) is a closed discretionary listing from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that offered $750,000 -- $1,500,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 136 other opportunities from Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

$750K-$1.5M
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
12.431
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY24 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE… is closed (last close November 25, 2024). 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 November 25, 2024

Posted Mar 28 Closes Nov 25

Est. Total Funding

$6,000,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) – Capacity Building opportunity. The program is sponsored and managed by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD [R&E]), awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and administered through the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The DoD plans to award FY24 DEPSCoR appropriations through this announcement. DEPSCoR's objectives are to:(1) increase the number of university researchers in eligible States/Territories capable of performing science and engineering (S&E) research responsive to the needs of the DoD. (2) enhance the capabilities of institutions of higher education (IHEs) in eligible States/Territories (listed below) to develop, plan, and execute S&E research that is relevant to the mission of the DoD, and competitive under the peer-review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance; and (3) increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awarded financial assistance that IHEs in eligible States/Territories receive from the Federal Government for S&E research. The Basic Research Office anticipates up to $6 million in total funding will be made available for this program to fully fund and award between one to four grants up to $1.5 million (total cost) each. Each grant award will be funded up to $750,000 (total cost) per year for two (2) years.The award is subject to funding availability. The Basic Research Office reserves the right to select and fund for award all, some, part, or none of the proposals received. There is no guarantee of an award.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOAAFRLAFOSR20240006

Grants.gov marks FY24 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE… 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: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 40 other Air Force Office of Scientific Research listings share this eligibility-code string (29% of 137).

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

Nicole Thomas, Grant Officer Denise Johnson, Grant Officer

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