FISCAL YEAR 2014 DEFENSE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM (DURIP)

This announcement seeks proposals to purchase instrumentation in support of research in areas of interest to the DoD, including areas of research supported by the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), hereafter referred to collectively as “the administering agencies.” The research areas of interest to the administering agencies are available on-line at the following addresses:Army Research Office:http://www.aro.army.mil/ (select “Business” and then “Broad Agency Announcements”)See the most recent ARO Core Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research.Office of Naval Research:http://www.onr.navy.mil/ (select “Contracts and Grants” and then “Broad Agency Announcements”) See Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology 13-001.Air Force Office of Scientific Research:See BAA AFOSR-2013-0001 Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research available at http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=x8BxRCpDJ7zJvMJvVs91VFPYjnJqzyJJvBHW51LmJy0D21yfSXTc!284756989?oppId=218055&mode=VIEW.For detailed information regarding technical goals, potential proposers are advised to refer to the websites cited above. They also are encouraged to contact DoD program managers listed at those sites before submitting proposals, in order to explore research areas that are of mutual interest to the proposers and DoD administering agencies. A proposal may be submitted to more than one administering agency; however, only one administering agency will fund the proposal, if selected, under the 2014 DURIP.A central purpose of the DURIP is to provide equipment to enhance research-related education. Therefore, proposals must address the impact of the equipment on the institution’s ability to educate students, through research, in disciplines important to DoD missions.