What is DD Form 2566? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2566, DoD Assistance Award Action Report, September 1998, and its job is straightforward: DoD Assistance Award Action Report. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- A 2. Report number.
- A 3. Contracting office code.
- B 2. Cage code.
- B 3. F. I. C. E. code.
- B 4. TIN.
- B. 5. Parent TIN.
- B. 6. Recipient name and division name.
- B. 7. Recipient address (street, city, state).
- B. 10. Zip code.
- Part C. 1. Award number.
- C. 2. Mod number.
- C. 12. Project description.
- C. 13. Primary administering agency.
- C. 18. a. Research and development amount.
- C. 18. b. Fellowships, traineeships amount.
- C. 18. c. R. and D. plant amount.
- C. 18. d. Facilities and equipment for science and engineering (D. O. D. instrumentation) amount.
- C. 18. e. General support for science and engineering amount.
- C. 18. f. Other activities related to science and engineering (conference or symposia) amount.
- C. 19. Category of science and engineering. C.19. a. Category.
- C. 19. b. Category.
- C. 19. c. Category.
- D. 2. Signature.
- Press this reset button to clear the data from all fields
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 50 fields to complete.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
What if DD Form 2566 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2566?
- DD Form 2566, DoD Assistance Award Action Report, September 1998
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?