ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIVERSITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE CIVILIAN MILITARY DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The funding opportunity titled "ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIVERSITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE CIVILIAN MILITARY DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER" (Funding Opportunity Number HQ0034 13 R 0124) is a U.S. Department of Defense grant solicitation focused on creating a university-based Center of Excellence that supports technology transfer with both civilian and military applications. The core idea is to stand up a formal, institutionally grounded hub at a U.S. educational institution that can help move research results, inventions, and other innovations across the boundary between defense needs and broader commercial or civilian use cases. In practical terms, the opportunity is about building a structured capability at a university to accelerate dual-use innovation and make it easier for defense-relevant technologies to transition into real-world deployment, while also enabling civilian technologies to be adapted for defense purposes when appropriate.

This opportunity is categorized as "Other" in terms of opportunity category, but the funding activity is clearly aligned to science and technology and other research and development efforts. The funding instrument type is a grant, indicating the government is looking to support an assistance-style relationship rather than a procurement contract for a specific deliverable. There is no stated cost-sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants are not required by the announcement summary to contribute a defined non-federal cost share as a condition of eligibility. That said, applicants typically still benefit from demonstrating institutional commitment, existing infrastructure, and partnerships that can sustain the Center of Excellence beyond the period of performance, even if the solicitation does not mandate a match.

Eligibility is restricted to educational institutions in the United States, specifically as defined by 10 USC 2194. This statutory reference is important because it signals that the Department of Defense intends the award to go to a qualifying U.S. institution of higher education (or other eligible educational institution under that definition), rather than to a private company or a non-university nonprofit acting alone. The listing also notes "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," but the controlling condition provided here is that the recipient must be a U.S. educational institution under the cited authority. In other words, the competition is designed around universities as the central awardee, with the expectation that they may form partnerships with industry, government labs, or other entities to carry out technology transition and transfer activities.

Key administrative dates show this was a time-limited solicitation posted on July 26, 2013, with an application deadline of August 14, 2013, and an archive date of August 15, 2013. Those dates indicate a relatively short application window, which is common for certain defense-focused announcements when the government has a defined timeline for obligating funds or launching a program. The award ceiling and award floor are both listed as 0 in the summary data, which usually means the funding range was not specified in the abstracted fields and would have been detailed in the full announcement documents, or it was left blank in the system record. As a result, the amount of funding available and the expected size or number of awards cannot be determined from the provided summary alone.

From a programmatic standpoint, a "University Center of Excellence" for civilian-military dual-use technology transfer would typically involve coordinated activities such as identifying promising university inventions, supporting intellectual property strategy, building pathways to licensing or spinouts, connecting researchers to defense stakeholders, facilitating pilot demonstrations and prototyping, and creating repeatable processes for transitioning technology into operational use or commercial markets. It can also include education and workforce development components that build competence in technology transition, regulatory and compliance considerations, and collaboration between academia, the Department of Defense, and private-sector partners. Although the summary does not list specific technical focus areas, the phrase "dual use" implies a broad interest in technologies that can serve defense and non-defense markets, which often include domains like advanced materials, sensing, communications, cybersecurity, energy, autonomy, and other cross-cutting technology areas.

The sponsoring agency is the Department of Defense, and the point of contact listed for access issues or announcement support is Maryam Fatima, Contract Specialist, reachable by phone at 703-545-1320 or by email at maryam.fatima@whs.mil. This contact information suggests the solicitation was managed through a DoD contracting or acquisition support office (even though the instrument is a grant), and applicants who could not retrieve the full posting electronically were directed to reach out directly for assistance.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a DoD-backed effort to institutionalize and strengthen the mechanisms by which university-driven research and innovation are translated into usable capabilities and products across both defense and civilian sectors, with eligibility centered on U.S. educational institutions under a specific statutory definition and no required cost share indicated in the summarized record.

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