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Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and Biotechnology Education, Outreach, and Workforce Initiative Programs and Enhanced Civics Education
The Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Education Program (NDEP) seeks innovative applications on mechanisms to implement Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, outreach, and/or workforce initiative programs, here onto referred as STEM activities.
NDEP also
seeks innovative applications on mechanisms to specifically implement Biotechnology outreach and workforce development, which here onto will be referred as Biotech activities.
Additional NDEP efforts also includes a pilot program in Enhanced Civics education.
The Department intends to award multiple grants in STEM activities, Biotech activities, and Enhanced Civics subject to the availability of funds.
Applications for larger amounts may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
1. For STEM activities, there will be two (2) award levels:(i) STEM activities with maximum award of $3,000,000 over 3 years;(ii) Scalable STEM activities with maximum award of $6,000,000 over four (4) years.
2. For Biotech activities, awards will have a maximum award of $3,000,000 over three (3) years.
3. For Enhanced Civics education, there will be one award, with a maximum of $2,000,000 for a period of two (2) years.This FOA has a two-step application process, starting with a MANDATORY white paper submission.
Selected applicants will be invited by the Government via email to submit a full technical application on Grants.gov for evaluation and possibly award consideration.
White papers that fail to address the areas listed in the Funding Opportunity Description will not be evaluated and will not receive an invitation to submit a full technical application.
NOTE:
Respondents are not required to address all three focus areas, but should direct their responses to one of the areas, 1 (STEM), 2 (Biotech), or 3 (Enhanced Civics Education).
NDEP also
seeks innovative applications on mechanisms to specifically implement Biotechnology outreach and workforce development, which here onto will be referred as Biotech activities.
Additional NDEP efforts also includes a pilot program in Enhanced Civics education.
The Department intends to award multiple grants in STEM activities, Biotech activities, and Enhanced Civics subject to the availability of funds.
Applications for larger amounts may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
1. For STEM activities, there will be two (2) award levels:(i) STEM activities with maximum award of $3,000,000 over 3 years;(ii) Scalable STEM activities with maximum award of $6,000,000 over four (4) years.
2. For Biotech activities, awards will have a maximum award of $3,000,000 over three (3) years.
3. For Enhanced Civics education, there will be one award, with a maximum of $2,000,000 for a period of two (2) years.This FOA has a two-step application process, starting with a MANDATORY white paper submission.
Selected applicants will be invited by the Government via email to submit a full technical application on Grants.gov for evaluation and possibly award consideration.
White papers that fail to address the areas listed in the Funding Opportunity Description will not be evaluated and will not receive an invitation to submit a full technical application.
NOTE:
Respondents are not required to address all three focus areas, but should direct their responses to one of the areas, 1 (STEM), 2 (Biotech), or 3 (Enhanced Civics Education).
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
FedConnect
Additional Information of Eligibility:
All responsible sources from industry, non-profit institutions, institutions of higher education, state and/or local educational agencies, or consortia of such institutions and/or industry may submit white papers under this FOA.
Foreign entities will not be considered.
Current and past awardees from this initiative, or previous versions of this initiative, are eligible to submit a white paper/application under this FOA.
Defense laboratories, military universities, and warfare centers, as well as other Department of Defense and civilian agency laboratories, are not eligible to receive awards under this FOA.
If any such organization is interested in the program described herein, the organization may contact DoD STEM at osd.dodstem@mail.mil, to discuss potential projects.
The subject line of the email shall read “NDEP Potential Project Inquiry.” Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are not eligible to receive awards under this FOA.
However, teaming arrangements between FFRDCs and eligible principal applicants are allowed so long as they are permitted under the sponsoring agreement between the Government and the specific FFRDC.
University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC) are eligible to submit white papers under this FOA, unless precluded from doing so by their Department of Defense UARC contract.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.fedconnect.net
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
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Date Posted:
2020-12-10
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2021-05-19
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