Cybersecurity Research and Development Program (DoD)

Cybersecurity Research and Development Program (DoD) is sponsored by Department of Defense (DOD). This program supports research and development projects to advance cybersecurity technologies and capabilities.

United States Department of Defense (DOD) | Research and Partnerships United States Department of Defense (DOD) For NCAE-Cs: Detecting and Countering Malicious use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (NCAE-C-001-2026) Institutionally Coordinated by NCAE-C Points of Contact // Limit: Each designation (NCAE-CD, NCAE-R, NCAE-CO) may submit one proposal per initiative.

Please reach out to the point of contact for the designation you wish to submit a proposal on behalf of to proceed. https://sam. gov/fal/37e5b474dc814c54b5cec97aa3bf10d8/view United States Department of Defense (DOD) ASCENDʳ Research Grant Program – 2026 Cycle Institutionally Coordinated // Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 0 H.

Budinoff (Systems and Industrial Engineering) B. Kim (Materials Science and Engineering) This opportunity is being institutionally coordinated by Research Development Services and the Office of Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives. If you are interested, please check your eligibility then contact Riley McIssac.

Limit on number of proposals per university: 2 ASCEND ʳ Research is a competitively funded DOD research program that is aligned to the U.S. National Defense Science and Technology Strategy and the DOD Critical Technology Areas and part of the HSRU’s Advancing STEM Careers through Education, Networking, Development + Research (ASCEND ʳ ) Initiative (for more information about ASCEND ʳ visit www. hsru.

org ) For this opportunity, research priority areas are: Advanced Materials, Human-Machine Interfaces, and Space Technology. Through this competitively funded research program, HSRU Alliance member institutions’ research strengths will be leveraged, faculty leadership development will be provided, and graduate student researchers will be integrated.

This research program will have the aims to (1) expose both faculty and students to military operations and defense and national security real-world challenges, (2) deploy and enhance the research environments conducive for the successful progression and participation of the students in the process (e.g. mentoring, professional development, and financial support), and to (3) conduct research and deliver research outcomes to meet DOD technical challenges/gaps.

The proposal must originate from an HSRU member institution in good standing. Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator(s) must be a Research Faculty member or Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty member that is early to mid-career, defined as within the first 8 years of their professional career. The Principal Investigator must hire and integrate at least one Graduate Research Assistant for this project.

The graduate assistant must be enrolled at the start of the project and maintain enrollment eligibility throughout the proposed project. All PIs, Co-PIs, and the graduate assistant working on this project must be U.S. Persons, defined as U.S. born or U.S. Naturalized Citizen. b.

The Principal Investigator and Co-PIs must agree to jointly participate in the ASCEND ʳ Leadership Program. Program Webpage | RFP (box login required) STEM, Education, Training https://www. hsru.

org/initiatives/ascendr/research United States Department of Defense (DOD) Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary (APS 2025) No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding. Please note that we do not accept ongoing projects.

On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Throughout 2026, the U.S. Mission to France will commemorate this milestone, highlighting the historical and future connections between France and the United States.

The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Mission to France is pleased to announce this funding opportunity as part of this celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary. This is an Annual Program Statement (APS 250) that invites proposals for our year-long campaign to tell the story of America in France.

It aims to support organizations in creating and developing public programs that celebrate the people, events, ideas, and legacies related to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and the 250 years of diplomacy and shared prosperity with France that followed.

While France’s influence on the American Revolution began long before the first shots were fired with American founders like Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and John Adams were deeply influenced by French philosophers such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau.

The ideas from the French Enlightenment informed the Declaration of Independence, American concepts of republicanism, rule of law, individual rights, and meritocracy were founded 250 years ago and form the basis of our shared values that endure today. https://www. grants.

gov/search-results-detail/359745 United States Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Defense: Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) - Equipment/Instrumentation Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 0 V. Yurkiv (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) H. Xin (Electrical and Computer Engineering) R.

