Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)
- Posted
- March 5, 2025
- Closed
- September 5, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $15,000,000
- Program funding
- $170,000,000
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 12.800
- Archives
- October 5, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 12.800 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $577.2M
- FY2026 obligated
- $818.8M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 2,256
Top recipients: National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, Flextech Alliance, Inc., Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Cornell University
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Agency Name:
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Description:
See full announcement in Related Documents folder for detailed descriptions of the SPECIFIC MURI TOPICS.
Grantor Contact Information:
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact
Katie Wisecarver
Program Coordinator
Phone 703-696-9544
Business Point of Contact
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
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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