# University Day

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/fa865122s0001-call05-university-day/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/358673

> Munitions Directorate offered grants of up to $100,000 (at least $75,000) to colleges and universities. It expected to make about 6 awards. Applications closed on May 21, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | FA865122S0001-CALL05 |
| Agency | Munitions Directorate |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | May 21, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $100,000 |
| Award floor | $75,000 |
| Expected awards | 6 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.800 |

## Who can apply

- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education

## What the grant funds

This CALL is open to U.S. Universities only. The purpose of this CALL is to solicit leading-edge research from academic collaborators that currently do not have a relationship with AFRL/RW via existing contract/grant. However, AFRL/RW will consider all U.S. Universities’ proposals. AFRL/RW intends to award short-term seedling projects in two research areas. Offerors shall propose against ONE research area topic only. Only those Offerors who meet the highly selectable and/or selectable categories will be invited to the virtual pitch day. The Government is anticipating Distribution A (Publicly releasable) classification for this call; proposals with other classification levels must be marked appropriately. This prior forecast opportunity is now open for applications.

## Questions people ask

### Is FA865122S0001-CALL05 still open?

No. It closed on May 21, 2025. A newer notice is open: FA955027S0001, closes April 2, 2027 (146 days left).

### Who can apply for University Day?

Munitions Directorate accepted applications from colleges and universities.

### What is the deadline for University Day?

Closed May 21, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $100,000 each.

### Who has won Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, Flextech Alliance, Inc. The program made 3,902 awards worth $3.7 billion in that time.