FY26 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) - RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)
Funds a first-time faculty investigator paired with an experienced DoD-funded mentor on defense-relevant research.
About
DEPSCoR's other half is about mentorship rather than plain institutional funding, and it pairs two specific people rather than just funding an institution.
One side is the applicant: a full-time faculty member who has never been the principal investigator on a prior DoD directly-funded research award. The other is the collaborator: an investigator who has been a PI on a DoD award active sometime …
Defense
Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.