APPENDIX 5 Grants Coops version3

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BIGST BAA - Appendix 05
Grants & Cooperative Agreements
Proposal Preparation & Submission Instructions

Appendix 05 – Grants and Cooperative Agreements Proposal Preparation & Submission Instructions (Version 3)
The following is supplemental information to the BIGST BAA General Solicitation Section 4.5.2 Change History
*Changes are highlighted in yellow throughout this document.

Date
Section
12/20/2024 Section 4.5.2.4,
(2)(c)
Section 4.5.2.4,
(2)(c), Volume
4, Research and
Technology
Protection
Section 4.5.2.5

Section 4.5.2.6
02/23/2026 Appendix 05
Section 4.5.2.2
Section 4.5.2.4
Section 4.5.2.4,
2(c)
Section 4.5.2.4,
Volume 4
Section 4.5.2.4,
(5)(2) and (5)(4)
03/24/2026 Section 4.5.2.4
(2)

Description
Updated table in reference to removal of one attachment (PSPP) and re-numbering of FCL and PCL attachment
Renamed Section to ‘Research and Technology Protection’ • Added subsection Common Disclosure Forms
(applicable to Fundamental Research)
• Removed subsection ‘Controlled Unclassified
Information (CUI)’ and ‘Classified Submissions and
Topics’
Removed Section 4.5.2.5 Grants and Cooperative
Agreements Due Diligence and Research Security Program
Requirements
➔ Information was moved to file entitled “Research and
Technology Protection_BIGST BAA”
Section Intellectual Property was renumbered to Section 4.5.2.5
Added version control “Version 2”
Revised instruction language
Revised instruction language
Delete Table
The Common Disclosure Form shall be submitted with the
Proposal
Updated language for Equipment and ODCs
Field 7 is for the Project Summary/Abstract of the Proposal

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Proposal Preparation & Submission Instructions

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4.5.2.2

4.5.2.3

4.5.2.4

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Proposal Preparation & Submission Instructions

4.5 Proposal Preparation and Submission Information

Proposal Preparation and Submission Information for Grants and Cooperative Agreements
Grants.gov is the mandatory submission portal for grant and cooperative agreement proposals. Grants.gov registration must be completed prior to application through this process.