J. Jones (Optical Sciences) An institution may submit no more than three (3) applications under this FOA. If a given HBCU/MI submits more than three applications, the institution will be required to withdraw applications that exceed this limit.

The DoD is soliciting applications for the acquisition of equipment/instrumentation under the Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Education Program for HBCUs/MIs. The Research and Education Program is designed to enhance the research capabilities of HBCUs and MIs and to strengthen their STEM education programs.

The purpose of the funding under this FOA is to (1) support the acquisition of equipment/instrumentation to augment existing capabilities or to develop new capabilities in research areas of interest to DoD, and (2) attract students to pursue studies leading to STEM careers.

Although funding provided under this FOA cannot be used for student support, in order to further DoD’s objective of attracting students to pursue studies leading to STEM careers, applicants must address the impact of the requested equipment/instrumentation on student participation in research. Equipment/Instrumentation https://grants.

gov/search-results-detail/358451 United States Department of Defense (DOD) DOD HT9425-25-MHSRP: 2024Military Health System Research Program (MHSRP) No Applicants // Limit: 2* // Tickets Available: 2 *An eligible applicant may submit up to two LOIs for consideration, but only one (1) LOI may be selected. Required Letter of Intent: May 28, 2024 Invited Full Proposal: Sep.

6, 2024 The Military Health System Research Program (MHSRP) provides research grants on topic areas directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD (HA)) and the Leadership of the Defense Health Agency (DHA).

The intent of MHSR is to foster research capability and capacity that supports the Military Health System (MHS) as a learning health system and to mature as an integrated health system focused on Ready Reliable Care that improves outcomes for patients, staff, and the enterprise.

The MHSRP funds research that examines factors that affect the enterprise in terms of economics/cost, quality, outcomes, variation, policies, and how they impact health readiness. The goal is to identify and characterize the factors that influence the efficiency and effectiveness of MHS care delivery. Knowledge obtained from this research should support evidence-based policy and decision-making at the strategic and front-line levels.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks rigorous collaborative health system research that has the potential to innovate military and civilian health care. The goal is to enhance data-driven evidence that optimizes the MHS delivery of health care and improves the health of beneficiaries. This NOFO is intended to solicit Intramural and Extramural Military Health System Research aligned with DHA priority research areas.

Research must examine the organization, delivery, and financial cost of healthcare, producing evidence that impacts policy and decision-making within the MHS. The research must enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the MHS to be considered for funding. The research aims should address at least one of the Priority Topic Area(s).

a.

Economics and Cost: Research on the factors that shape the MHS cost, drive demand and utilization, and influence cost in either TRICARE direct or purchased care systems; issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production, and utilization health care in terms of costs, charges, and expenditures; the impact of technologies on care delivery and cost; and the impact of workforce, recruitment, and retention of medical personnel.

Research that delineates value-based care within the MHS in both purchased and direct care; pre- and post- studies to evaluate the impact of the structure of the TRICARE contract on patient care. b. Quality - Research which examines the degree to which health services for individuals and populations are safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable with the outcome of increasing the likelihood of improved health.

The impact of standardizing clinical practice through clinical practice guidelines, evidence-based practices, and process improvements, on the health of the population/sub-population. c.

Outcomes - Health outcome research identifies and measures the factors which impact a population of patients at the enterprise, geographic market level, or sub-population levels; examines the system level factors which influence achievement of the Quadruple Aim “better health” in comparison to private sector efforts.

Health outcomes research incorporates clinical outcomes, financial impact, patient health, quality of life, and measurement of indicators that predict results important to patients and patient experience. d. Variation - Studies that examine the factors that influence unwarranted variation or differences in quality, utilization, cost, or outcomes within the MHS and the implications to the enterprise as a system of system of care.

e. Health Readiness - Burden of disease and associated health and risk factors within the MHS populations that effect Active Duty Service Members ability to deploy. Implications of disease burden as an indicator of medical readiness, potential impact to staffing, network utilization, and cost for direct care and/or purchased care.

f. Health System - Research related to the impact of the significant changes in policy or structure of the MHS on health care cost, quality, utilization, health outcomes, manpower/staffing, or health care readiness. Comparisons to between direct and purchased care, or care within the private sector, and includes measurement of the impact of policy changes to the TRICARE benefit structure on utilization and cost.

