ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS · GRANT
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · Science and Technology
- Deadline
- Nov 6, 2026 (12 days left)
- Who can apply
- Private colleges and universities
- Award range
- $50,000 to $7.0 million
- Expected awards
- Not stated
- Total program funding
- $28 million
- Your own money required
- No cost sharing or matching required
- Opportunity number
- NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260001
- Posted
- Jul 29, 2026
- Assistance listing
- 12.800
What it funds
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States (U.S.) institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation. For-profit organizations are not eligible for DURIP funding.
Open the official notice on Grants.gov ↗What to do next
- Open the official notice on Grants.gov and download the full announcement (the NOFO) and any attachments.
- Check you can apply: the eligible applicants above, and any detail in the notice's eligibility section.
- Register your organization in SAM.gov (choose "all awards") and create a Grants.gov account; allow several weeks the first time.
- Apply through Grants.gov exactly as the notice says, before Nov 6, 2026. Late applications are usually not accepted.
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From Grants.gov's official daily extract of Oct 25, 2026. The notice on Grants.gov and its attachments are what count. UX Contract is independent and not a government website.