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Opportunity Summary:

The AFRL RD/RV University Cooperative Agreement (Funding Opportunity Number BAA RVKV 2015 0003) is a Department of Defense, Air Force Research Laboratory opportunity designed to build sustained research partnerships with universities through cooperative agreements. It is structured as an open Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that runs for five years, meaning AFRL can receive and consider proposals across that period rather than only during a short, single solicitation window. The intent is to create a mechanism that helps move research funding to university students and faculty quickly, so they can start or continue work without long delays, while staying aligned with Air Force and broader DoD research priorities.

At its core, the program focuses on research connected to two AFRL organizations: the Directed Energy Directorate (RD) and the Space Vehicles Directorate (RV). The topics are intentionally broad and include basic research, applied research, and more advanced research efforts that support or could eventually transition to Air Force needs. The scope is described as covering the full spectrum of RD and RV technology relevant to the Air Force, including closely related or “peripherally-related” work. In practice, that means proposals may span a wide range of science and engineering areas tied to directed energy systems and space vehicle technologies, as long as the work can be justified as meaningful to AFRL’s RD/RV mission space and DoD interests.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, not a standard grant. This matters because cooperative agreements typically involve substantial involvement by the government during performance, such as technical collaboration, coordination with AFRL researchers, iterative refinement of research direction, or other hands-on engagement compared with more independent grant models. The activity category is Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number listed is 12.800, which is commonly associated with DoD research and engineering support.

Eligibility, as listed in the source data, includes private institutions of higher education and independent school districts, with an emphasis in the narrative on engaging U.S. colleges and universities, including those in U.S. territories. The program’s stated goal is to support university-based teams (students and professors) working on AFRL-relevant directed energy and space vehicles research, creating a pipeline of ideas, results, and potentially future talent for defense-related R&D. The opportunity is managed by DOD-AFRL.

Administratively, the opportunity was originally posted on November 24, 2015, and it shows a closing date of November 23, 2020 for the cycle reflected in the listing. The expected number of awards is three, although the award ceiling is shown as 0, which usually indicates that a fixed upper limit is not specified in the summary field and that actual award sizes may depend on proposal scope, available funding, and government priorities at the time of selection. Overall, this BAA is best understood as a long-running vehicle for AFRL to establish and maintain cooperative, university-centered research efforts in directed energy and space vehicle technologies that can support Air Force mission needs over time.

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