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Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
Air Force -- Research Lab · RDK-RAD-FOA-2024
$0 – $49,000,000
2029-07-18-00-00-00
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Original Solictation: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil Solicitation Amend 1: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil (Revisions made: Updated information on Mandatory Letter of Intent to allow for interested parties to submit Letters of Intent through Valid Eval portal) Solicitation Amend 2: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil (Revisions made: Added detail for Letter of Intent Evaluation Criteria) Solicitation Amend 3: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Alternate Agreements Officer Jennifer Jaramillo Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Brendan Merritt Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil, jennifer.jaramillo@us.af.mil , brendan.merritt@us.af.mil (Revisions made: Changed Letter of Intent review from 10 business days to 30 business days, Added verbiage to Section, D. Review and Selection Process, on Security Risk Review, added Agreement Specialist, Brendan Merritt, brendan.merritt@us.af.mil) Solicitation Amend 4: Closing Date of the FOA FROM: 18 July 2024 TO: 18 July 2029 Cost Ceiling $49M Contracting/Agreements Points of Contact (POC) Agreements Officer Mariah Salazar Alternate Agreements Officer Jennifer Jaramillo Agreements Specialist Monique Esquibel-Sena Emails: mariah.salazar@us.af.mil; monique.esquibel_sena@us.af.mil, jennifer.jaramillo@us.af.mil (Revisions made: Changed Attachment 2 of Solicitation to DoD R&D General Terms and Conditions MARCH 2025. Removed Agreement Specialist, Brendan Merritt, brendan.merritt@us.af.mil)
Funding geography: Not specified — review source. A funder’s address does not establish eligibility.
Review original source ↗Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement, Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: Federal. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.
Source fields and evidence
id: 355499
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opportunityNumber: RDK-RAD-FOA-2024
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opportunityTitle: Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
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revision: 5
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agencyDetails: {"code":"AFRL","seed":"DOD-AFRL","agencyName":"Air Force -- Research Lab","agencyCode":"DOD-AFRL","topAgencyCode":"DOD"}
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owningAgencyCode: DOD-AFRL
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cfdas: [{"id":422427,"opportunityId":355499,"cfdaNumber":"12.800","programTitle":"Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program"}]
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applicantTypes: [{"id":"99","description":"Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled \"Additional Information on Eligibility\""}]
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applicantEligibilityDesc: See FOA for Eligibility
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fundingInstruments: [{"id":"CA","description":"Cooperative Agreement"},{"id":"G","description":"Grant"}]
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fundingActivityCategories: [{"id":"ST","description":"Science and Technology and other Research and Development"}]
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awardFloor: 0
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awardCeiling: 49000000
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responseDate: Jul 18, 2029 12:00:00 AM EDT
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responseDateStr: 2029-07-18-00-00-00
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responseDateDesc: See FOA
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costSharing: false
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lastUpdatedDate: May 06, 2026 03:46:07 PM EDT
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status: posted
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