Funding Opportunities

Congressional Special Interest Funding (CSI): CSIs are submitted through the USAMRMC Broad Agency Announcement and are receive a two tier level of review by TATRC’s Proposal Review Board and an independent review process.

Augmentation Funds: Proposals for Augmentation funding are submitted through the USAMRMC Broad Agency Announcement and are reviewed utilizing the same process as for the congressional special interest funding. Augmentation funding awards are relatively low dollar amounts (often less than $250K per proposal or per phase) and are highly competitive. Military Relevance is of the highest priority. Submission to Augmentation funding is open to everyone.

Small Business Innovation Research/ Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR): SBIR/STTR funding is administered through The Office of Technology. These programs are competitive and allow the small business a route to develop high-tech, innovative research that could develop into commercial opportunities. These programs are a significant part of the federal government's research and development efforts.

www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/

FUNDING VEHICLES:

Successful BAA proposals can result in three types of awards:

• Cooperative Agreements
  • Governing regulations: OMB Circulars (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/index.html)
  • Designed for research projects that are expected to stimulate development of technology for both military and commercial application, thereby helping to remove barriers to the integration of the defense and civilian sectors
  • Allow for considerable government collaboration and engagement
  • Require “public purpose”
    
• Grants
  • Governing regulations: OMB Circulars (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/index.html)
  • Intended to stimulate research/technology, generally
  • Awarded only to educational institutions, non-profit orgs, and state/local governments
  • Require “public purpose”
    
• Contracts
  • Governing regulations: Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) (http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html)
  • Used to acquire goods and services for the government (no broader purpose is expected or necessary)