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CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas

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Deadline
Due Sep 30, 2027 · 358 days left
Award size
Not stated: see the official notice
Match ?
Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply
Anyone (unrestricted)
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: 31

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Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/fbb68151-e70f-462b-9d22-3432f62473e2 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/e37a6b6b-54ae-41f3-85f6-8190dab736a0

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About this grant

The Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH) and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), is soliciting white papers (and potentially later technical and cost proposals) on the research located in the Statements of Objectives attached to the Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining (CHEERS) Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA) Opportunity FA2384-24-S-2233. List of Attachments: 1. "Open Period Solicitation 1_BAA Amend 01" 2. "Attachment 1 - List of Provisions and Clauses (BAA)" Related Notice: Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA) FA238424S2233, "Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining (CHEERS)" Note: You MUST refer to the related notice identified above in order to obtain all additional attachments referenced herein (e.g. CHEERS Industry Guide, Statements of Objectives (SOO), and S&T Protection Appendices)

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Your schedule, working back from the deadline

  1. 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
  2. Sep9
    Ask partners for letters of support or commitment
    Suggested: partners need about three weeks to write and sign letters.
  3. Sep23
    Finish a complete draft for a final review
    Suggested: leave about a week for someone else to read the draft.
  4. Sep28
    Submit
    Grants.gov: submit at least 24–48 hours before the deadline: uploads fail, systems slow down, errors need fixing. Grants.gov blog
  5. Sep30
    Deadline
    From the funder.

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What the official notice requires

Pulled from the official notice Open_Period_Solicitation_1_BAA_Amend_01_20Nov2025.pdf (7 pages) so you can see the requirements at a glance. Each item shows the notice's own words. Open the page to read it in context.

Cost share or match

  • Cost share / match · p. 6
    “Cost Sharing is not required. 4.1 Other: 4.1.1 Foreign Participation:” Open page 6

Who in Tennessee has won this program

22 awards to Tennessee groups in 3 counties since 2019. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
University of TennesseeTullahoma, Franklin County$17.9M2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$5M2022
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$2.2M2022
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$2M2021
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$980K2019
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$897K2020
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$731K2023
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$601K2020
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$541K2023
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$450K2021
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$447K2022
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$435K2021

Source: USAspending.gov. 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. 9 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Washington CountyBioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem$1.3M2023
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyUniversity of Texas at Austin$705K2025
Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyOhio State University, the$210K2025
University of TennesseeTullahoma, Franklin CountyOhio State University, the$192K2023
University of TennesseeTullahomaOhio State University, the$192K2023
2Nd Order Effects LLCFairviewNational Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining$170K2026
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyUniversity of Southern California$165K2023
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyUniversity of Southern California$165K2024
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyUniversity of California, Los Angeles$160K2023

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

Awards decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a peer and/or scientific review.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

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Source: Federal grants from Grants.gov · the official federal record. Last checked by GrantMe Oct 7, 2026.

Reference numbers: official notice number FA238424S2334 · program number 12.800