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Opportunity Summary:

The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) grant opportunity focused specifically on helping universities buy major research instrumentation that strengthens DoD-relevant research capabilities. Rather than funding a standalone research project in the usual sense, DURIP is aimed at acquiring equipment that will directly support ongoing or planned research in scientific and engineering areas the DoD cares about. The opportunity supports fields aligned with the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and applicants are expected to connect the requested instrument to clear defense-related research needs and outcomes.

This particular announcement (Funding Opportunity Number PA AFRL AFOSR 2015 0001) is a discretionary grant program in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, associated with CFDA 12.300 (Basic and Applied Scientific Research). The agency listed is the Office of Naval Research, but the program spans multiple DoD administering components, reflecting how DURIP is used across the services to build shared university research infrastructure that benefits DoD mission priorities. A key practical feature is that a single proposal can be submitted to more than one administering agency (for example, ARO and ONR), but if the proposal is selected, only one agency will ultimately fund it. In other words, applicants can align the same instrumentation request with more than one DoD office, but they should not expect multiple awards for the same instrument under this program cycle.

The program strongly encourages potential applicants to consult the full announcement for the technical goals and to contact DoD program managers before submitting. This pre-submission outreach is emphasized because DURIP is tightly tied to whether the equipment will enable research that matches current DoD interests, and program managers can help determine fit, appropriate points of contact, and which administering agency is the best match. The underlying message is that proposals are more competitive when they clearly map the instrument to specific research thrusts and show how the DoD community will benefit from improved university capability, such as increased measurement precision, expanded experimental throughput, access to unique facilities, or new experimental or computational methods enabled by the purchase.

In terms of scale and competitiveness, the announcement anticipated about 99 awards with an estimated total funding level of $52,000,000. Individual awards were expected to range from a floor of $50,000 to a ceiling of $1,500,000, which signals that the program is intended for substantial instrumentation purchases, from mid-range shared equipment up to large, high-end systems. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed, which is important for universities because it means an applicant is not required by the opportunity itself to contribute institutional funds in order to be eligible, though proposals still need to justify the cost and demonstrate the instrument is essential and well-used.

Eligibility is limited to institutions of higher education, including both public/state-controlled universities and private universities. That framing aligns with DURIP's historical role as a university infrastructure program designed to improve research instrumentation capacity within academia while ensuring that the funded equipment supports areas relevant to national defense science and technology needs.

For timing, the opportunity was posted on June 18, 2015, with an original and current closing date of September 25, 2015, and an archive date of October 25, 2015. Although this specific listing represents a past cycle (notably referenced as the 2016 DURIP in the description), the structure described here reflects the typical DURIP approach: competitive selection, alignment with DoD research priorities, and equipment-focused grants intended to expand or modernize the instrumentation base that underpins defense-relevant university research.

For access issues with the full announcement, the listed contact was Mary Helen Dent Adams (Contracting Officer/Grants Officer) at 703-254-7288, and the notice also referenced "Grants.gov Questions (DURIP Navy Submission)" as a support channel, indicating that applicants were expected to apply through the standard federal grants portal and could seek help if they encountered submission or document-access problems.

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