The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $1,663,381.00 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to conduct research on long-term underwater autonomy for surveillance and manipulation capabilities. The award period runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. UMass is conducting this research through its Office of Research Administration-Lowell division. The project aims to advance naval...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $326,763.00 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to develop new sensing algorithms for complex seabed terrain. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The research aims to advance naval capabilities, enhance technological understanding, and develop innovative solutions for maritime and...
This Project Grant award of $157,000.00 from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports research by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on "INVARIANT MODE BAYES FACTOR ACTIVE SONAR". The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, a public research university, will conduct this fundamental and applied research project focused...
This $4,280,001 Project Grant awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) will support the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Marine and Undersea Technology Research Program (MUST VI) from May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2028. The grant will fund fundamental and applied research across a range of scientific and technological domains critical to naval operations and national defense, with a focus on advancing...
The University of Massachusetts received a $1.8 million project grant award from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research. The grant was awarded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to support research on humanoid robotics in complex unstructured environments from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2023. The grant funding will allow the University of Massachusetts to conduct applied scientific research with the goal of developing humanoid...
The University of Massachusetts was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to develop UV self-emitting glass that can prevent biofilm formation on naval vessels' windows. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2022 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) and will support research through June 30, 2023. The Basic and Applied Scientific Research program aims to stimulate basic and applied research with...
The Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a 3-year, $750,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant funds a joint US-Japan project titled "Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing Experiment" to support basic and applied research on naval operations. Through this award, MIT will conduct cutting-edge research and technology development in areas of relevance to...
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 University of Maine System received a $7,213,096 Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, supports fundamental and applied research across a range of scientific and technological domains critical to naval operations and national defense. Key research focus areas may include artificial intelligence, autonomous systems,...
The University of New Hampshire (UNH), through its Office of Sponsored Research, was awarded a $745,766 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will fund research on the "Temporal Variability of Seafloor Scattering and its Dependence on Environmental Parameters at Different Water Depths: Measurement and Models."...