ERDC Broad Agency Announcement | W912HZ 25 BAA 01

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The ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Funding Opportunity Number W912HZ 25 BAA 01, is a continuously open U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) solicitation for research and development projects across a wide range of science and engineering disciplines that support military and civil works missions. The opportunity is managed by ERDC, which is USACE's primary R&D organization, and it invites ideas that can advance technologies, methods, and understanding in areas tied to infrastructure, environment, geospatial capabilities, computing, and operational engineering challenges. Awards are anticipated to be made as cooperative agreements, meaning recipients should generally expect substantial involvement and collaboration with the government team during the performance of the work.

The scope is intentionally broad and reflects ERDC's lab structure and mission set. ERDC includes multiple laboratories and locations: the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), Environmental Laboratory (EL), and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire; the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois; and the Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) in Alexandria, Virginia. Topics span hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, and remote sensing; geotechnical and earthquake engineering; soil-structure and terrain effects including vehicle mobility; pavements and protective structures; aspects of military engineering and certain munitions-related engineering; geophysics; aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material management, wetlands, and treatment of hazardous waste; cold regions science including the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of snow and frozen precipitation; installation and infrastructure resilience and environmental issues; computer science, telecommunications management, and information technology; energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, and engineering processes; plus land and heritage conservation and ecological processes. In practice, this means applicants can propose everything from modeling and field experimentation to prototype development, sensor and data workflows, decision-support tools, and methods that improve design, construction, sustainment, and environmental stewardship.

A key feature of this BAA is that it operates as an open, rolling solicitation rather than a single one-time deadline. Pre-proposals can be submitted at any time and will be reviewed throughout the year. While the announcement seeks pre-proposals across all listed research areas, actual award decisions can be constrained by available funding and shifting government priorities, so strong alignment to ERDC mission needs and a clear case for impact can matter as much as technical merit. The opportunity is categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development and is listed under CFDA 12.630.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, which typically means a wide range of applicant types may submit, including universities, nonprofits, for-profits, and other organizations, subject to the standard federal assistance requirements described in the full announcement and any associated instructions. The original closing date is shown as 2025-12-31, but because it is continuously open, the practical takeaway is that submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis, with review occurring as they arrive.

Funding details in the source record list an extremely high award ceiling (999999999), which is best interpreted as an administrative placeholder rather than a typical single-award amount. The number of expected awards is not specified, reinforcing that awards depend on the mix of submissions received, technical fit, and available funds. To pursue the opportunity, applicants are directed to the ERDCWERX page for the latest topic areas, submission steps, and pre-proposal requirements: https://www.erdcwerx.org/u-s-army-engineer-research-and-development-center-broad-agency-announcement/.

• The Engineer Research and Development Center in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "ERDC Broad Agency Announcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.630.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-02.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-12-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $999,999,999.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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