The Department of the Army awarded a $4,108,551 Project Grant to the University of St. Thomas under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to establish a collaborative hub for basic energy research and technologies. The award, effective September 1, 2024, will support the university's research efforts through August 31, 2026. The program aims to pursue high-risk, high-payoff ideas in basic science to discover, innovate, and transition technologies that ensure dominant strategic land...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $155,436.00, was provided by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431). The award, with a performance period from December 16, 2024 to December 15, 2025, supports a high-pressure strength of materials study using a pressure shear plate impact experiment at the Regents of the University of Minnesota. This research aims to expand fundamental scientific knowledge and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $4,000,000.00 was granted on Jun 17, 2025 by the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison focused on "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR NEXT GENERATION MULTI-FUEL CAPABLE HYBRID ENGINE SYSTEMS" with a performance period ending on Jun 16, 2027. The goal of this high-risk,...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command, through the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), awarded a $699,081 Cooperative Agreement to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) on October 1, 2024. The award, titled "Semantically Informed Capability Models of Friends and Foes," will support fundamental research to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials science, and artificial...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $252,000.00 was made on June 9, 2025 by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental research at George Washington University to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials science, engineering, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. The research seeks to...
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...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award was issued by the U.S. Army Materiel Command under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) in the amount of $249,999.96. The award was made on January 1, 2025 to Concurrent Technologies Corp, a nonprofit research and development organization, to conduct high-risk, high-payoff basic research that could address long-term national security challenges and enhance military technological capabilities. The grant will fund research initiatives...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,350,000.00 was issued on July 15, 2024 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 award supports foundational and applied research across scientific and technical domains with potential military applications, such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced materials, and defense...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), provides $1,375,000.00 to support fundamental research across diverse scientific and technological domains critical to national security. The award supports a research project led by President and Fellows of Harvard College, with sub-awards to Saint Louis University, The Pennsylvania State University, and Michigan Technological University. The...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,500,000.00 and granted by the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), is part of the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, titled "ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND INNOVATION IN MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH RESEARCH IN CONVERGENT MANUFACTURING AND AI-BASED DESIGN," will support fundamental research at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)...