This federal Project Grant award of $648,990.00 was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports the development of a "DUAL FREQUENCY KA-W BAND FMCW SCANNING RADAR FOR HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH" at the University of Notre Dame DU Lac. The project aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in the area of hydrometeorological research, which has potential...
This $248,245 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports the integration of an ultra-wideband snow-probing radar onto an ultra-long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. Funded under NASA's Science program (CFDA 43.001), the grant enables the University of Kansas Center for Research to measure snow thickness over sea ice and map near-surface internal layers of snow over land ice in polar regions. Subrecipient Platform Systems, Incorporated will modify the...
This federal Project Grant award of $243,833.33 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports development activities for the CLAVR-X atmospheric cloud satellite remote sensing system. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 and will be performed by the University of Wisconsin System, specifically the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The grant aims to advance naval capabilities, enhance...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,277,000.00, was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The award is for the development of advanced algorithms to support un-crewed surface vehicle ocean seabed mapping, scattering, and reflection characterization. The research, conducted by Concept To Capability Research LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in La Mesa, California, aims to enhance naval...
The federal Project Grant award of $313,967.00 was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports fundamental and applied research at the Associacao Para O Desenvolvimento DA Aerodinamica Industrial in Portugal to investigate the environmental management of military systems using life-cycle assessment for sustainable planning. The award has a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $675,000 in funding to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant supports air-sea surface measurements using drifters and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to examine the impact of diurnal warm layers on atmospheric river fluxes. The research aims to advance scientific understanding of ocean-atmosphere...
This federal Project Grant award of $428,385.21 was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports fundamental and applied research conducted by the University of Washington (UW) with potential to advance naval capabilities, enhance technological understanding, and develop innovative solutions for maritime and defense challenges. The research project, which runs from January 2, 2025 to January 1, 2030, is...
This $279,052 federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), will support satellite retrieval development and high-spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) deployments at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The funding will enable the university to conduct research and development activities related to satellite data retrieval and to deploy HSRL systems in support of ONR's operational and scientific...
This $350,000 Project Grant award, provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports the development and testing of optical and acoustical imaging systems on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), swimmer delivery vehicles, and autonomous surface and underwater vehicles. The goal is to better understand complex submarine environments. The award recipient, Ocean Exploration Trust, Inc., a non-profit organization, will...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $582,463.00, was provided by the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports research at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to study the combined influence of initial condition errors in surface wave transport simulations (SWTS) and atmospheric river simulations (ARS) on atmospheric river forecasts. The research will apply the moist...