Discovery Challenge Thrusts (DCTs)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Discovery Challenge Thrusts (DCTs)
	CFDA Number:	12.800
	CFDA Description:	Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Air Force Office of Scientific Research
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	AFOSR-BAA-2008-3
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement Grant Procurement Contract
	Posted Date:	Mar 31, 2008
	Creation Date:	Apr 24, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 01, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 01, 2008
	Archive Date:	Jul 31, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: All responsible, potential applicants from academia and industry are eligible to submit proposals. AFOSR particularly encourages proposals from small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, minority institutions and minority researchers. However, no portion of this BAA is set aside for a specific group. Cost sharing is encouraged but not required. The research activities managed within each directorate are summarized in this section.
Grant Description: This is a special BAA in support of the AFOSR's Discovery Challenge Thrusts (DCTs). AFOSR invites proposals for research in the areas described in detail in the announcement. The schedule for this announcement is given in Section II, Award Information (see BAA).This research effort will consist of interdisciplinary teams of researchers with the skills needed to address the relevant research challenges necessary to meet the program goals. Multi investigator teaming is encouraged but not required. It is expected that proposals will describe cutting-edge efforts on basic scientific problems. The duration of the proposed effort is three years. Multiple awards are anticipated. The amount of resources made available to this BAA will depend on the quality of proposals received and the availability of funds, but probably will not exceed $3M/year - approximately $1M/year for each of the three topic areas listed below. For further information on Program Scope, see individual topic write-ups in announcement. Proposers are highly encouraged to confer with the appropriate program manager as soon as possible. The contact information for each of the three technical areas can also be found at the end of each section. White Papers briefly summarizing your ideas and why they are different from what others are doing are highly encouraged, but not required (5 page limit). Coordination with the Air Force Research Laboratory is encouraged but not required.************* The FULL ANNOUNCEMENT is available on the Grants.gov website by scrolling to the top of the synopsis page and clicking on the "FULL ANNOUNCEMENT" box surrounded by the dotted line at the top of the page. ************
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Grant Announcement Contact: Ricky Christie Procurement Analyst Phone 703-696-5968

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