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Opportunity Summary:

The High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) / University Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number W911NF-11-R-0004) is a discretionary research and development funding announcement from the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, administered through the Army Research Office (ARO). The purpose of the opportunity is to support AROs second year of the High School Apprenticeship Program and to broaden that effort by adding an undergraduate-focused component called the University Research Apprenticeship Program. In practical terms, the program is aimed at placing high school students, and now undergraduate students as well, into real research environments tied to Army-funded scientific work, giving them early exposure to hands-on research and building a stronger pipeline of future scientists and engineers.

Funding is provided through a grant mechanism (the listing also references procurement contract as an instrument type, but the opportunity is framed around grant awards), and it falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category. The CFDA number associated with the work is 12.431, Basic Scientific Research. The award size is fixed at $300,000, with both the award ceiling and award floor listed as $300,000, indicating the Army expected proposals to be structured around that single award amount rather than a wide range of budgets. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants are not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of receiving the award.

Eligibility is specialized and limited. Rather than being open to any institution broadly, awards are intended to be made as add-ons to existing Army Research Office funded efforts, specifically existing single-investigator grants, Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grants, and University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs). A key constraint is that the underlying parent award must have at least 12 months remaining in its period of performance at the time the HSAP/URAP proposal is submitted. This structure signals that ARO wanted to leverage ongoing, active research programs and add apprentice participation on top of them, instead of launching entirely new standalone projects.

The timeline for the opportunity shows it was posted and created on March 8, 2011, with an original and current closing date of April 8, 2011, and an archive date of May 8, 2011. That one-month application window suggests a targeted solicitation aimed at investigators and centers already in AROs funding ecosystem, who could realistically submit an add-on proposal quickly because the research infrastructure and core project plans were already in place.

For applicants needing the full announcement or having trouble accessing it, the listed point of contact is Mr. Ernie Dixon, Procurement Analyst, reachable by phone at 919-549-4270 or by email at ernie.dixon@us.army.mil. The announcement also references an additional information link labeled BAA Announcement, indicating that the full requirements, formatting rules, and submission instructions were provided through that broader announcement vehicle.

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