Grant Community.com

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Descriptions

12.800:  Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program

Objectives:  To maintain technological superiority in the scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs; to prevent technological surprise to our nation and create it for our adversaries; to maintain a strong research infrastructure composed of Air Force laboratories, industry, and universities; and to complement the national research effort.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

12.800 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

12.800 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:  Research proposals shall be prepared in accordance with local instructions.

Award Procedure:  Awards decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a peer and/or scientific review.

Deadlines:  Proposals may be submitted in accordance with requirements of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Program Research and Development Announcement (PRDA), or other solicitation notice in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD).

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  60 to 90 days.

Appeals:  Not applicable.

Renewals:  Re-application with new proposal is permitted.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  (a) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposed research; (b) potential contribution of the proposed research to the mission of the Air Force; (c) availability of funds; (d) likelihood of the proposed effort to develop new research capabilities and to broaden the research base in support of national defense; (e) offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques, or unique combinations of these factors that are integral to achieving the objectives; (f) qualifications, capabilities, experience, and past research accomplishments of the proposed principal investigator and team; and (g) realism and reasonableness of proposed cost.

Examples of Funded Projects:  (a) Aerospace sciences and engineering sciences, e.g., structural dynamics, mechanics of materials, particulate mechanics, propulsion diagnostics, space, power and propulsion, external aerodynamics and hypersconics, internal fluid dynamics; (b) chemistry and materials sciences, e.g., chemical reactivity and synthesis, polymer chemistry, inorganic materials chemistry, electrochemistry, theoretical chemistry, molecular dynamics, metallic structural materials, ceramics and nonmetallic structural materials; (c) physics and electronics devices, components, and circuits, optoelectric information processing, devices and systems, quantum electronic solids, semiconductor and electromagnetic materials, phontonic physics, optics, x-ray physics, atomic and molecular physics, plasma physics; (d) life and environmental sciences, e.g., neuroscience, chronobiology, perception and recognition, spatial orientation, cognition, bioenvironmental sciences, optical and infrared environment, space sciences; and (e) mathematical and computer sciences, e.g., dynamics and control, physical mathematics and applied analysis, computational mathematics, optimization and discrete mathematics, signal processing, probability and statistics, software and systems, artificial intelligence, neural computation systems, and electromagnetic.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  $50,000 to $5,000,000; $500,000.

12.800 RELATED PROGRAMS:

12.800 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

12.800 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, HQ AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND, AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ARMSTRONG LABORATORY, PHILLIPS LABORATORY, ROME LABORATORY, WRIGHT LABORATORY

Type of Assistance:  Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).

Obligations:  (Grants) FY 99 $263,000,000; FY 00 est $260,000,000; and FY 01 est $275,000,000.

Budget Account Number:  57-3600-0-1-051.

Authorization:  Public Law 100-370, Section 1(g)(3), 1023 Stat. 846, 10 U.S.C. 2368(a); Public Law 100-456, Division A, Title II, Section 204; 84 Stat. 908, 10 U.S.C. 2358(b)(1), (c)(1); 95 Stat. 1404, 1405, 10 U.S.C. 2361.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DODGARS), February 8, 1994, and local publications/procedures.

12.800 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 110 Duncan Ave., Suite B115, Bolling AFB, Washington DC 20332-4990; Armstrong Laboratory, 8005 Ninth Street, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5353; Phillips Laboratory, 3651 Lowry Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5777. Phone: (505) 846-4979; Rome Laboratory, 26 Electronics Pkwy, Griffiss AFB, NY 13441-4514. Phone: (315) 330-7746; Wright Laboratory, 2530 C Street, Bldg. 7, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7607. Phone: (513) 255-4813.

Headquarters Office:  HQ Air Force Material Command/PKT, 4375 Childlaw Road, Suite 6, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5006. Phone: (513) 257-8934. FTS is not available.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

12.800 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  Statutory formulas or matching requirements apply in some cases.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Normally from 12 to 36 months.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Funds must be expended in furtherance of the research identified in the proposal, in accordance with the cost principles as established in OMB Circular Nos. A-21 and A-122.

12.800 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Technical progress reports, reports of expenditures, and invention reports must be submitted annually (for those projects which exceed 18 months) and after completion of the performance period.

Audits:  This program is subject to the requirements of OMB Circular Nos. A-88, A-110, and A-133.

Records:  Recipient will maintain accounting records which will permit determination that the funds were used for the award purposes. Financial records must be maintained for at least 3 years; records shall be retained beyond the 3-year-period if audit findings have not been resolved.