The Department of the Navy, through its Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), awarded a $1,273,875 project grant to the University of Wisconsin System to develop a highly integrated kinematic sensing system within field-deployable helmets using a flexible hybrid electronic design. The 3-year project aims to design, prototype, and validate advanced helmet sensor technologies to measure impact kinematics and assess injury risk. Key tasks include developing integrated...
The Department of the Navy, through its Office of Naval Research, awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego to support research and development of field-deployable wearables with machine learning methods for warfighter protection and performance assessment. The grant is part of the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which aims to stimulate research at educational institutions and non-profits that can improve naval operations and train...
The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded the University of Connecticut a $500,000 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to develop lightweight, power-efficient, soft electronic sensor systems for next-generation oceanographic measurements from April 6, 2021 to April 5, 2024. Under the award, the University of Connecticut will focus on designing, fabricating, integrating, and testing soft electronic sensors...
The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded Brown University a $5,381,118 project grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant will support research and technology development with potential to improve naval operations from July 2021 through July 2026. Specifically, the university will conduct bio-inspired engineering and design research for naval applications, applying principles from nature to develop new...
The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded Brown University a $128,886.92 Project Grant with a completion date of December 31, 2023. The grant supports research titled "Obtaining Material Properties for Biological Tissues Using Inertial Microcavitation Rheometry" under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program. The Basic and Applied Scientific Research program aims to support and stimulate basic and applied research and technology at...
The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Connecticut for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The grant funds the development of a novel wearable epifluidic device to capture sweat from subjects during underwater diving in order to quantify biomarkers indicative of hydration, cognitive, and physical stress. Sweat...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) totaling $4,826,751.00 aims to enhance helmet capabilities against ballistic threats through physics-based injury prediction. The primary awardee, the University of Wisconsin System, is leading research to develop and integrate finite element head models with validated helmet models to simulate a wide range of ballistic loading conditions. The goal is to assess the risk of...
This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $191,000.00 to Brown University to conduct research on "INERTIAL MICROCAVITATION RHEOMETRY OF ANISOTROPIC BIOLOGICAL TISSUES". The award, which runs from March 13, 2025 to March 31, 2028, will support fundamental and applied research at Brown University to develop advanced computational models, investigate complex scientific phenomena, and...
The U.S. Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a $1,663,382.00 Project Grant to Brown University on August 1, 2023 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The funding supports Brown University's development of a long-term underwater autonomy research program, including obtaining quantifiable performance measures for robot manipulation. As a sub-awardee, Roger Williams University is assisting Brown University in developing...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $264,000.00 in funding to William Marsh Rice University to develop a "SIXTH SENSE: HEAD MOUNTED SENSOR SYSTEM FOR THE HYPER-ENABLED OPERATOR". The award has a performance period from March 11, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The project aims to create an advanced head-mounted sensor system to enhance capabilities for military operators. It leverages...