The proposals must emphasize one of the listed Clinical Priority Areas: LOIs and Full Proposals for this funding opportunity may be submitted by investigators, uniformed or civilian staff who work for DoD or non-DoD organizations, as defined below. DHA encourages applications from Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) that include Historically Black Colleges and Universities and others as defined at: https://www. doi.

gov/pmb/eeo/doi-minority-serving-institutionsprogram . a. Extramural Organization: An eligible non-DoD organization.

Examples of extramural organizations include academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and other federal government organizations (other than DoD). • Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) are not eligible to directly receive awards under this NOFO.

However, teaming arrangements between FFRDCs and eligible organizations are allowed if permitted under the sponsoring agreement between the federal government and the specific FFRDC. • Government agencies within the US: Local, state, and non-DoD federal government agencies are eligible to the extent that proposals do not overlap with their fully-funded internal programs.

Such agencies are required to explain how their proposals do not overlap with their internal programs. b.

Intramural DoD Organization: A facility or group of facilities owned, leased, or otherwise used by Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and all other organizational entities within the DoD; to include DoD laboratories, DoD MTFs, and/or DoD activities embedded within a civilian medical center. Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 05/28/2024 ( Required Letter of Intent) https://www. grants.

gov/search-results-detail/353732 United States Department of Defense (DOD) DoD 2024 National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-Cs) Limit: 1 // J. Denno (Cyber Convergence Center) NCAE-Cs may submit one proposal which provides a response to one or two focus areas identified below. The total proposal submission per NCAE-C may not exceed $250,000.

00 ($125,000. 00 for each project). Any proposals exceeding this limit will automatically be rejected.

Universities designated under the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) which includes National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education and National Centers of Academic Excellence – Research, and National Centers of Academic Excellence – Cyber Operations (hereinafter referred to as NCAE-Cs) The Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP) is authorized by Chapter 112 of title 10, United States Code, Section 2200.

The purpose of the program is to support the recruitment of new cyber talent and the retention of current highly skilled professionals within the DoD cyber workforce. Additionally, this program serves to enhance the national pipeline for the development of cyber personnel by providing grants to institutions of higher education. The DoD Cyber and Digital Services Academy (DCDSA) will partner with the DoD CySP/DCDSA in 2024.

Regionally and nationally accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, designated under the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) and known as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, Research, and/or Cyber Operations (hereinafter referred to as NCAE-Cs) are invited to submit proposals for developing and managing a full-time, institution-based, grant-funded scholarship program in cyber-related disciplines for Academic Year 2024- 2025.

NCAE-Cs may propose collaboration with other accredited institutions, and are encouraged to include accredited post-secondary minority institutions. NCAE-Cs must be in good standing with the NCAE-C Program Office and not be delinquent on any required documentation by the NCAE-C Program Office. Consistent with 10 U.S.C.

2200b, NCAE-C proposals to this solicitation may also request modest collateral support for purposes of institutional capacity building to include faculty development, laboratory improvements, and/or curriculum development, in cyber-related topics to providing a strong foundation for a DoD CySP/DCDSA/DCDSA. [Special note: Requirements for proposing modest capacity building support are detailed in ANNEX II.]

To continue the development of a strong foundation for recruitment scholarship program during the Academic Year 2024-2025, students falling into one of the following categories may apply: • Rising second-year NCAE-C Community College students who will be transitioning into a bachelor’s degree program at a 4-year NCAE-C • Current individuals who hold a non-cyber related bachelor’s or graduate degree, cross training into cyber by pursuing an associate’s degree.

