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Opportunity Summary:

The Acquisition Research Program at the Naval Postgraduate School (Funding Opportunity Number NPS BAA 12 002) is a discretionary government grant opportunity run by the Naval Supply Systems Command that aims to bring in high-quality researchers and scholars to study issues that matter to the defense acquisition community. The core purpose is to generate practical, policy-relevant research that can improve how the Department of Defense acquires products and services, and to encourage innovative thinking that strengthens acquisition decision-making, management practices, and overall outcomes across defense programs.

This opportunity is issued as a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and supports research activities that fall under CFDA 12.300 (Basic and Applied Scientific Research). Funding may be provided through either a grant or a cooperative agreement, depending on how much involvement and collaboration the government expects to have during the work. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed, which means applicants are not required to provide non-federal funds as a condition of receiving an award.

The research scope is intentionally broad and interdisciplinary. The BAA defines "defense acquisition management and policy research" as investigations in any discipline, field, or domain that either directly relates to acquiring defense products and services or could be applied to improve defense acquisition performance. While it includes traditional acquisition specialties such as contracting, program or project management, logistics, and systems engineering management, it also explicitly welcomes contributions from disciplines that can shape acquisition outcomes indirectly or systemically. Examples of those included areas are economics, finance, financial management, information systems, organization theory, operations management, human resources management, and marketing. In practical terms, this framing invites proposals that examine acquisition from strategic, analytical, organizational, technological, and human-capital angles, not just from a compliance or process perspective.

The period of performance highlighted in the announcement is September 2012 through May 2014, signaling that the program was looking for research that could be executed and deliver results within that window. The opportunity was posted on April 13, 2012, with an original and current closing date of June 13, 2012, and an archive date of July 13, 2012. These dates indicate it was a time-bound solicitation intended to feed a specific research cycle aligned with the Naval Postgraduate School acquisition research agenda during those academic years.

Eligibility is broadly described as unrestricted in the sense that it is open to responsible institutions from academia and industry, with explicit encouragement for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) to apply or partner on proposals. At the same time, the announcement makes clear that there is no set-aside reserved for HBCU or MI participation. A significant eligibility limitation is that certain government-affiliated research and education organizations cannot receive awards under this BAA. Specifically, U.S. Government schools of higher education, Navy laboratories and warfare centers, other DoD and civilian agency laboratories, and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy national laboratories, are not eligible to receive awards directly. The BAA discourages those organizations from submitting white papers or full proposals and instead directs them to provide a technical proposal and cost estimate to the identified technical point of contact to discuss research interests, implying they may participate through alternative arrangements rather than as direct award recipients.

For applicants seeking full details, the announcement references an additional information link described as a link to all NPS BAAs, which would typically contain the complete requirements, formatting instructions, evaluation criteria, submission procedures, and any topic lists or priority areas. For access issues or administrative questions, the listed business point of contact is Janet Norton, Contract and Grant Officer, reachable by phone at 808-473-7669.

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