Project Grant FA9550261B210
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $148,819 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "Secure and Efficient Federated Learning in the Foundation Model Era." The three-year award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, supports fundamental and applied research designed to advance Air Force technological capabilities in machine learning and...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded $322,026 to Carnegie Mellon University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) Project Grant to support the "LABORATORY DIFFRACTION CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY FOR 3D MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION" effort from February 15, 2022 to February 14, 2023. The grant aims to fund the development of laboratory diffraction contrast tomography for 3D microstructure characterization, in line with the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $154,940 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on March 2, 2026, with a performance period extending through March 1, 2029. The award supports fundamental research into "Understanding Topology and Correlation Effects in Emergent Quantum Systems," conducted at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania campus. This...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded $198,290 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Carnegie Mellon University from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. The Project Grant funding will support Carnegie Mellon University's development of a scanning ion conductance microscopy-enabled atomic force microscope for research on peptide nucleic acid-based nanostructures at biotic and abiotic interfaces. The Air Force Defense Research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $100,000 project grant to the University of California, San Diego on September 5, 2025, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research on "Optimization Challenges in Tensor Computation." The three-year award, which concludes on September 4, 2028, funds fundamental and applied scientific research designed to enhance the Department of the Air Force's technological capabilities...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $309,118 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2026. The award supports research into statistically efficient deep learning algorithms designed to address deep spiked matrix completion and heavy-tailed outlier resistant matrix denoising. This research falls within the Defense...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $149,301 project grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for research titled "YIP Computational Optimization in the Absence of Derivatives and in the Presence of Noise: From Aircraft Design to Large Scale Neural Networks." The three-year award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, supports fundamental and applied scientific...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $451,667 project grant award dated August 15, 2025, from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Information Security Grants program (CFDA 12.902) to support the Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy. The award, which extends through August 14, 2030, funds the university's scholarship-for-service initiative designed to recruit and retain cybersecurity talent within the federal civilian workforce. Under this...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University's Division of Research was awarded $268,317 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) by the Air Force Research Laboratory on May 15, 2026, with completion targeted for May 14, 2029. The project, titled "An Offensive and Defensive Strategy to Human-AI Teaming: Addressing the Impacts of Failure and Adversarial Influence to Bolster Human-AI Team Resilience," will be conducted at the university's South Carolina...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a Project Grant totaling $229,887 to the University of California, Davis on September 30, 2025, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research on "Revolutionizing the Aircraft Design Process through Optimization of Sensing, Actuation, and Airframe Characteristics." The research project is scheduled for completion by September 29, 2026. This award supports fundamental and...
Carnegie Mellon University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $217,999 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for research on bicriteria network optimization. The award, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, supports fundamental and applied scientific research designed to advance Air Force technological capabilities and maintain strategic defense advantages. As part of the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program, which funds peer-reviewed competitive research across scientific and engineering domains including aerospace systems, materials science, and advanced electronics, this award enables Carnegie Mellon to conduct research at its Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania location to enhance Department of the Air Force mission capabilities and foster innovation in defense-related scientific areas. The project deliverables involve research and development activities in network optimization methodologies incorporating multiple competing objectives, with outcomes contributing to the Air Force's research infrastructure and technological advancement objectives. Given Carnegie Mellon's extensive expertise in computational modeling, advanced engineering, and optimization techniques demonstrated through its substantial portfolio of federal research awards and contracts, the university is positioned to deliver innovative solutions addressing Air Force-relevant scientific challenges during the three-year performance period.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $218.0k | 6/29/26 |