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 Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $212,200 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) program to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division, doing business as URI - Research. The award, entitled "ESTIMATION OF SEAFLOOR PROPERTIES USING LOW FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC SIGNALS," will support research and development to study the use of low-frequency acoustic signals for characterizing seafloor properties. The project will be performed...
The federal Project Grant award of $105,550.27 was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Rhode Island. The award supports a research project titled "Between the Clouds: A New View of the Ocean Surface" with a performance period from March 1, 2025 to February 29, 2028. The project aims to advance scientific understanding and naval capabilities related to ocean surface processes through...
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 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 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 (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $157,000.00 in funding to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The award supports fundamental and applied research on "INVARIANT MODE BAYES FACTOR ACTIVE SONAR" with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The research conducted under this award aims to advance naval operations and broader...
This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $165,042.00 to 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 research aims to advance naval operations and broader scientific knowledge in areas such as artificial intelligence, autonomous systems,...
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's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $239,498.41 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Washington for "Vector Acoustics Measurements on the Washington Shelf in Coordination with the 2nd Joint Acoustics/Oceanography Experiment". The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The grant supports fundamental and applied research focused on advancing naval operations and...