National Defense Education Program (NDEP) Request for Information for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering)

The summary for the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) Request for Information for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Defense, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

National Defense Education Program (NDEP) Request for Information for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering): The Department of Defense (DoD) may use responses to this request for information (RFI) to inform future solicitation. The purpose of this RFI is to survey industry (to include non-profits, academia, large, and small businesses (e.g., 8(a), service-disabled Veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, Veteran-owned small business, and woman-owned small business)) for relevant information. Hence, submitted responses should not be worded as proposals. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submissions of the RFI being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses.This RFI consists of three focus areas, which are outlined below:I. Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, outreach, and workforce development,II. Biotechnology education and workforce development, andIII. Enhanced civics education.NOTE: Respondents are not required to address all three focus areas, but should direct their responses to one of the areas, I, II, or III, listed above and background information is provided in the RFI. If respondents want to answer multiple foci, they can submit separate responses following the instructions in the submission requirements located in the RFI.