The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $353,834 Project Grant to the University of Rhode Island (URI) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The five-year grant, beginning on September 1, 2024, supports the development and deployment of expendable floats to observe three-dimensional subsurface Lagrangian pathways in the upper water column. This research aims to advance naval operations by enhancing the understanding of oceanic processes and currents....
The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation (URI Research Foundation) received a $2,893,290 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will support a range of activities through December 31, 2025, including manufacturing extension services, workforce training programs, supply chain optimization, technology acceleration, and facilities planning for advanced manufacturing...
The University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division has been awarded a $4,699,982.93 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant, awarded on March 1, 2024, will fund a multifaceted approach to advancing research on cyber-physical security and resilience. The project will leverage URI's expertise and facilities in areas such as oceanography, climate science, marine biology, engineering, and public...
The U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $523,992 Project Grant to the University of Rhode Island (URI) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) federal grant program. The purpose of this grant is to fund the development of a 3D vector hydrophone array for environmental characterization and target tracking. This technology will have potential applications for naval operations and military technologies. As part of this award, URI is collaborating...
This Project Grant award of $117,890 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) will support research at the University of Rhode Island (URI) to leverage novel nanothermometries and first-principles-based computational frameworks to uncover disruptive energy transfer mechanisms in nanostructures. The three-year research project, running from August 2024 to July 2027, aims to advance scientific understanding and potential naval...
This federal Project Grant award of $370,000.00 from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports comprehensive research on advanced three-dimensional ocean acoustics at the University of California San Diego's (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant, which runs from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027, will fund specialized scientific research, technology development, and ocean...
The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a $20,962,576.00 Project Grant to the University of Connecticut on July 1, 2023 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The funding will support applied research to advance current and future technologies in the undersea vehicle domain over a 4-year period ending June 30, 2027. Key areas of research include machine learning algorithms for high resolution signal identification in environmental uncertainty,...
This Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) provides $745,766.00 to the University of New Hampshire to conduct research on the "Temporal Variability of Seafloor Scattering and its Dependence on Environmental Parameters at Different Water Depths: Measurement and Models." The award, which commenced on September 1, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2027, will focus on...
This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $250,000.00 in funding to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to conduct research on the "NEW ENGLAND SEAMOUNTS ACOUSTICS: EXPERIMENT DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING" from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027. The project will leverage Scripps' expertise in oceanography, marine science, and acoustic...
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...