Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: Mary A Johnson Contract Specialist
Opportunity number: N00173-24-S-BA01
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2026-12-30 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Applicant-level ceiling not stated in the retrieved federal synopsis; verify in full NOFO.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Federal synopsis
Amendment 0008 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. ————————————————————– Amendment 0007 The purpose of this amendment is to add Summary Topic 61-24-06 – AFFF ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY OF FLUORINE-FREE FOAM (F3) WITH NON-ASPIRATING SPRINKLER NOZZLES to Appendix 1 in it’s entirety. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. ————————————————————– Amendment 0006 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. ————————————————————– Amendment 0005 The purpose of this amendment is to provide a searchable list of Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1. Expanded descriptions of each topic can be found in the full announcement pdf. APPENDIX 1 – RESEARCH DESCRIPTION – SUMMARY TOPICS II. Detailed information about the funding opportunity The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The basic research program is driven by perceptions about future requirements of the Navy. The Navy's operational effectiveness depends on its ability to keep pace with rapidly developing technologies. NRL contributes to this requirement by conducting research in the following areas, organized into NRL'S three research directorates and Naval Center for Space Technology: Systems Directorate Code 5000 Materials Science and Component Technology …
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