• Juniors or Seniors pursuing a bachelor's degree (Sophomore's promoting to a Junior in Fall 2024 are eligible to apply) • Students in their first or second year of a master's degree; or • Students pursuing doctoral degrees. Traditional National Guardsmen and reservists are eligible to apply under the recruitment program. Current DoD civilians and active duty military members are only eligible for the retention program.

Applications for the retention program are processed under a different memorandum. NCAE-C are not required to forward or handle retention student applications. These individuals may also participate in the retention community college program.

Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) participants are eligible to apply as long as they do not currently have a service obligation with their ROTC activities. Employees of non-DoD federal agencies are ineligible for either program. Physical Sciences & Engineering https://www.

nsa. gov/Academics/Centers-of-Academic-Excellence/ United States Department of Defense (DOD) DoD W911NF-23-S-0001-0002: 2024 U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority - Serving Institutions (MI) Early Career Program (ECP) Y. Vitaliy (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) B.

Revil-Baudard (Materials Science and Engineering) H.

Rastgoftar (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) The DEVCOM Army Research Lab seeks unclassified research proposals from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) under Broad Agency Announcement (FOA) W911NF-23-S-0001-0002 (hereafter referred to as the DEVCOM ARL BAA”) to establish an Army HBCU/MI Early Career Program (ECP) which embodies the high priority placed by the government on maintaining the leadership position of the United States in science by producing outstanding scientists and engineers and nurturing their continued development.

Each award will support basic research contributing to Army modernization needs conducted by outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their careers at HBCU/MI institutions. ECP awards are funded by the Army to support early career scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.

This targeted opportunity is open to U.S. citizens, U.S. Nationals, or Lawful Permanent Residents of the U.S. who have held a tenure- track position at a covered educational institution for fewer than five years at the time applications are due in response to this special notice.

Faculty at an institution of higher education which does not designate a faculty appointment as "tenure track" are eligible if that fact is so indicated in the proposal, and the supporting letter from the institute states that the faculty member submitting the proposal will be considered for a permanent appointment, or it is demonstrated that the faculty member is within five years of receiving his or her first competitively awarded federal research funding (as principal investigator), excluding funds secured during graduate school or postdoctoral training/fellowship and funds secured for training, fellowship, education, or career development.

The objective of the ECP Award is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance development of outstanding early career investigators; and increase opportunities for early career investigators to pursue research in areas relevant to the Army. Proposals that do not meet these criteria for the Principal Investigator (PI) will be considered ineligible and not reviewed or considered for funding.

The eleven DEVCOM ARL competencies are:  Biological and Biotechnology Sciences  Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences  Humans in Complex Systems  Military Information Sciences  Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences  Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences  Sciences of Extreme Materials DEVCOM ARL plans to award up to eight (8) new HBCU/MI ECP grants at a total cost of $990,000 each over a duration of 5 years, with funding profile of $110,000 in year one, $165,000 in year two, $220,000 in year three, $330,000 in year four, and $165,000 in year five.

Note this is more funding and longer duration than the typical ECP award specified in the DEVCOM ARL BAA. Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering https://arl. devcom.

army. mil/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/11/HBCU_MI-ECP-Special-Notice. pdf United States Department of Defense (DOD) DoD 0704-0486: 2024 Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Limit: 1 // PI: J.

Denno (Cyber Convergence Center) - Competitive Resubmission Only one application per institution is allowed. The Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP) is authorized by Chapter 112 of title 10, United States Code, Section 2200. The purpose of the program is to support the recruitment of new cyber talent and the retention of current highly skilled professionals within the DoD cyber workforce.

Additionally, this program serves to enhance the national pipeline for the development of cyber personnel by providing grants to institutions of higher education. The DoD Cyber and Digital Services Academy (DCDSA) will partner with the DoD CySP/DCDSA in 2024.

Regionally and nationally accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, designated under the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) and known as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, Research, and/or Cyber Operations (hereinafter referred to as NCAE-Cs) are invited to submit proposals for developing and managing a full-time, institution-based, grant-funded scholarship program in cyber-related disciplines for Academic Year 2024- 2025.

