Manufacturing Engineering Education Program

Manufacturing Engineering Education Program is sponsored by Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research. Provides grants to universities for undergraduate design engineering education programs emphasizing manufacturing technologies and design. This program should be reviewed carefully against your organization's mission, staffing capacity, timeline, and compliance readiness before you commit resources to a full application. Strong submissions usually translate sponsor priorities into concrete objectives, clear implementation milestones, and measurable public benefit.

For planning purposes, treat rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows as your working submission target unless the sponsor publishes an updated notice. A competitive project plan should include a documented need statement, implementation approach, evaluation framework, risk controls, and a realistic budget narrative. Even when a grant allows broad program design, reviewers still expect credible evidence that the proposed work can be executed within the grant period and with appropriate accountability.

Current published award information indicates $500,000 - $2,000,000 Organizations should verify the final funding range, matching requirements, and allowability rules directly in the official opportunity materials before preparing a budget. Finance and program teams should align early so direct costs, indirect costs, staffing assumptions, procurement timelines, and reporting obligations all remain consistent throughout drafting and post-award administration.

Eligibility guidance for this opportunity is: Accredited U.S. universities and colleges If your organization has partnerships, subrecipients, or collaborators, define responsibilities and compliance ownership before submission. Reviewers often look for implementation credibility, so letters of commitment, prior performance evidence, and a clear governance model can materially strengthen the application narrative and reduce concerns about delivery risk.

A practical approach is to begin with a focused readiness review, then build a workback schedule from the sponsor deadline. Confirm required attachments, registration dependencies, and internal approval checkpoints early. This reduces last-minute issues and improves submission quality. For the most accurate requirements, always rely on the official notice and primary source links associated with Manufacturing Engineering Education Program.

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES (WHS) To: (1) Support basic, applied, or advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences, and other fields with good, long-term potential for contributing to technology for Department of Defense missions; (2) facilitate transition of research results to practical application for defense needs; (3) improve linkages between defense research and the civilian technology and industrial bases, to promote commercial application of the results of defense research and commercial availability of technology for defense needs; (4) foster education of future scientists and engineers in disciplines critical to defense through research projects; and (5) strengthen the infrastructure for research and related science and engineering education in those disciplines.

Support for basic, applied, or advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences, and other fields with good, long-term potential for contributing to technology for Department of Defense missions. Due to the diverse breadth of this program, people should review the funding opportunities to determine the scope of each project that may be funded.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - SB Social Sciences _These funding amounts do not reflect the award amounts that are displayed on USASpending. gov_ | Obligation(s) | FY 24 | FY 25 (est.) | FY 26 (est.)

| | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cooperative Agreement Total | $10,000,000 | $0 | $0 | | Totals | $10,000,000 | $0 | $0 | **This listing is funded for the current fiscal year. ** Projects arise on an ad hoc basis, depending on the needs of the agency.

| Fiscal Year | Minimum Award Amount | Maximum Award Amount | Average Award Amount | | --- | --- | --- | --- | **Fiscal Year 2025:** The support examined at least three main pillars of the global competitive environment. The first pillar focuses on countries’ S&T policies that influence investment priorities, guide foreign relations and investment, create business opportunity, and secure societal wellbeing.

How those polices compare, compete, and influence other countries’ actions requires additional research. The second pillar is the current status, relative importance, and trajectory of the myriad elements of the S&T ecosystem. Those include elements such as talent development, retention, and retraining; basic and applied research priorities; diversity, IP, and venture capital; as well as cultural elements, to name just a few.

Assessment of the relative importance of these elements for the competitive topic under consideration is critical. The final pillar is analysis of the technologies themselves. Expected elements of technology analysis include the current state and likely trajectory of a technology, the supply chains and other elements that enable the technology, and its implications on security.

| Account Code | Description | F002 - Cooperative Agreement No Credentials or Documentation are required. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program. Unrestricted by Entity Type The eligibility for applicants will be in accordance with the individual program announcements, BAAs, or other notices of funding opportunity.

Generally, competitions are open to private and public educational institutions that carry out science and engineering research and/or related science and engineering education; however, competition may be limited to a class of such institutions, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities or other minority institutions (HBCUs/MIs).

Some competitions may allow eligibility to other types of organizations, such as for-profit applicants. However, awards are not made to individuals. Private nonprofit institution/organization, Public nonprofit institution/organization Beneficiary eligibility is the same as applicant eligibility.

Beneficiaries may include individual graduate and undergraduate students (e. g. , recipients of fellowships or research traineeships) in science and engineering disciplines important to defense, as well as organizations described under "Applicant Eligibility."

Uses and restrictions are specified in individual notices of funding opportunity and award documents and codified regulations applicable to awards. Uses and restrictions are specified in individual notices of funding opportunity and award documents and codified regulations applicable to awards. Deadline determined at as part of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Preapplication coordination is required.

Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E. O.

12372. Any such coordination or approvals will be specified in the individual program announcement. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program.

Opportunity Posted Location: Grants. gov Application Procedures Location: NOFO As specified in individual program announcements, BAAs, or other notices of funding opportunities. Generally, the principal evaluation and selection criteria are the technical merits of the proposed research (or research-related activity) and its potential relationship in the long term to missions of the Department of Defense.

Other selection criteria vary with the nature of the specific research or research-related activity. Typical examples include: Qualifications of the principal investigator and other key personnel to perform the proposed activity; adequacy of current or planned facilities and equipment to do so; and realism and reasonableness of proposed costs.

Award decisions are based on a competitive selection of proposals, using a technical merit review. Evaluation criteria are specified in the relevant announcement. If selected for award, the proposal is the basis for the award document and the applicant agrees to perform the research or research-related activities (e.

g. , science or engineering education or research infrastructure-building activities) described therein. Award decision time from receipt of the proposal varies.

| Funding Date | Payment Type | Payment Frequency | Payment Frequency Description | Spending Time Period | Spending Time Period Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 07/26/2024 | Determined at Time of Award | As Requested | - | 5 Years | Invoicing is available throughout the period of performance.

| As specified in individual program announcements, BAAs, or other notices of funding opportunities, applications for competitive new awards are permitted. Appeal procedures are stated in applicable program announcements, BAAs, or other notices of funding opportunities.

The following 2CFR policy requirements apply to this assistance listing: Subpart B, General provisions Subpart C, Pre-Federal Award Requirements and Contents of Federal Awards Subpart D, Post Federal; Award Requirements Subpart E, Cost Principles Subpart F, Audit Requirements The following 2CFR policy requirements are excluded from coverage under this assistance listing: **Financial Reports:**SF425, Frequency: Quarterly **Progress/Performance Reports :**Progress reports per 2 CFR 200, Frequency: Quarterly Record keeping requirements are in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award, which will include appropriate provisions related to recipient records that are required by the DoDGARs.

Retention Period: 3 Years Statutory Formula: Title NA Chapter NA Part NA Subpart NA Public Law NA NA Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Domestic Assistance Program that uses Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA): OSD does not directly execute programs within this listing.

For information about open competitions or future opportunities involving OSD funding, prospective proposers should consult the notices of funding opportunities issued by the agents that execute the program. , michael. j.

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