Project Grant FA95502510313
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant period is from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. Under this award, RPI will conduct research on "LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS WITH SPIN-RESOLVED AND TWISTED INFRARED PHOTONS." The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $147,915 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on June 15, 2025. The grant, titled "ASSURED RECOVERY: DESIGN AND ASSURANCE OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS WITH SAFE RECOVERY CAPABILITIES", supports RPI's research to develop advanced technologies for autonomous systems with safe recovery capabilities. As a prominent private research university specializing in STEM...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $215,154 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "TWO-LAYERED REDUCED ORDER MODELING FOR MULTISCALE KINETIC TRANSPORT PROBLEMS IN RAREFIED GAS DYNAMICS AND PLASMA PHYSICS." The three-year grant, running from October 5, 2025 to October 4, 2028, supports RPI's expertise in advanced aerospace and defense...
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $226,792 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop hardware enabling powerful robotic manipulation through visual question-answering for advanced micro-environments. Funded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), this two-year award running from May 2021 through April 2023 will support Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's work to maintain Air Force technological...
- The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Army Research Office under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The 3-year grant, effective January 21, 2025, supports RPI's research on "Sample-Efficient Image Classification and Object Detection with Provable Guarantees." This fundamental research aims to advance scientific knowledge and technological capabilities in areas critical to national security, such as artificial...
- This $155,000 Project Grant award was provided by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. The award supports RPI's research project titled "LOW-DAC: LOW-POWER, COMPACT CHIP SCALE PHOTONIC DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER FOR PHOTONIC COMPUTING", which aims to develop advanced technologies for photonic computing applications...
- The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded a $495,792 Cooperative Agreement to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) on November 27, 2024. The award supports research to develop foundry-fabricated quantum photonic integrated circuits, with a final completion date of February 25, 2030. RIT, a private research university, has a strong track record of executing complex technological projects and federally-funded research...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory has awarded a $679,741.00 Project Grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, is for the project "ENHANCING 5G SECURITY VIA ANALYSIS OF RF HARDWARE CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECTRAL BEHAVIOR." This research initiative aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $200,000 Formula Grant to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology for the "HIGH-SPEED BOUNDARY-LAYER PHYSICS" project under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). This multi-year research grant, effective from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030, supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space...
- This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 was issued on August 1, 2025 by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports fundamental and applied research conducted by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (UEI: EMW9FC8J3HN4) to investigate the electronic structure and response of low-dimensional materials structures. This multi-year research project, with a planned completion date of July 31, 2028, aims...
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was awarded a $182,226 Project Grant on September 15, 2025 from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support RPI's research on "Reconfigurable Constellations for Adaptive Tracking in Cislunar Space" over a 3-year period through September 14, 2028. This research project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing cutting-edge capabilities in areas such as quantum computing, materials science, and aerospace systems. As a prominent private research university, RPI leverages its extensive expertise in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to deliver innovative solutions through complex research initiatives that address critical national defense challenges.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $182.2k | 9/9/25 |