This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) funds Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to design ultra-low power sensors for distributed RF surveillance. The award period runs from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2026. CMU, a renowned global research university, will leverage its expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and materials science to develop these advanced sensor...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $326,000 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University on May 1, 2025 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports fundamental and applied research focused on "Efficient and Robust Information Gathering with Teams of Autonomous Uncrewed Air Vehicles". This multi-year effort, with a planned completion date of April 30, 2028, will leverage Carnegie Mellon University's...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $355,947.00 to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to conduct research on "ROBOT SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR INFORMED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT." The award period runs from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2026. The research aims to advance naval capabilities, enhance technological understanding, and develop innovative solutions for maritime and defense...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $163,680 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research on April 8, 2021 to complete work by April 7, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which supports research with potential to improve naval operations and train researchers. Specifically, the grant funds the D3RL: DISTRIBUTED, DIVERSE DATA FOR ROBOT LEARNING project. This project aims to develop...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $145,000.00 to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to conduct research towards developing large language models that are robust to adversarial attacks. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The research aims to advance the security and reliability of large-scale AI language models, which have critical applications in...
The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a $590,091 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant will fund research from April 2021 through April 2024 to characterize nanostructured infrared materials for applications in thermal signature management, thermal camouflage, and chemical detection. The Basic and Applied Scientific Research program supports research at educational institutions,...
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...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Duke University under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to conduct research on "Graphical Modeling of High-Dimensional Tabular Data". The award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support fundamental and applied research at Duke University's Office of Research Administration Division to advance naval capabilities, enhance technological...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) provides $120,000.00 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University from July 15, 2025 to July 14, 2028. The award supports the university's research on "Uncertainty-Aware Active Sensing with Self-Organizing Gaussian Mixture Models", which aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as artificial...
The U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a $187,500 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant funding will support a 2-year research project titled "MACE-METER CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE" from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The project will involve developing advanced condition-based maintenance technologies for naval applications. Specifically,...