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See Section III of the BAA for full Eligibility Requirements

Synopsis:

Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Broad Agency Announcement (BAA): The purpose of this BAA is to solicit proposals for the Research and Development, Fundamental Research program: This BAA is an extramural endeavor that combines fundamental research needs of DTRA and other DoD interests. DTRA safeguards America and its allies from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and provide capabilities to reduce, eliminate and counter the threat and effects from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives. DTRA seeks to identify, adopt, and adapt emerging, existing and revolutionary sciences that may demonstrate high payoff potential to Counter-WMD (C-WMD) threats. This announcement solicits white papers for long-term challenges in specific fundamental areas of research that offer a significant contribution to the current body of knowledge, understanding of phenomena and observable facts, significantly advance revolutionary technology, new concepts for technology application, and may have impact on future C-WMD capabilities. There are a total of 15 open windows (approximately 3 per year), and submissions may occur at any time during those open window periods. Grants are the preferred procurement instrument, but contracts and other transaction agreements (OTAs) may be proposed, as well. The Government reserves the right to award any combination of approaches which offer the best overall value to the Government.
BAA Duration: Sep 2009 - Sep 2014

Agency Name

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Description

DTRA FY2009 - 2014 Fundamental Research to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (C-WMD) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Description of Modification

** AMENDED 23 March 2010 ** The latest revision to this BAA is posted as Amendment 2. Please review this BAA package for the most up-to-date information. Potential offerors are strongly encouraged to review the Amendment in its entirety, as it updates several sections; specifically, the following Sections have substantial changes: 1) Overview Information - CFDA number was corrected; Grant average values have been updated; 2) I.6 - Thrust Area descriptions have been updated; 3) Throughout - Referenced TRL Levels have changed from 1 - 6 to 1 - 4; 4) Attachment 7 - Explanation has been updated; 5) Attachment 8 - Topics have been updated and new topics have been added. ** Please note that ALL correspondence for this BAA must be sent to HDTRA1-09-14-FRCWMD@dtra.mil **