Closed · N0001425SBC05 · CFDA 12.300 · Discretionary
FY26 Communications and Networking Applied Research
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Naval Research, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 26, 2025
- Close date
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY26 Communications and Networking Applied Research is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Naval Research that offered Varies by applicant across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 6
- expected awards
- 12.300
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - FY26 Communications and Networking Applied Research - is cataloged under number N0001425SBC05 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 12.300, posted by Office of Naval Research. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 29, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a procurement contract.
Award economics. The award range on file is Varies by applicant. It expects to issue 6 awards. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on September 26, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Varies by applicant
Close Date
September 26, 2025
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Posted
May 29, 2025
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Procurement Contract
Description
A Design for Maritime Superiority (2018) describes an operational architecture for distributed maritime operations (DMO) that "... will provide accurate, timely, and analyzed information to units, warfighting groups, and fleets." A critical component of this architecture is the Naval Tactical Grid (NTG) to connect distributed units into groups and distributed groups into fleets. Communications and networking technologies that can provide seamless, robust, connectivity are key enablers for the NTG. These technologies will be deployed on a variety of platforms, both manned and unmanned, operating under challenging environmental and operational warfare conditions (lack of infrastructure, mobility, spectrum limitations, interference, multipath, atmospherics, jamming, electronic intercept, size/weight/power constraint, etc.) in different domains (land, maritime [includes both surface and undersea], cyber, and space). Successful Command and Control (C2) and decision making, at all levels of command, for DMO is critically dependent on these communications and networking technologies.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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