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DoD FY21 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

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The Department of Defense (DoD announces the Fiscal Year 2021 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP).

DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States (US) institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation. For-profit organizations are not eligible for DURIP funding. We refer to eligible institutions of higher education as universities in the rest of this announcement.

DURIP is part of the University Research Initiative (URI).

This program will be supplemented by additional funding provided by the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). Additional awards may be made to principal investigators in DEPSCoR eligible states as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2358, as amended by Pub. L. 115 91, div. A, title II, sec. 219.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Applicants should be alert for any amendments that may modify the announcement. Amendments to the original funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will be posted to the Grants.gov Webpage.

The DURIP Announcement has been amended. Amendment 2 corrects section D.5.f. on page 21 to reflect that Bibliography and References Cited are included in the page count. This amendment supersedes previous versions of this FOA. Click on the box below and navigate to the “Related Documents” tab for the full program announcement.

FY2021 Defense University Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

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This announcement seeks proposals from universities to purchase equipment and instrumentation in support of research in areas of interest to the Department of Defense.

DoD interests include the areas of research supported by the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), hereafter generally referred to collectively as “we,” “our,” “us,” or “administering agency.” We use “administering agency” to provide a generic reference to any of the administering agencies.

A central purpose of the DURIP is to provide equipment and instrumentation to enhance research related education in areas of interest and priority to the DoD. Therefore, your proposal must address the impact of the equipment or instrumentation on your institution’s ability to educate students through research in disciplines important to DoD missions.

ADMINISTERING AGENCY – HOW TO FIND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Army Research Office (ARO)

Navigate to the “Broad Agency Announcements” section to see the most recent ARL or ARO Core Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research.

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Select “Work With Us” and then “Funding Opportunities” to see the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology, BAA N00014-20-S-B001.

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Navigate to https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314753 to view the “Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research,” BAA FA9550-19-S-0003.

You must refer to the websites cited above for detailed technical information and the technical goals. DoD encourages you to contact the Program Managers listed in the cited announcements before submitting proposals to explore research areas of mutual interest to you and us.

You may submit a single DURIP proposal to more than one administering agency; however, only one administering agency will fund it, if selected. There is no limit on the total number of different proposals you can submit. There is no limit to the number of awards a single applicant organization can receive under this competition. DoD discusses this again in sections C.3.b Amount of Requested DoD Funding and D.4.g Submission to Multiple Administering Agencies.

DoD reserves the right to select and fund for award, all, some, part, or none of the proposals received. There is no guarantee of award.