U.S. ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT COMMAND ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) sets forth research areas of interest of the Army Research Office (ARO). This BAA is issued under FAR 6.102(d)(2), which provides for the competitive selection of basic and applied research proposals, and 10 U.S.C. 2358, 10 U.S.C. 2371, and 10 U.S.C. 2371b, which provide the authorities for issuing awards under this announcement for basic and applied research. The definitions of basic and applied research may be found at 32 CFR 22.105. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provision of Public Law 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984" and subsequent amendments. Eligible applicants under this BAA include institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, foreign organizations, foreign public entities, and for-profit organizations (i. large and small businesses) for scientific research in mechanical sciences, mathematical sciences, electronics, computing science, physics, chemistry, life sciences, materials science, network science, and environmental sciences. This BAA is a continuously open announcement valid throughout the period from the date of issuance through March 31, 2022, unless announced otherwise. This BAA succeeds ARO BAA W911NF-12-R-0012 (including all amendments) dated May 15, 2012. See the attached document for the Army Research Office BAA for Basic and Applied Scientific Research. Amendment 07 to W911NF-17-S-0002 is issued to add research areas of interest and to make various administrative changes to the document.