Project Grant N000142612132
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded $200,000 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to support the development of autonomous behaviors for Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) operations in the upper ocean. This five-year project grant, awarded December 1, 2025, with performance completion by November 30, 2030,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Irvine on April 1, 2025, under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for research on nanophotonic platforms for probing strong coupling. The award, with a performance period extending through March 31, 2029, supports fundamental and applied research with potential applications to naval operations and marine corps capabilities. This research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Case Western Reserve University's Office of Research Administration received a $2.41 million Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) awarded December 1, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2027. The award funds research and development activities focused on bio-inspired robotics with multifunctional leg systems capable of operating across air, water, and benthic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded $100,000 to the University of California, Los Angeles through its Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) on December 1, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2030. This project grant supports molecular dynamic modeling research focused on magnetostrictive materials for energy-efficient magnetoelectric devices, with specific emphasis on multi-element compositions and thermal effects. The research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded $381,323.20 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The project, titled "A Distributed Network of Internal Wave Resolving Moored Arrays for Assessing Nonlinear Internal Wave Processes in Operational Forecast Models," focuses on...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) a $125,000 project grant on March 1, 2025, under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for research titled "Embodied Scene Understanding from Data-Driven Simulation and Vision-Language Models." The three-year award, with a completion date of February 29, 2028, supports fundamental and applied research with potential applications to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $265,154 project grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on March 13, 2025, for research titled "Between the Clouds: An Unprecedented View of Ocean Surface Currents." The three-year initiative, which concludes March 31, 2028, will be performed in California and funded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). This research project represents ONR's investment...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded University of California, Merced a Project Grant of $170,392.86 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to conduct research on the mechanisms of tribocorrosion in saltwater environments. The three-year project, initiated on September 8, 2025, and scheduled for completion on September 7, 2028, will be performed in California. This research addresses fundamental scientific questions relevant to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded University of California Santa Cruz $124,698 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for a one-year project grant commencing December 1, 2025 and concluding November 30, 2026. The funded research initiative, titled "Physiological Resilience in Mammalian Divers—Thermal Vulnerabilities and Synergies in Cetaceans Following Anthropogenic Disturbance," focuses on examining the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded $100,000 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for the project "Energy Transfer Between Mesoscale Flows and Internal Waves in ARCTERX." The award, obligated on September 4, 2025, with a completion date of September 3, 2026, supports fundamental oceanographic research with potential applications to...
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) on February 1, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2031. The award funds a five-year research initiative titled "MURI: A Muscle Actuated Robot for Versatile Amphibious Locomotion (MARVAL)," which investigates the development of bio-inspired robotic systems capable of amphibious mobility. This research aligns with ONR's mission to discover and deliver advanced technological capabilities supporting naval and Marine Corps operations. Under this grant, UC San Diego will conduct fundamental and applied research on muscle-actuated robotic design and control mechanisms to enable versatile locomotion across both aquatic and terrestrial environments. The project leverages the university's established capabilities in engineering research and technological innovation to advance autonomous systems technology with potential naval applications. As a competitive, merit-based award evaluated through peer and scientific review, this grant reflects ONR's commitment to supporting university-based research addressing naval operational challenges and advanced technology development across diverse engineering disciplines.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 1/14/26 |