This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $648,927 to the University of Puerto Rico to acquire a Physical Properties Measurement System. This system will support research and training in quantum materials and transformative devices at the University of Puerto Rico's Research and Development Center Division. The award has a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31,...
The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, was awarded a $771,564 Project Grant from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will fund interdisciplinary research and development projects across scientific, technological, and social domains. These efforts will contribute to national defense missions while maintaining potential civilian...
This federal Project Grant award for $999,999.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award was granted to the University of Puerto Rico's Research and Development Center Division to conduct research on "Ultrafast Control of Intertwined Quantum Phases in Iron-Based Layered Superconductors." The project aims to advance understanding of the fundamental properties of these...
The U.S. Department of Defense, through its Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), awarded a $146,438 project grant to the University of Puerto Rico's Research and Development Center Division for the "Acquisition of an NMR for the Study of Novel Multi-Ionic Polymers." This grant, with a performance period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025, will enable the university to acquire a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer to support...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $112,951 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on coherent structure assessment in high-speed crossflow jets. Specifically, the University of Puerto Rico will conduct numerical simulations and data analysis to complete two test cases by the end of year one involving turbulence precursor simulations for crossflow...
The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, has been awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award, titled "Robust Heterostructured Photocathodes Based on InGaN for Bright Electron Beam Sources," will support research to develop advanced photocathode materials for bright electron beam sources, with potential applications in areas such as accelerator technology and X-ray imaging. The...
This $168,698.82 federal Project Grant award was issued by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program (CFDA 12.330). The grant funds research and technical services to be provided by the University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center Division, doing business as the Chancellor Mayaguez Campus, a prominent Hispanic-serving educational institution. The award supports the university's...
The University of Puerto Rico in Ponce received a $527,575 project grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to acquire a high-resolution accurate mass quadrupole time-of-flight liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer (QTOF LC-MS) as part of the QTOF LC-MS Project. The award period is from May 15, 2021 to May 14, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to support basic, applied, or advanced...
The University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center (UPR RDC) received a $120,350 project grant from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2021 under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to facilitate research with good long-term potential for contributing to Department of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $375,000 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center (UPR R&D) located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The award period is from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, UPR R&D will conduct research on physics...