Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR)

The summary for the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR)
	CFDA Number:	12.431
	CFDA Description:	Basic Scientific Research
	Federal Agency Name:	Dept of the Army Materiel Command
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	W911NF-09-R-0003
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 06, 2009
	Creation Date:	Apr 21, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 04, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 04, 2009
	Archive Date:	Jun 03, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$13,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$300,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Only universities in States/Territories eligible under the DEPSCoR program authority, with degree granting programs in science, mathematics, and/or engineering are eligible to submit proposals under this BAA. States/Territories currently eligible are: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming. See full announcement for additional eligibility information.
Grant Description: The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2009 Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). The program is executed under the policy guidance of the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Laboratories and Basic Sciences [ODUSD (LABS)] and administered through the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). ARO, ONR, and AFOSR will award research grants based on this announcement. The program statute for DEPSCoR (section 257 of Public Law 103-337, as amended) states that DEPSCoR's objectives are to: (1) enhance the capabilities of institutions of higher education ("universities") in eligible States to develop, plan, and execute science and engineering research that is competitive under the peer-review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance; and (2) increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awarded financial assistance that universities in eligible States receive from the Federal Government for science and engineering research. The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) provides agency websites which identify specific research areas of interest for the ARO, ONR, and AFOSR.
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Lida Barton [lida.barton@us.army.mil]
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