Project Grant N000142612233
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $155,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for research on "Certifiably Robust Machine Learning Techniques for Deep Learning and Large Language Models." The award, effective December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2028, supports fundamental and applied research with potential applications to naval operations and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $200,000 project grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to conduct research on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Using Discrete Logic. The four-year research initiative, with a performance period from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2030, will be conducted at UCLA's California facilities. This award supports ONR's mission...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $600,005.40 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to support research on "Scaling and Transitioning Neuromorphic AI Chips for Real-Time Control in Autonomous Robotics." The three-year project, which commenced on April 1, 2026 and concludes on March 31, 2029, focuses on developing and advancing neuromorphic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology a $140,000 project grant effective December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2028, under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The award supports research in machine learning and artificial intelligence-aided prediction, specifically focusing on semi-supervision and calibration methodologies. This three-year initiative addresses ONR's mission to develop...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara a Project Grant totaling $160,000 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for research on "Modeling the Response of Material Systems in Fluctuating High Heat Flux Environments." The award, effective December 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 30, 2030, supports fundamental and applied research with potential...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Irvine received a $1,130,015 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for research entitled "Reduced-Order Modeling for Non-Equilibrium Hypersonic Flows." The award, obligated on December 1, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2027, supports fundamental and applied research with potential applications to naval operations and Marine...
- Project Grant Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $301,000 Project Grant to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY at the University at Albany) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) on November 1, 2025, with a performance period extending through October 31, 2029. This award represents a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract extension supporting research conducted at the awardee's facilities in New York. While the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $146,250 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) on December 1, 2025, with performance through November 30, 2028. This three-year research award supports fundamental and applied scientific research directed at understanding implicit regularization of gradient-based algorithms in over-parameterized models. The research will be conducted at...
- The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $493,765.80 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley on September 4, 2025, under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to support research on cortico-hippocampal computations underlying flight in the mammalian brain. The four-year project, with completion targeted for September 3, 2029, will advance fundamental neuroscience research with potential applications to naval operations and Marine Corps...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California Santa Cruz received a $224,922 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for January 31, 2027. The project, titled "Sentinel Species Map Navy-Relevant Biological Clutter Hotspots in the Open Ocean," delivers research services focused on identifying and mapping biological phenomena in open ocean...
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a Project Grant of $115,550.00 to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029, under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The project, titled "A Mixture-of-Experts for Collaborative and Scalable AI Development," supports fundamental and applied research with direct applications to naval operations and Marine Corps capabilities. This three-year research initiative aligns with ONR's strategic priorities in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, which represent critical technology development areas for advancing naval technological superiority. UC Berkeley will conduct the research at its California facilities, leveraging the institution's established expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. As a premier research institution with an extensive track record of federal research partnerships across the Department of Defense, the university is well-positioned to deliver the sophisticated research and development required for this project. The award reflects ONR's competitive, merit-based selection process, which evaluated the proposal's scientific and technical merit, naval relevance, institutional capabilities, investigator qualifications, and cost realism.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $95.6k | 5/21/26 | ||
| Not listed | $20.0k | 4/28/26 |