Strengthen HBCU and minority-serving defense research and education
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Workforce and expertise · University research & workforce
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense acting through USD(R&E) and military-department Secretaries
- Executor · routing lead
- DARPA Contracts Management Office or Service contracting/grants/agreements office; Performing laboratory or external research performer
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Covered institution as defined by §4144(f); defense-related research/education purpose.
FY2026 onward specified research-capacity program must issue separate opportunities for HBCU/Tribal institutions and other MSIs.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Appropriated program funds; funding may be limited to institutions without significant prior DoD RDT&E support.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
USD(R&E)-run program’s programming/budgeting authority cannot be transferred outside OSD.
- Award eligibility does not eliminate competition and applicable research-security restrictions.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementUse documented
Program process, audience and dated intake check (2026-10-04)
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
- DEVCOM ARL Broad Agency Announcement — program managers and award instruments
- DEVCOM ARL HBCU/MI programs
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.