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ClosedDeadline extended (was Feb 9, 2024)Research announcementOpportunity N00014-23-S-F006

Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program

Office of Naval Research · Department of Defense

At a glance

Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Office of Naval Research (Department of Defense). The application deadline was February 16, 2024. Individual awards are listed as $1M – $3M, with about 10 awards expected and $30M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include public colleges & universities. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 12.300 (Basic and Applied Scientific Research).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

  1. Jul 18, 2023Posted
  2. Feb 16, 2024Application deadline
Posted
Jul 18, 2023
Close date
Feb 16, 2024
Award floor
$1,000,000
Award ceiling
$3,000,000
Est. total funding
$30,000,000
Original deadline (extended)
Feb 9, 2024
Expected awards
10
Cost sharing
Not required
Funding instrument
Grant
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Who can apply

  • Public colleges & universities

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The VBFF program is sponsored by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD (R&E)). VBFF supports innovative basic research within academia, as well as opportunities intended to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers for the defense workforce.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) manages the VBFF program for USD (R&E). To accomplish this task, ONR is soliciting proposals for the VBFF program through this FOA. This FOA seeks distinguished researchers for the purpose of conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to the DoD and fostering long-term relationships between the VBFF Fellows and the DoD.

VBFF is oriented towards bold and ambitious “blue sky” research that may lead to extraordinary outcomes such as revolutionizing entire disciplines, creating entirely new fields, or disrupting accepted theories and perspectives.

The objectives of the program are to:

  • Support unclassified basic scientific and engineering research that could be the foundation for future revolutionary new capabilities for DoD.
  • Educate and train student and post-doctoral researchers for the defense workforce.
  • Foster long-term relationships between university researchers and the DoD.
  • Familiarize university researchers and their students with DoD’s current and projected future challenges.
  • Increase the number of talented technical experts that DoD can call upon.

Please see full text announcement for more details.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 12.300

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$334M
FY25$219M
FY26$333M est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 12.300. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 12.300

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 5,403 grant awards had funding actions under Basic and Applied Scientific Research, with 1,246 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$113M
  2. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$104M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$68.4M
  4. ENERGETICS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, INC.$67.8M
  5. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$49.7M
Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Anastasia Lenfest Grant Officer
anastasia.e.lenfest.civ@us.navy.mil
7035882866

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Public colleges & universities. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1m – $3m, total estimated program funding is $30,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 10 awards.

How do I apply for “Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity N00014-23-S-F006), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.