Project Grant FA23861514010

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $118,126 project grant to Monash University in Australia under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support research into Optimal Transport Theory for Machine Learning with Limited and Less Labels from September 2021 through September 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force...

The University of New South Wales received a $223,350 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support basic research activities under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) from February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2024. The grant funds alternative approaches to investigating stability and transition as proposed in the grantee's September 9, 2021 application titled "BASIC RESEARCH FOR AOARD PROPOSAL 21IOA136 'AN...

This Project Grant award, valued at $540,268.00, was provided by the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to the Georgia TECH Research Corp. The award supports a research initiative titled "TIMEBASE - MODELING AND MAPPING TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES," which aims to systematically examine how differences in temporal perceptions, strategies, and dynamics shape the behavior and decision-making of key international actors...

This federal Project Grant award of $138,132.27, provided by the Department of Defense, supports basic research under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award to the University of Texas at Austin will fund research focused on "Causal Reinforcement Learning with State Abstractions and Skills" from January 22, 2025 to January 21, 2028. This research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and defense technologies,...

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $1,125,000 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant funds research to develop new game theory models and learning algorithms for decision-making in complex strategic environments involving heterogeneous agents, including humans, semi-autonomous, and fully autonomous AI agents. The research aims to advance the understanding of strategic behavior and learning in...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $249,469 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant funds the "TESTBED FOR AUTONOMY IN CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS" project, which will develop and operate an experimental platform to advance research on autonomous systems operating in complex and adversarial conditions. The work directly supports the goals of the Defense...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $1,219,845.89 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to Carnegie Mellon University. The grant supports research to develop techniques for enabling autonomous agents to overcome unexpected challenges, drawing insights from studies of human and animal cognition and learning. The work will explore neurocognitive multi-abstraction active exploration approaches to help robots and other autonomous systems...

Stanhope Ai LTD received a $146,416 Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The award will support research on "ACTIVE INFERENCE: FROM NEUROSCIENCE TO REAL WORLD SYSTEMS" from July 2021 through August 2023. The Basic and Applied Scientific Research program aims to stimulate basic and applied research with potential to improve naval operations and train...

This $280,000 project grant was awarded on May 1, 2024 by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports research by Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop and apply shared mental models for improving the performance and robustness of hierarchical human-AI teams. The project aims to advance capabilities in areas such as artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and human-machine teaming that have potential...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded $500,000 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation for a one-year Cooperative Agreement ending July 7, 2023. The award will support the development and deployment of a Bayesian machine learning framework to accelerate modeling of multiscale physics controlling material responses in extreme environments. Georgia Tech will lead the effort and...