It's intentional too. Many programs start with basic research, but also have specific milestones related to commercialization. For example, a biomedical progra

It's intentional too. Many programs start with basic research, but also have specific milestones related to commercialization. For example, a biomedical program might have specific timelines for filing patents, meeting with the FDA for Investigational New Drug/Device Exemptions and thence clinical trials. This is rather different from the NIH and NSF, which tend to want smaller, self-contained projects from individual labs rather than a consortium that'll take a single idea from end-to-end.