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OLDCC-21-F-0001: Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program

Closed Closed June 15, 2021 Opportunity OLDCC-21-F-0001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: DRAFT Community Noise Mitigation Program (OLDCC-23-F-0003). Status: Forecast, no dates yet. It is in our archive of Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$5.0 million
• Total funding$25.0 million
• Expected awards6
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

For full details on eligibility see attached Final Federal Funding Opportunity notice (.pdf format) attached here. Proposals for designation as a Defense Manufacturing Community must be submitted by a “Lead Organization” on behalf of a regional manufacturing consortium as part of the proposal being invited. A “lead organization” may be any of the entities identified in the attached FFO (Section A). For the purposes of this announcement a “consortium” is a collection of associated assets focused on common challenge in defense manufacturing or defense-related technology. These consortia represent active networks of similar, synergistic or complementary organizations engaged in a particular defense manufacturing industry sector or vertical, with active channels for business transactions, communications, dialogue and workforce development, that share specialized infrastructure, labor markets and services. While consortia are generally located within a specific and geographically-bounded region, this does not preclude the inclusion of a member or organization with significant and relevant capabilities and capacities which are outside of the geographic region of the majority of the consortia members, but which nevertheless complement the work of the consortia.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Community Investment awards averaged $12.4 million; this notice allows up to $5.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (89% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program, authorized under Section 846 of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (PL 115-232), is designed to undertake long-term investments in critical skills, facilities, research and development, and small business support in order to strengthen the national security innovation and manufacturing base. The program also seeks to ensure complementarity of those communities so designated with existing Defense Manufacturing Institutes. Defense Manufacturing Institutes are manufacturing ecosystems established since 2014, with common manufacturing and design challenges revolving around specific technologies. To date, the Department of Defense has established nine (9) Manufacturing Institutes - https://defenseinnovationmarketplace.dtic.mil/business-opportunities/manufacturing-usa-institutes/ . (For complete roster of all existing manufacturing institutes, see link at https://www.manufacturingusa.com/institutes.) NOTE: INFORMATION/DATA TO BE COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENTS TO THIS FFO IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW AS PART OF THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OLDCC-23-F-0003, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.