BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) FOR RESEARCH INITIATIVES AT THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Research Initiatives is a competitive funding opportunity seeking research proposals that directly support and strengthen NPSs core mission of graduate education and research. The BAA is intentionally broad, inviting meritorious ideas across a wide range of disciplines tied to national security and defense-related needs, including science and engineering, operational and information sciences, business and management, politics and public or foreign policy, and interdisciplinary areas that connect these fields. The central theme is mission relevance to NPS: proposed work should plausibly advance the schools educational objectives, enrich graduate-level research, or otherwise improve capabilities aligned with NPS priorities.

This opportunity is issued by the Naval Supply Systems Command and is listed under CFDA 12.300, Basic and Applied Scientific Research. Awards may be made as grants or cooperative agreements, which signals that in some cases NPS expects to have substantial involvement during the project (a common feature of cooperative agreements), such as collaboration with NPS researchers, coordination on technical direction, or integration with NPS academic and research activities. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for applicants, which can lower barriers to participation for organizations that do not have discretionary funds to contribute.

A notable feature of the announcement is the strong encouragement for potential offerors to contact an NPS point of contact (POC) before investing significant effort in a full proposal. NPS advises applicants to identify the faculty member, school, institute, or interdisciplinary center whose ongoing work best matches the proposed topic. The announcement points applicants to NPS public resources, including the general NPS overview, the NPS Strategic Plan, academic program listings, and research program pages. The intent is to help applicants shape ideas so they fit real NPS needs, align with existing expertise and facilities, and increase the likelihood that proposed research can be meaningfully integrated into NPS graduate education and research portfolios.

Eligibility is broad but not unlimited. The BAA is open to all responsible sources from academia and industry, with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) specifically encouraged to apply or partner, although there is no set-aside funding reserved for them. At the same time, several categories of government-linked research organizations are explicitly not eligible to receive awards under this BAA. Ineligible entities include U.S. Government schools of higher education, Navy laboratories and warfare centers, and other Department of Defense or civilian agency laboratories. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are also not eligible to submit white papers or full proposals directly. Those ineligible organizations may still engage by contacting the appropriate NPS POC to discuss collaboration or other avenues consistent with the BAA. University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) are generally eligible unless their Department of Defense UARC contract restricts them from applying.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number NPS BAA 13 004, originally posted May 21, 2013. The original closing date was May 31, 2014, with a listed current closing date of July 31, 2014, and an archive date of August 30, 2014. These dates indicate the historical window for submissions under that specific posting; in practice, BAAs are often reissued or updated over time, so applicants typically need to confirm whether a current version is open and what submission windows apply. The announcement also references an additional information link described as a link to all NPS BAAs, suggesting NPS maintained a broader portal or list of related solicitations.

In short, this BAA functions as an open, wide-scope research call inviting proposals that can improve or extend NPS graduate education and research capabilities across technical, operational, and policy domains relevant to defense and security. The announcement emphasizes early coordination with an NPS faculty or program POC to ensure alignment and practicality, offers funding via grants or cooperative agreements without mandatory cost sharing, and sets clear eligibility boundaries that exclude most government labs and FFRDCs while welcoming academia and industry participation. For access issues, the listed contact is Janet Norton, identified as the point of contact for assistance with obtaining the full announcement electronically.

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