Naval Postgraduate School Grant for Defense Acquisition Management and Policy Research

U.S. Government schools of higher education, Navy laboratories and warfare centers, as well as other DoD and civilian agency laboratories are not eligible to receive awards under this BAA. Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are likewise not eligible to receive awards under this BAA. These types of organizations should not directly submit either white papers or full proposals in response to this BAA. If any such organization is interested in conducting acquisition research, the organization should submit a technical proposal and cost estimate to the technical point of contact identified in Section I.7 to discuss its area of research interest.

In this BAA, the phrase “defense acquisition management and policy research” refers to investigations in all disciplines, fields, and domains that (1) are involved in the acquisition of products and/or services for national defense, or (2) could potentially be brought to bear to improve defense acquisition. It includes but is not limited to economics, finance, financial management, information systems, organization theory, operations management, human resources management, and marketing, as well as the “traditional” acquisition areas such as contracting, program/project management, logistics, and systems engineering management.