National Security Fund Finance (“NSFF”) Program
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The National Security Fund Finance Program, issued by the Washington Headquarters Services under the Department of Defense, is a strategic initiative designed to attract and scale private capital toward critical minerals and materials essential to United States national security. This program functions as a fund-level financing solution that provides loans to qualified investment fund managers. By combining these government loans with private capital, the program aims to invest in portfolio companies that address supply chain shortages, gaps, and vulnerabilities in critical minerals, associated technologies, and production processes. The program acts as a force multiplier to accelerate investment into Department of Defense priorities by providing credit to qualified asset managers. Interested parties must respond to solicitation number WHSAD0819 by the deadline of November 1, 2026. This special notice serves as a formal opportunity to bolster the domestic supply chain for materials vital to national security through coordinated public and private investment.
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79870, DC, USASet-Aside
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OSC is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to attract and scale private capital to minerals and materials critical to the national security of the United States. The NSFF Program is a fund-level financing solution to increase private capital investment in gaps, shortages, and vulnerabilities in the supply of critical minerals and materials, as that term is used in 10 U.S.C. § 149(h)(2)(HH), and associated technologies, supply chains, and production processes, vital to U.S. national security (hereinafter, “Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains”). The NSFF Program provides loans to qualified investment fund managers, which
combines OSC loans with private capital to invest in portfolio companies focused on solving U.S. national security shortages, gaps, and vulnerabilities with respect to Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains. By providing credit to qualified asset managers, the NSFF Program acts as a force multiplier to increase and accelerate investment into Department of War (“DoW”) priorities.
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