DHS S&T Center of Excellence Supplement Applications | DHS 22 061 COE SUPP

Opportunity Information: Apply for DHS 22 061 COE SUPP

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate is offering a supplemental funding opportunity for its existing university-based Centers of Excellence (COEs) under Funding Opportunity Number DHS 22 061 COE SUPP (CFDA 97.061). The program supports multidisciplinary research and education efforts that are directly tied to DHS homeland security missions, with an emphasis on producing work that is both scientifically rigorous and practically usable by operational "customers" across the homeland security enterprise. Rather than launching new centers, this notice is specifically designed to provide additional resources to current COE awardees so they can continue, expand, or strengthen projects that already fall within each center's approved scope of work.

The core expectation is that proposed supplemental activities push the field forward in meaningful ways. DHS signals that it wants COEs to generate substantial original results, whether that means breaking new theoretical and empirical ground or adapting established methods to close specific technology gaps and mission needs. Proposed research methods are expected to be anchored in strong science and engineering disciplines, and the resulting knowledge should be suitable for integration into real-world homeland security applications. In other words, the program is looking for cutting-edge research that still connects clearly to operational impact, not isolated academic work.

The funding instrument for this opportunity is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies an ongoing partnership and active involvement between the federal agency and the recipient during performance. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding within the science, technology, and other research and development area. The eligible applicant type listed is public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, but eligibility is effectively narrower because the announcement is open only to the specific COEs already designated by DHS for supplemental consideration.

Only the following existing COE recipients are eligible to apply for these supplemental awards: National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska Omaha; Soft Target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality (SENTRY) at Northeastern University; the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; the Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Center for Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA) at George Mason University; the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE) at Arizona State University; and the Center for Cross-Border Threats Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS) at Texas A&M University. Applications are therefore limited to this set of established centers, and proposed work must remain within the scope already defined for each center's DHS-approved program.

Administratively, the opportunity was created on 2022-07-06 and listed an original closing date of 2023-05-26. The awarding office is DHS Office of Procurement Operations, Grants Division. The notice lists an award ceiling of $20,000,000, indicating the upper limit for awards under this supplemental solicitation, though the number of expected awards is not specified in the provided data. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a continuation and expansion mechanism for DHS-backed COE research portfolios, aimed at accelerating high-quality, mission-aligned research and education outputs that can be transitioned into homeland security use.

• The Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DHS S&T Center of Excellence Supplement Applications" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.061.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-07-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-05-26. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $20,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.

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