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Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

Federal funding opportunity N001425SF002 from Office of Naval Research (Department of Defense).

Posted
March 21, 2025
Closed
September 5, 2025
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
12.300
Category
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Archives
October 5, 2025

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 12.300 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$669.4M
FY2026 obligated
$662.1M
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
4,134

Top recipients: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California San Diego, University of Washington, Energetics Technology Center, Inc., National Academy of Sciences

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

DoD's MURI program addresses high-risk basic research and attempts to understand or achieve something that has never been done before. The program was initiated 40 years ago and it has regularly produced significant scientific breakthroughs with far reaching consequences to the fields of science, economic growth, and revolutionary new military technologies. Key to the program’s success is the close management of the MURI projects by Service Program Officers and their active role in providing research guidance.


See Section I. Other Information for topic descriptions and more information.

Who can apply

This MURI competition is open only to, and proposals are to be submitted only by, U.S. institutions of higher education (universities) with degree-granting programs in science and/or engineering, including DoD institutions of higher education. To the extent that it is part of a U.S. institution of higher education and is not designated as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) is eligible to submit a proposal to this MURI competition and/or receive MURI funds. Ineligible organizations (e.g., industry, DoD laboratories, FFRDCs, and foreign entities) may collaborate on the research but may not receive MURI funds directly or via subaward.

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