ERDC Broad Agency Announcement | W912HZ 23 BAA 01

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The ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), funding opportunity number W912HZ 23 BAA 01, is a continuously open U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) research solicitation run by the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). It is designed to attract a wide range of science and technology and applied research and development ideas that can support USACE and Army missions. Rather than focusing on one narrow program, this BAA covers many technical domains where ERDC conducts R&D, and it invites organizations to submit short pre-proposals at any time during the year for consideration as needs and funding become available.

ERDC is a multi-lab organization with major research facilities distributed across several locations. The announcement reflects work that may be performed with or for ERDC laboratories including the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), Environmental Laboratory (EL), and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire; the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois; and the Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) in Alexandria, Virginia. In practice, this means proposed projects can align with coastal and river engineering, soils and structures, environmental science, computing and IT, cold-regions engineering, installation and facility engineering, and geospatial technologies, among other areas.

The technical scope is intentionally broad and includes (but is not limited to) hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil-structure effects, vehicle mobility, military engineering topics, geophysics, pavements, protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material management, hazardous waste treatment, wetlands, and the physical/mechanical/chemical properties of snow and frozen precipitation. It also encompasses installation infrastructure and environmental issues, computer science and telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage conservation, and ecological processes. The wide list is a signal that ERDC is open to both foundational research and practical, fieldable solutions, as long as they connect to ERDC mission needs.

This opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the primary funding instrument, which typically implies substantial involvement or collaboration with the government during the project (for example, coordination with ERDC researchers, shared data, iterative technical reviews, or joint experimentation). The activity category is Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number listed is 12.630. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning a broad set of applicants may be able to apply (subject to the standard federal requirements and any specific instructions in the full announcement).

A key operational feature is the rolling submission and review process. Because the BAA is continuously open, pre-proposals can be submitted throughout the year and will be reviewed when received rather than waiting for a single annual deadline. At the same time, the announcement notes that actual awards depend on the availability of funds and current government priorities, so even strong ideas may be queued, redirected, or delayed if a given topic area is not funded at that moment. The source data lists an original closing date of 2024-01-01, but the narrative emphasizes continuous acceptance of pre-proposals, so applicants should rely on the official posting and the ERDCWERX instructions for the most current submission window and process.

Funding details in the listing indicate an extremely high award ceiling (shown as 999,999,999), which is best interpreted as a placeholder rather than a typical single-award size. Expected awards are not specified, reinforcing that this BAA functions as an umbrella mechanism for multiple potential projects of varying scale. The practical takeaway is that project budgets and durations are likely to vary widely depending on the topic, technical readiness, and the government sponsor’s needs.

For applicants, the entry point is a pre-proposal submitted according to the instructions hosted by ERDCWERX, which also provides additional detail on the research topic areas and how ERDC wants ideas packaged and routed. The official information page is: http://www.erdcwerx.org/u-s-army-engineer-research-and-development-center-broad-agency-announcement/.

• The Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "ERDC Broad Agency Announcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.630.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-31.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-01-01. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $999,999,999.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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