The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $7,859,990.00 definitive contract to the San Diego State University Research Foundation, a non-profit organization, for the "Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource" (EMBER) program. This program aims to develop novel, bio-based technologies to enable new biomining methods for the separation, purification, and conversion of rare earth elements (REEs) from domestic sources like mine waste or electronics...
This is a $269,854 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Florida State University's Sponsored Research Administration Division. The award is in response to a Broad Agency Announcement, the specifics of which are not provided. The contract has no set-aside designation. Florida State University, a major public research university, has demonstrated expertise in performing research and development for defense and national security applications,...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $20,932,818 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Battelle Memorial Institute, a large nonprofit research and development organization, to develop novel bio-based technologies leveraging environmental microbiology for the separation, purification, and conversion of rare earth elements (REEs) into manufacturing-ready forms. This contract, awarded under the Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource (EMBER) program, aims to engineer microbes...
This is a $6,364,359 definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the University of Florida (UF) for research and development related to "Advanced Diagnostics for VLF Ionospheric Channel Estimation." The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 15, 2016. There is no set-aside designation for this award. UF is the prime contractor and has two subcontractors - Scientific Research Management Inc., a veteran-owned small business. The...
This is a $1,167,271 cost-no-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the University of Florida for the Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass-efficient Design (NOM4D) program. The contract supports innovative research to develop advanced materials, manufacturing methods, and design approaches to enable construction of large structures in space and on the lunar surface. There is no set-aside designation for this contract....
This is a $89,367,871.63 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Applied Physical Sciences Corp, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, for Phase 2 and Phase 3 of a DARPA research project. The contract has no set-aside designation. Applied Physical Sciences Corp will be the prime contractor, with key subcontractors including Landstar Ranger, Inc. for shipping and logistics services, Sierra Circuits, Inc. for printed circuit board...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a definitive cost-no-fee contract valued at $6,373,189 to Florida State University Sponsored Research Administration Division for the design and scale-up manufacturing of aerospace composites for enhanced electromagnetic multifunctional performance. Under this contract, Florida State University will collaborate with the Air Force Research Laboratory and subcontractor The University of Southern Mississippi Office of...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Space Command to Florida State University (FSU) in the amount of $124,322.00. The contract is for a study on "CUUMULUS ELECTRIFICATION" as part of the agency's work. FSU, a non-profit educational institution, will perform the work at its Tallahassee, Florida facility. The contract was awarded on May 9, 2017 with a completion date of May 3, 2019. No set-aside designation was used for this award. In addition to this...
This is a $1,122,448 definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The contract is for research on "Novel Hardware-Support for Ensuring Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability on Emerging Non-Volatile Memories" in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). The contract does not have a set-aside designation. DARPA, the research and...
This is a $7,399,980.00 federal contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Haverford College, a private non-profit educational institution, for the "Synergistic Discovery & Design (SD2) Phase 1 - Base" research effort. The contract is for combined research in Technical Areas 2 and 3 to develop automated, high-throughput robotic platforms for organohalide hybrid perovskite discovery and models for organohalide perovskite formation and stability. The...