Fiscal Year 2019 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) | FOA AFRL AFOSR 2018 0002

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The Fiscal Year 2019 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) is a U.S. Department of Defense funding opportunity run through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). It is a discretionary grant program focused on strengthening the research infrastructure of accredited U.S. universities by paying for the purchase of research equipment and instrumentation. The central idea is straightforward: better tools and facilities at universities lead to stronger defense-relevant research and a better pipeline of scientists and engineers trained in areas that matter to national security. DURIP sits under the broader University Research Initiative (URI), which is intended to maintain and grow the nation s long-term research capacity in defense-related science and engineering.

This opportunity is specifically aimed at institutions of higher education, including both public or state-controlled universities and private universities in the United States. For-profit organizations are explicitly not eligible. In practice, this makes the program a university-focused mechanism for acquiring major or specialized equipment that can materially improve a campus lab s ability to conduct advanced research, support multiple projects, and provide hands-on training opportunities for students and researchers. The funding activity category is science and technology and other research and development, and the assistance listing is tied to CFDA number 12.800.

Awards are provided in the form of grants. The stated maximum (award ceiling) is 1,500,000 per award, which signals that DURIP can support substantial instrumentation purchases, including high-cost platforms or shared-use equipment that could serve a department, center, or multi-investigator group. The listing also indicates an expected 999 awards, suggesting a program structure that may support a large number of equipment acquisitions across many institutions, although actual award counts can vary depending on appropriations, proposal pressure, and internal DoD priorities. The funding opportunity is identified as FOA AFRL AFOSR 2018 0002, with a creation date of March 20, 2018 and an original closing date of July 6, 2018.

Overall, DURIP is best understood as an instrumentation and equipment acquisition program rather than a traditional research project funding call. Its purpose is to modernize and expand university research capabilities in defense-relevant areas by enabling the purchase of essential tools, thereby improving both the quality of research outputs and the training environment for future members of the U.S. science and engineering workforce.

• The Department of Defense, Air Force Office of Scientific Research in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2019 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.800.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 20, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 06, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 999 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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