NCAE-Cs may propose collaboration with other accredited institutions, and are encouraged to include accredited post-secondary minority institutions. NCAE-Cs must be in good standing with the NCAE-C Program Office and not be delinquent on any required documentation by the NCAE-C Program Office. Consistent with 10 U.S.C.

2200b, NCAE-C proposals to this solicitation may also request modest collateral support for purposes of institutional capacity building to include faculty development, laboratory improvements, and/or curriculum development, in cyber-related topics to providing a strong foundation for a DoD CySP/DCDSA/DCDSA. [Special note: Requirements for proposing modest capacity building support are detailed in ANNEX II.]

To continue the development of a strong foundation for recruitment scholarship program during the Academic Year 2024-2025, students falling into one of the following categories may apply: • Rising second-year NCAE-C Community College students who will be transitioning into a bachelor’s degree program at a 4-year NCAE-C • Current individuals who hold a non-cyber related bachelor’s or graduate degree, cross training into cyber by pursuing an associate’s degree.

• Juniors or Seniors pursuing a bachelor's degree (Sophomore's promoting to a Junior in Fall 2024 are eligible to apply) • Students in their first or second year of a master's degree; or • Students pursuing doctoral degrees. Traditional National Guardsmen and reservists are eligible to apply under the recruitment program. Current DoD civilians and active duty military members are only eligible for the retention program.

Applications for the retention program are processed under a different memorandum. NCAE-C are not required to forward or handle retention student applications. These individuals may also participate in the retention community college program.

Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) participants are eligible to apply as long as they do not currently have a service obligation with their ROTC activities. Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences STEM, Education, Training https://dodcio. defense.

gov/Cyber-Workforce/Cyber-Scholarship/ United States Department of Defense (DOD) DOD W911NF-23-S-0015: 2023 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Research and Education Program O. Zhupanska ( Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) E. Butcher ( Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) H.

Fasel ( Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) For more information about this funding program, please contact: Cody Nicholls, PhD , Associate Director, National Security Programs Nate Gahr , Senior Director, National Security Programs UArizona may submit three (3) applications.

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), in the Department of Defense (DOD), released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 DOD Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI).

As you know, this effort is DOD’s premiere program in providing support to advance basic research at HBCUs and MIs.

In particular, this FOA seeks to: Improve the programs and capabilities of HBCUs/MIs in science and engineering disciplines relevant to DOD; Increase the participation of HBCUs and MIs in flagship DOD research programs by furthering HBCU/MI capacity; and Increase the number of underrepresented minority graduates in STEM fields relevant to the Department.

DOD anticipates awarding a total of $50 million, up to $1 million per grant, for a performance period of 48 months. Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering STEM, Education, Training https://www. grants.

gov/web/grants/view-opportunity. html? oppId=349880 United States Department of Defense (DOD) DoD W911NF-23-S-0014 : 2023 Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) - Equipment/Instrumentation Limit: 3 // PIs selected: Shafae & Satam (Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing) H.

Rastgoftar (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) Y. Vitaliy (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) Number of applications allowed per institution: 3 The Department of Defense (DoD) is soliciting applications for the acquisition of equipment/instrumentation under the Fiscal Year 2024 Research and Education Program for HBCU/MI.

The Research and Education Program is designed to enhance the research capabilities of HBCUs and MIs and to strengthen their STEM education programs.

The purpose of funding under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to (1) support the acquisition of equipment/instrumentation to augment existing capabilities or to develop new capabilities in research areas of interest to DoD, and (2) attract students to pursue studies leading to STEM careers.

Although funding provided under this FOA cannot be used for student support, in order to further DoD’s objective of attracting students to pursue studies leading to STEM careers, applicants must address the impact of the requested equipment/instrumentation on student participation in research. Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Equipment/Instrumentation https://www. grants.

gov/web/grants/view-opportunity. html? oppId=349307 United States Department of Defense (DOD)