Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (12.630)
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (Assistance Listing 12.630) is run by the Department of the Army, part of the Department of Defense. It awarded $1.3 billion in 1,101 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.1 million per award on average. 5 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.
The typical award was $398,788. Half of the 1,101 awards fell between $150,000 and $799,759, and they ranged from $1,217 to $82.6 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.3 billion
- Grant awards1,101
- Typical award$398,788
- Awarded in FY 2025$192 million
- Size rank230 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements, project grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $249 million in fiscal 2021 to $192 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 230th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 45% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 50 states and territories.
What the program funds
To: (1) Support basic, applied, or advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences, and other fields with good, long-term potential for contributing to technology for Department of Defense missions; (2) facilitate transition of research results to practical application for defense needs; (3) improve linkages between defense research and the civilian technology and industrial bases, to promote commercial application of the results of defense research and commercial availability of technology for defense needs; (4) foster education of future scientists and engineers in disciplines critical to defense through research projects; and (5) strengthen the infrastructure for research and related science and engineering education in those disciplines.
Open opportunities
- Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)
- ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
- UNITED STATES ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (ARI) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BASIC, APPLIED, AND ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
- Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver
- Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA)
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
The eligibility for applicants will be in accordance with the individual program announcements, BAAs, or other notices of funding opportunity. Generally, competitions are open to private and public educational institutions that carry out science and engineering research and/or related science and engineering education; however, competition may be limited to a class of such institutions, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities or other minority institutions (HBCUs/MIs). Some competitions may allow eligibility to other types of organizations, such as for-profit applicants. However, awards are not made to individuals.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Uses and restrictions are specified in individual notices of funding opportunity and award documents and codified regulations applicable to awards.
Matching requirements
Statutory Formula: Title NA, Part NA, Subpart NA,Public Law NA.NAMatching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
See individual BAAs for expected range of award accounts (generally vary from $50,000 to $3,000,000 over 1 to 5 year periods of performance).
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2018: OSD does not directly execute programs within this listing. For information about open competitions or future opportunities involving OSD funding, prospective proposers should consult the program announcements, BAAs, or other notices of funding opportunities issued by the agents that execute the program, listed below. No central phone number is available. Some of the agents OSD uses to execute its programs include: - Army Research Office (For contact info, see listing 12.431, or http://www.arl.army.mil/) - Office of Naval Research (For contact info, see listing 12.300, or http://www.onr.navy.mil) - Air Force Office of Scientific Research (For contact info, see listing 12.800, or http://www.wpafb.af.mil/afrl/afoFiscal Year2022: ROLE OF LIPIDS REORGANIZED BY VIRAL PROTEINS AND RESTRICTION FACTORS IN VIRAL LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT; NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR RE-GENERATING LEAD ACID BATTERIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND WATER QUALITY IN WATERSHEDS AND COASTLINES OF THE UNITED STATES; MATERIALS UNDER EXTREME LUBRICATING CONDITIONS; ULTRA-HIGH SPEED IMAGING AND LASER DIAGNOSTICS FOR HYPERSONICS RESEARCH; REFUGEE FLOWS AND INSTABILITY.Fiscal Year2023: The objective of the proposed research is to study the optical properties for chiral ultrathin metasurfaces and identify thickness-controlled optical activity, negative refraction, tunable light matter coupling, and new quantum phenomena such as enabling...
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (12.630) awarded$1.3 billion across 1,101 grant awards, an average of $1.1 million per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 69% of the money, nonprofits 21% and businesses 8.4%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 897 | $871 million | 69% |
| Nonprofits | 161 | $264 million | 21% |
| Businesses | 24 | $106 million | 8.4% |
| Small businesses | 7 | $19.1 million | 1.5% |
| Other | 4 | $2.1 million | 0.2% |
| State and local governments | 8 | $2.0 million | 0.2% |
By state
42 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 105 | $171 million |
| District of Columbia | 16 | $105 million |
| Texas | 114 | $102 million |
| Ohio | 17 | $92.3 million |
| Florida | 121 | $71.9 million |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | $69.2 million |
| Connecticut | 6 | $52.7 million |
| Virginia | 49 | $52.4 million |
| Alabama | 33 | $49.1 million |
| Maryland | 37 | $47.3 million |
| Illinois | 55 | $44.3 million |
| Georgia | 34 | $39.7 million |
| Arizona | 13 | $32.4 million |
| New York | 47 | $29.5 million |
| Delaware | 14 | $29.1 million |
| Louisiana | 20 | $27.7 million |
| North Carolina | 43 | $27.0 million |
| Massachusetts | 25 | $26.0 million |
| Nevada | 12 | $25.9 million |
| Wisconsin | 5 | $17.4 million |
| Mississippi | 32 | $13.8 million |
| Missouri | 12 | $13.2 million |
| Tennessee | 74 | $12.2 million |
| Colorado | 19 | $12.2 million |
| Michigan | 18 | $12.0 million |
| Oregon | 14 | $10.4 million |
| New Mexico | 17 | $9.4 million |
| Hawaii | 7 | $9.2 million |
| Washington | 9 | $7.1 million |
| South Carolina | 13 | $5.6 million |
| Oklahoma | 9 | $5.4 million |
| Utah | 7 | $4.7 million |
| New Jersey | 5 | $4.6 million |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | $4.3 million |
| North Dakota | 1 | $4.0 million |
| Arkansas | 7 | $2.8 million |
| Minnesota | 11 | $2.5 million |
| Iowa | 10 | $2.1 million |
| West Virginia | 4 | $2.1 million |
| Montana | 5 | $2.1 million |
| Indiana | 6 | $1.5 million |
| Idaho | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $765,000 |
| Nebraska | 1 | $719,589 |
| Alaska | 1 | $617,746 |
| Wyoming | 2 | $581,581 |
| Kansas | 2 | $564,060 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $440,757 |
| South Dakota | 1 | $336,000 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $151,455 |