Closed · NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250003 · CFDA 12.800 · Discretionary

AFRL FY25 Compositional Optimization, Dynamical Systems and Control (CODAC) UNIVERSITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

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

$500K-$5.8M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 21, 2025
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

AFRL FY25 Compositional Optimization, Dynamical Systems and Control (CODAC) UNIVERSITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE is a closed discretionary listing from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that offered $500,000 -- $5,750,000 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.

$500K-$5.8M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
12.800
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

AFRL FY25 Compositional Optimization is closed (last close April 21, 2025). 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 21, 2025

Posted Jan 21 Closes Apr 21

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) describes a newly proposed initiative of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) concerning standing up a University Center of Excellence (uCoE) for “Compositional Optimization, Dynamical Systems and Control (CODAC)” with educational institutions in the United States. The uCoE is defined as a joint effort among multiple technical directorates (TDs) of the Air Force Research Laboratory to include: the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Information Directorate (RI), Autonomy Capability Team (ACT3), and Munitions Directorate (RW), referred to collectively as “we, our, or us,” in this NOFO, and an outstanding university or team of universities that will perform high priority unclassified and collaborative basic / applied (6.1/ 6.2) research which addresses the United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Space Force (USSF) research needs in the CODAC area with relevance to joint optimization and decision making. Please see the announcement for more information.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250003

Grants.gov marks AFRL FY25 Compositional Optimization 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

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AFRL FY25 Compositional Optimization is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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