Closed · FA865122S0001-CALL05 · CFDA 12.800 · Discretionary
University Day
Federal grant opportunity posted by Munitions Directorate, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $75K-$100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 21, 2025
- Close date
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
University Day is a closed discretionary listing from Munitions Directorate that offered $75,000 -- $100,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8 other opportunities from Munitions Directorate.
- $75K-$100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 6
- expected awards
- 12.800
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
University Day is closed (last close May 21, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Munitions Directorate still indexes 8 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 21, 2025
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Grant
Description
This CALL is open to U.S. Universities only. The purpose of this CALL is to solicit leading-edge research from academic collaborators that currently do not have a relationship with AFRL/RW via existing contract/grant. However, AFRL/RW will consider all U.S. Universities’ proposals. AFRL/RW intends to award short-term seedling projects in two research areas. Offerors shall propose against ONE research area topic only. Only those Offerors who meet the highly selectable and/or selectable categories will be invited to the virtual pitch day. The Government is anticipating Distribution A (Publicly releasable) classification for this call; proposals with other classification levels must be marked appropriately.This prior forecast opportunity is now open for applications.
Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for University Day (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). Inside Munitions Directorate's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Adam Noffke Grantor
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What to do next
University Day is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
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