Project Grant 90SR0164

This $466,645 Project Grant award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program will equip the University of Guam's ABET-accredited School of Engineering with necessary equipment and facilities for its newly constructed 16,000-square-foot engineering building. The funding will support the development of specialized laboratories focused on geotechnical, materials, hydraulics, environmental, surveying, and computing...

The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded a $100,000.00 Project Grant to the University Industry Demonstration Partnership, Inc. (UIDP) on February 1, 2025. The grant is funded through the Appalachian Research, Technical Assistance, and Demonstration Projects program (CFDA 23.011), which supports research, technical assistance, and demonstration projects aimed at expanding knowledge and strategic development across the Appalachian region. The funding will allow UIDP, a non-profit...

This $479,064 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports a 10-week summer research experience for 10 undergraduate students each year at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC). The program, titled "REU SITE: Applied Computing Research in Unmanned Aerial Systems", provides participants with research experiences focused on the development of secure, autonomous unmanned aerial systems...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the EPA South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) provides $499,916 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to conduct a program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in Florida. The key activities include high-resolution algal bloom tracking and modeling using uncrewed aircraft technology. Embry-Riddle will...

This three-year, $402,904 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers Division will fund the REU Site: Smart and Sustainable Construction in the Digital Era program at Texas A&M University. The program will host a research experience for undergraduate students focusing on emerging digital technologies and sustainable construction methods. Each year, ten undergraduates will participate in a ten-week summer research experience involving projects on...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $112,370 to Baylor University to establish practices to improve mentorship, learning, and engagement in undergraduate research experiences (UREs) in engineering. The project aims to build on an existing toolkit of interventions and best practices that create structured reflection and mentoring activities within engineering UREs. The project will be implemented, adapted, and studied...

This three-year, $391,703 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) program will support the University of Texas at Dallas to operate a Research Experience for Undergraduates site focused on wind energy systems. The REU site will provide research experiences for 10 undergraduate students annually in areas such as modeling and measurements, diagnostic and control systems, and design and manufacturing for wind energy technologies. Students will engage in projects...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), a program of the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $974,997 Project Grant to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) to advance universal design (UD) applications across built environments, transit, information technologies, and products. The RERC on Universal Design Applications will engage consumers, designers, service providers, and policymakers to...

This Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), will fund the design and construction of a new sponsor-owned aircraft hangar for the Eunice, Louisiana municipal airport. The $100,000 grant, awarded on June 16, 2025, will cover Phase 1 of the project, which consists of the design of the new hangar facility. This project is expected to be completed by June 15, 2029 and will assist the airport in becoming more...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), with CFDA program title "Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy", provides $2,238,393.00 to the University of Texas at Austin for a project entitled "Acoustic Methods for MCDR Based on Blue Carbon Burial in Seagrass Meadow". The project aims to utilize passive acoustic measurements to non-invasively monitor net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and the net burial of carbon in...