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Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Dec 5, 2028 · 790 days left
- Award size
- Up to $99.9M
- Match ?
- Not required · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- Set by the official notice: see Who can apply below
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No match required
- Past Tennessee awards on file: 43
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Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/ff8fbbe7-3760-439d-bfbc-4b5de37295d6 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/7f66da5c-d6da-4c9a-bc3f-b99bd51e0fa6
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About this grant
Who can apply, from the official notice
Your schedule, working back from the deadline
- Oct7
Check that your SAM.gov registration is active (or start it now)
Grants.gov: allow up to 10 business days for SAM registration, weeks or months if information isn't verified. It must be renewed every year. Grants.gov - Nov14
Ask partners for letters of support or commitment
Suggested: partners need about three weeks to write and sign letters. - Nov28
Finish a complete draft for a final review
Suggested: leave about a week for someone else to read the draft. - Dec3
Submit
Grants.gov: submit at least 24–48 hours before the deadline: uploads fail, systems slow down, errors need fixing. Grants.gov blog - Dec5
Deadline
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Who in Tennessee has won this program
25 awards to Tennessee groups in 3 counties since 2019. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee | Tullahoma, Franklin County | $17.9M | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $5M | 2022 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $2.2M | 2022 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $2M spent that year | 2025 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $2M | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | $1.4M spent that year | 2025 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $980K | 2019 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $897K | 2020 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $731K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $601K | 2020 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $541K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $450K | 2021 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 18 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City, Washington County | Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem | $1.3M | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Texas at Austin | $705K | 2025 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | Ohio State University, the | $210K | 2025 |
| University of Tennessee | Tullahoma, Franklin County | Ohio State University, the | $192K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Tullahoma | Ohio State University, the | $192K | 2023 |
| 2Nd Order Effects LLC | Fairview | National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining | $170K | 2026 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Southern California | $165K | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Southern California | $165K | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of California, Los Angeles | $160K | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | University of Southern California | $142K spent that year | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | The University of Texas at Austin | $125K spent that year | 2025 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | The University of Southern California | $82K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).
About the federal program
Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program
Program number 12.800 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force · Project grant
How applications are judged
Match
None required (federal program listing).