Fundamentals of Cyberspace and Software

Post Date

June 15th 2009

Application Due Date

August 27th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

ONRBAA09-029

CFDA Number(s)

12.300

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

All responsible sources from academia and industry may submit proposals under this BAA. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for HBCU and MI participation. Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are not eligible to receive awards under this BAA. However, teaming arrangements between FFRDCs and eligible principal bidders are allowed so long as they are permitted under the sponsoring agreement between the Government and the specific FFRDC. Navy laboratories and warfare centers as well as other Department of Defense and civilian agency laboratories are also not eligible to receive awards under this BAA and should not directly submit either white papers or full proposals in response to this BAA. If any such organization is interested in one or more of the programs described herein, the organization should contact an appropriate ONR POC to discuss its area of interest. The various scientific divisions of ONR are identified at http://www.onr.navy.mil/. As with FFRDCs, these types of federal organizations may team with other responsible sources from academia and industry that are submitting proposals under this BAA. Teams are also encouraged and may submit proposals in any and all areas. However, Offerors must be willing to cooperate and exchange software, data and other information in an integrated program with other contractors, as well as with system integrators, selected by ONR.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

ONR is interested in receiving proposals for basic scientific research that will forge major advances in software, software engineering, networks, cyber-physical systems, social networks and critical infrastructures, all of which are profoundly interrelated. The research supported under this program will address new and emerging challenges for the future naval information infrastructure, which is expected to be a federated enterprise that is highly mobile, extremely heterogeneous, dynamic, non-stop, large-scale, globally connected, supporting world wide operations, and operating over many different networks. This infrastructure is vast and extends across networks of interacting systems, defined as cyber-physical systems for the purposes of this BAA.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  Office of Naval Research

• Agency Contact:

  Jennifer Williams
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 703-588-2432

• Agency Mailing Address:

  grants.gov questions

• Agency Email Address:

  jennifer.williams4@navy.mil

• More Information:

  link to all ONR BAA's