The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $362,150 cooperative agreement to the University of Missouri System from September 30, 2021 to July 31, 2023 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award will support research to establish foundations for the long-term study of applying artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to terrain detection and automated decision-making in mobile robot systems....
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Brown University a $175,000 cooperative agreement from August 26, 2022 to August 25, 2024 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The cooperative agreement will support research efforts titled "Scalable Thermal Flow and Optical Flux Mgmt" to be conducted in Providence, Rhode Island. The Basic Scientific Research program aims to fund basic research that could improve...
The U.S. Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded the University of Texas at Austin a $746,755 cooperative agreement under the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, effective Sep 9, 2024 and running through Mar 19, 2026, will support foundational and applied research efforts by the university across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security. This includes advancing...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $3,375,000.00 from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports the University of Illinois' research on compact, flexible propulsion systems for Army unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The award, effective from January 25, 2024 to January 24, 2025, will enable the University to develop and prototype new UAS propulsion technologies that are smaller, lighter, and more...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $499,185 cooperative agreement to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award period is from January 10, 2022 to July 9, 2024 to support research related to multi-agent collaborative learning and inference at network edges. Specifically, the awardee will conduct research on multi-agent collaborative object recognition...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $201,860 Project Grant to Columbia University under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant will support Columbia University's Aerial Light Detection and Ranging System for Land-Atmosphere Interaction Research project from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. The Basic Scientific Research program aims to fund basic research related to improving Army programs and operations. Under...
This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The funding supports Colorado State University's research to develop enhanced terrain mobility analysis capabilities by fusing next-generation data streams. This 2-year project aims to advance fundamental knowledge and prototype innovative technologies related to...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Colorado State University a $517,000 cooperative agreement from September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The agreement supports the Enhanced Terrain Mobility Analysis System: Testing and Uncertainty Quantification project. Colorado State University will conduct research to improve Army programs and operations through testing and analysis...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $694,000.00, was granted by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports foundational and applied research across scientific and technical domains critical to national security, with the goal of advancing fundamental knowledge and generating innovative capabilities to address long-term national security challenges. The...
This $226,673 Cooperative Agreement awarded on January 30, 2024 by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) supports basic research under the Department of the Army's Basic Scientific Research (CFDA 12.431) program. The award, with a performance period through January 29, 2026, will fund the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research related to platform design and control with potential applications for improving Army programs and operations. The Basic...