Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
Funding Amount
Up to $49,000,000
Deadline
July 18, 2029
1017 days left
Grant Type
Federal
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Current deadline
- July 18, 2029
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Open to all applicant types
Required status
- Active SAM.gov registration (UEI)
Other requirements
- See FOA for Eligibility
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- Not eligible: Third preference is for other projects or programs not supported by the Federal Government.
- Not eligible: The Government provides no funding for
- Not eligible: funds are limited, otherwise meritorious applications may not be funded.
- Not eligible: The research shall not be considered fundamental in those rare and
Overview
Original Solictation: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil Solicitation Amend 1: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil (Revisions made: Updated information on Mandatory Letter of Intent to allow for interested parties to submit Letters of Intent through Valid Eval portal) Solicitation Amend 2: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil (Revisions made: Added detail for Letter of Intent Evaluation Criteria) Solicitation Amend 3: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Alternate Agreements Officer Jennifer Jaramillo Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Brendan Merritt Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil, jennifer.jaramillo@us.af.mil , brendan.merritt@us.af.mil (Revisions made: Changed Letter of Intent review from 10 business days to 30 business days, Added verbiage to Section, D.
Details
- Agency: Air Force -- Research Lab
- Department: Department of Defense
- Opportunity #: RDK-RAD-FOA-2024
- Instrument: cooperative_agreement;grant
How to Apply
Attachment 1-Budget Proposal Instructions Assistance Instruments
AFRL/RDK Budget Proposal Instructions Assistance Instruments
BUDGET PROPOSAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Assistance Instruments
AFRL/RDK
3550 ABERDEEN AVE SE
KIRTLAND AFB, NM 87117
1 of 6
RDK-RAD-FOA-2024
Attachment 1
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AFRL/RDK Budget Proposal Instructions Assistance Instruments
- GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
A. Provide complete responses to the attached Contractor Information document for the Recipient and each Subrecipient. If
preferred by the offeror, the responses to the information requested may be provided on a similar form or listed on the first
page of the budget proposal. (Attachment 1)
B. Indicate whether Government approval of respective accounting, estimating, and purchasing systems have been obtained. If so,
provide evidence of such approval.
C. Round all dollar amounts to the nearest dollar. Round all labor rates to the nearest penny.
D. Furnish Tables 1 thru 4 (sample tables are at paragraph 3 below), or in the contractor’s format containing the information
outlined in these instructions, for the entire performance period (supported by rationale required by paragraph 2) in Microsoft
Excel compatible format, to include all cell formulas. Include a separate Cost Element Summary by Offeror Fiscal Year
(OFY), for each contract line item (CLIN), for the basic and each option or task order as proposed. (For purposes of these
instructions, CLIN refers to contract line items that are required to be priced separately.)
E. Provide all budget summaries by OFY.
- PROPOSED COST ELEMENTS:
The detail required for each major cost element is described below.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
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