Closed Solicitation · DEPT OF DEFENSE
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The Department of the Air Force is soliciting proposals from U.S. universities for short-term seedling projects in a specific research area, with a proposal due date of May 21, 2025. This opportunity is open to universities without existing contracts with AFRL/RW, and only one research area topic may be proposed per offeror. Selected candidates will participate in a virtual pitch day. Amendments have updated the award date to June 23, 2025, and clarified proposal requirements.
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.
Amendment 1: Added FA8651-22-S-0001 CALL 05 UD 2025 FINAL Amendment 1 to change estimated award date to 23 June 2025.
Amendment 2: Added FA8651-22-S-0001 CALL 05 UD 2025 FINAL Amendment 2 to change proposal due date to 21 May 2025, and added Q&A document.
Amendment 3: Added FA8651-22-S-0001 CALL 05 UD 2025 FINAL Amendment 3, updated Atch 3 REVISED Research Topic Area 17, and updated UNIVERSITY DAY Q and A Revised 14 May 25. Research Area 2 has been removed from this Call. A university may submit multiple proposals.
UNIVERSITY DAY is a federal acquisition solicitation issued by DEPT OF DEFENSE. Review the full description, attachments, and submission requirements on SamSearch before the response deadline.
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