Closed · HQ003425NFOEASD05 · CFDA 12.630 · Discretionary

Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI) Program – Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Washington Headquarters Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1.5M-$6M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 29, 2025
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI) Program – Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) is a closed discretionary listing from Washington Headquarters Services that offered $1,500,000 -- $6,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 38 other opportunities from Washington Headquarters Services.

$1.5M-$6M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
12.630
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Bilateral Academic Research Initiative is closed (last close August 29, 2025). 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 August 29, 2025

Posted Mar 13 Closes Aug 29

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

Please see the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO) package under the “Related Documents” tab for complete program details and application instructions. This NFO is being conducted in two stages: a white paper stage, and a technical application stage.This NFO is for the Bilateral Academic Research Initiative Pilot Program (BARI), which is jointly sponsored by the US Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The BARI program addresses high risk basic research as an international collaboration. This research should attempt to provide the scientific foundation towards the design and development of future and ubiquitous information networks that rely on extreme-scale devices, distributed intelligence, and network complexity, and include cognitive and social concepts to inform the technological choices. The goal of this program is to produce significant scientific breakthroughs and knowledge that will be critical steps in enabling revolutions in communication and information technology on a large scale.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HQ003425NFOEASD05

Grants.gov marks Bilateral Academic Research Initiative 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). 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.

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