How much can one applicant receive?

$6,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor and ceiling are both $6,000,000; expected number of awards is 1.”.

How much funding is available in total?

$6,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Aug 19, 2031. Response date listed as Aug 19, 2031.

Is matching funding required?

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

OtherOpenFixedDepartment of Defense

National Center for Narrative Intelligence (NCNI)

Awards $6,000,000 per recipient for public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, closing Aug 19, 2031.

Official page

Public Agency Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

National Center for Narrative Intelligence (NCNI) awards $6,000,000 per recipient, open to public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, closing Aug 19, 2031.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $6,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $6,000,000
Award floor and ceiling are both $6,000,000; expected number of awards is 1.
Award floor: $6,000,000
Typical award: $6,000,000
Deadline: Aug 19, 2031
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Aug 20, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Public Agency · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
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

$6,000,000

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

$6,000,000

Source wording: “Award floor and ceiling are both $6,000,000; expected number of awards is 1.”

Who can apply?

entity

Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Applied research infrastructure, Collaborative networks, Strategic analysis, Workforce development

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Only Mississippi State University is eligible; no other applications will 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?

Aug 19, 20311813 daysfixed deadline

Response date listed as Aug 19, 2031.

What can the money be used for?

Workforce developmentApplied research infrastructureCollaborative networksStrategic analysis

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?

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

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

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

How much can one applicant receive?: $6,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor and ceiling are both $6,000,000; expected number of awards is 1.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $6,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Aug 19, 2031. Response date listed as Aug 19, 2031.
Who is eligible to apply?: Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
What can the funding be used for?: Workforce development, Applied research infrastructure, Collaborative networks, Strategic analysis, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false.

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.