How much can one applicant receive?

$100,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor: $100,000; Award ceiling: $10,000,000”.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

FederalOpenDepartment of Defense

NDEP STEM Open NFO

Awards $100,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient for other legal entity, closing Feb 8, 2028.

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Other Legal EntityEducation

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NDEP STEM Open NFO awards $100,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient, open to other legal entity, closing Feb 8, 2028.

Record fields

Program pool (total): Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $10,000,000
Award floor: $100,000; Award ceiling: $10,000,000
Award floor: $100,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Feb 8, 2028
Deadline type: Not stated
Opens: Feb 9, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Other Legal Entity
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: STEM Education and Outreach · Support for STEM Education at Two-Year Institutions/Community Colleges (2YI/CCs) · Manufacturing Engineering Education Program · Education and Workforce Development aligned to the DoW Critical Technology Areas · STEM Scholarship Programs · Strategic Partnerships · Program Evaluations, Assessments, Data Analytics and Visualizations · Other NDEP Congressional Initiatives and Programs
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

Not stated

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$10,000,000

Source wording: “Award floor: $100,000; Award ceiling: $10,000,000”

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Other Legal Entity

Source field: entity types

industry

Education

Source field: industries

use

Education and Workforce Development aligned to the DoW Critical Technology Areas, Manufacturing Engineering Education Program, Other NDEP Congressional Initiatives and Programs, Program Evaluations, Assessments, Data Analytics and Visualizations, STEM Education and Outreach, STEM Scholarship Programs, Strategic Partnerships, Support for STEM Education at Two-Year Institutions/Community Colleges (2YI/CCs)

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Eligible applicants include: industry, non-profit institutions, institutions of higher education, state and/or local educational agencies, or consortia of such institutions and/or industry. Foreign entities will not be considered.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Feb 8, 2028520 daysDeadline type Not stated

This is an open NFO; amendments and solicitations will be released over time. The response date listed is the current listed deadline, but applicants should check for amendments announcing new funding opportunities.

What can the money be used for?

8 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

STEM Education and OutreachSupport for STEM Education at Two-Year Institutions/Community Colleges (2YI/CCs)Manufacturing Engineering Education ProgramEducation and Workforce Development aligned to the DoW Critical Technology AreasSTEM Scholarship ProgramsStrategic PartnershipsProgram Evaluations, Assessments, Data Analytics and VisualizationsOther NDEP Congressional Initiatives and Programs

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing: false

Common questions

5 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $100,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor: $100,000; Award ceiling: $10,000,000”.
When is the application deadline?: Feb 8, 2028. This is an open NFO; amendments and solicitations will be released over time. The response date listed is the current listed deadline, but applicants should check for amendments announcing new funding opportunities.
Who is eligible to apply?: Other Legal Entity.
What can the funding be used for?: STEM Education and Outreach, Support for STEM Education at Two-Year Institutions/Community Colleges (2YI/CCs), Manufacturing Engineering Education Program, Education and Workforce Development aligned to the DoW Critical Technology Areas, STEM Scholarship Programs, Strategic Partnerships, Program Evaluations, Assessments, Data Analytics and Visualizations, Other NDEP Congressional Initiatives and Programs, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-04

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

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