Broad Agency Announcement - Acquisition Research

NPS BAA-09-002
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Acquisition Research Program
Open until 4:00 pm (PST) 30 June 2009

Primary objective is to attract outstanding researchers and scholars to investigate topics of interest to the defense acquisition community. The program solicits innovative proposals for defense acquisition management and policy research to be conducted during fiscal year (FY) 2010 (1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2010).

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.

This program is targeted in particular to U.S. universities (including U.S. government schools of higher education) or other research institutions outside the Department of Defense.

The Government anticipates making multiple awards up to $120,000 each for a basic research period of twelve months.  NPS plans to complete proposal evaluations and notify awardees in September 2009. The actual date of grant award will depend on availability of funds and the capabilities of the grants office.  Prior year awards occurred in the November – January timeframe. Awardees may request approval of pre-award costs (up to three months), and they may request adjustments in the grant period of performance.

Full Text can be found at
http://www.nps.edu/Research/WorkingWithNPS.html

Announcement and Call for Proposals -- 7th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium

This symposium serves as a forum for the presentation of acquisition research and the exchange of ideas among scholars and practitioners of public-sector acquisition.  We seek a diverse audience of influential attendees from academe, government, and industry who are well placed to shape and promote future research in acquisition.

The Symposium Program Committee solicits proposals for panels and/or papers from academicians, practitioners, students and others with interests in the study of acquisition.  The following list of topics is provided to indicate the range of potential research areas of interest for this symposium: acquisition and procurement policy, supply chain management, public budgeting and finance, cost management, project management, logistics management, engineering management, outsourcing, performance measurement, and organization studies.

Proposals must be submitted by November 6, 2009.  The Program Committee will make notifications of accepted proposals by December 4, 2009.  Final papers must be submitted by April 2, 2010 to be included in the Symposium Proceedings.

Proposals for papers should include an abstract along with identification, affiliation, and contact information for the author(s).  Proposals for papers plan for a 20 minute presentation. Proposals for panels (plan for 90 minute duration) should include the same information as above as well as a description of the panel subject and format, along with participants’ names, qualifications and the specific contributions each participant will make to the panel. 

Submit Paper & Panel Proposals at the symposium website: www.researchsymposium.org 

Announcement and Call for Graduate Student Researchers

 The Acquisition Research Program of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School announces a call for graduate student researchers to investigate topics provided by program sponsors.

Click here for the Announcement and Call for Graduate Student Research which includes Sponsor topics *

 * Note: this document was formatted to print double-sided, when folded in half it forms a booklet.

Program Benefits: (at no cost to you)

• Check-out digital recorders
• Transcription support (if done early)
• Editor support (if done early)
• Travel Funding (if done early)
• Research poster support for the Student Research Poster Show at the Annual Symposium
• Opportunity to present at the Annual Symposium in May
• Have a printed copy of your project sent to you after graduation
• Your research project is included in the body of knowledge on our program website (See publications)

What does this mean to you!

• Opportunity to be involved in building the body of knowledge and make an impact
• Opportunity to receive research funding to support travel
• Opportunity to connect with Sponsors and points of contact to conduct research
• Opportunity to receive transcription and editing support at no cost to you
• Opportunity to have your research in front of DOD decision makers
• Opportunity to work with faculty and team members by choice in your own discipline/service and/or across disciplines/services.

Application Deadlines:

For further information or to get involved in the Graduate Student Acquisition Research Program, please see the student section of this website.