Tenders/DHS S&T Center of Excellence Supplemement Applications

DHS S&T Center of Excellence Supplemement Applications

Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division

Published: Nov 9, 2026

Updated: Nov 10, 2026

About This Opportunity

This is a grants contract in the security and defense, Research and governance and public administration sectors, with a focus on Defense and Innovation. Located in United States, North America, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

Published through Grants.gov, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for grants in the security and defense sector. Grant applications generally require a detailed project proposal, a clear results framework, and evidence of the applicant's capacity to deliver the proposed activities. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.

Description

The DHS Centers of Excellence (COE) are multi-disciplinary, university-based, research and education Centers that conduct rigorous, innovative and useful research. DHS expects the COEs to break new theoretical and empirical ground as well as adapt existing approaches to homeland security missions and technology gaps. Research methods proposed under these funding continuations should be rooted in rigorous science and engineering disciplines. Knowledge generated by the COE’s research must be amenable to integration with homeland security customers. As a whole, the portfolio of proposed projects should generate substantial original and cutting-edge research results. Applications for supplemental funding will be considered for research and education activities within the scope of work for each COE. This NOFO is for supplemental awards for the following existing Centers of Excellence recipients: National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) - University of Nebraska, Omaha Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC-ARCTIC) - University of Alaska Anchorage Soft-target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality) (SENTRY) - Northeastern University Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE) - Arizona State University Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS) - Texas A&M University Agency: Marsha D Mathis Director CFDA: 97.061 Eligible Applicants: This announcement is open ONLY to the existing Center of Excellence recipients as identified below. Applicant Types: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Cost Sharing: No Contact: Marsha D Mathis Director Email: marsha.mathis@dhs.gov

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from Grants.gov and was originally published on November 9, 2026. Last refreshed today. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division

Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division has issued 2 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 1 currently open and 0 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Security, Defense & Justice, Environment & Climate, and Governance & Public Administration. All notices are published for United States. Notices are distributed via Grants.gov. Most recent publication: November 9, 2026.

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This is a Grants contract in the Security, Defense & Justice sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.

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