Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
OSP Deadline: February 9, 2024. Departments or areas may require additional time for proposal review and submission. Please discuss a timeline with your grants administrator.
Sponsor Deadline: February 16, 2024
Award Amount: $50,000 to $3,000,000. Applicants may submit a proposal to purchase major equipment or instrumentation costing more than $3,000,000 if the proposal qualifies for one of the following two exceptions: 1) The proposal contains a firm commitment from the PI’s institution to provide voluntary committed cost sharing or matching so the cost to DoD remains $3,000,000 or less; or 2) The proposal requests that the administering agency grant an exception to the $3,000,000 maximum amount of DoD funding (these exceptions will be rare). DURIP awards are typically one year in length.

This announcement seeks proposals from universities to purchase equipment and instrumentation in support of research in areas of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD). DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation.

Because it seeks to enhance research-related education in areas of interest and priority to the DoD, your proposal must address the impact of the equipment or instrumentation on your institution’s ability to educate students through research in disciplines important to DoD missions. Those areas of interest can be found on these websites:

• Army Research Office: Select “Browse current BAA topics".
• Office of Naval Research: Funding opportunities are listed on the announcements section of the ONR website
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research: View the “Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research,” Broad Agency Announcement FA9550-23-S-0001.

You are encouraged to contact the technical Program Managers/Officers (PM/PO) listed in the cited announcements before submitting proposals to explore research areas of mutual interest. Your pre-proposal inquiries and questions should be submitted no later than January 19, 2024.

You may submit a single DURIP proposal to more than one administering agency; however, only one administering agency will fund it, if selected. There is no limit on the total number of different proposals you can submit.