This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $239,821.00 was provided by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The award supports activities in support of the ONR Seabed Warfare Program at the University of New Hampshire, which serves as the lead institution for this project. The grant will fund specialized scientific research, technical assistance, and advisory services focused on advancing naval...
The University of New Hampshire (UNH), through its Office of Sponsored Research, was awarded a $295,338 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) federal grant program. The funding supports a 3-year research project titled "MURI TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF NEAR-SURFACE SEABED STRUCTURE AND STABILITY IN THE DEEP SEA." The research aims to advance the understanding of near-surface...
This $745,766 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports research on the "Temporal Variability of Seafloor Scattering and its Dependence on Environmental Parameters at Different Water Depths: Measurement and Models." The research is being conducted by the University of New Hampshire, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $1,663,381.00 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to conduct research on long-term underwater autonomy for surveillance and manipulation capabilities. The award period runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. UMass is conducting this research through its Office of Research Administration-Lowell division. The project aims to advance naval...
The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a $278,376 Project Grant to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) through its University System of New Hampshire (USNH) to conduct "CROSS-REGIONAL COMPARISONS OF OFFSHORE SOUNDSCAPE PREDICTORS AND VESSEL NOISE IMPACTS ON MARINE MAMMALS AND FISHES". This award, funded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports research and technology development to improve naval operations. The two-year...
This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $184,409.00 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to conduct research on developing data-driven and machine-learning optimized hydrodynamic models for high-speed planing hull unmanned surface vehicles. This advanced modeling work is intended to enhance naval operational capabilities related to maritime safety, security, and stewardship. The award has...
This $264,853 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports fundamental and applied research at The Trustees of Princeton University to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas such as environment and intent-specific adaptive physical layer communications via deep learning. The research aims to drive innovation in naval...
This $1,058,187 federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports the development of submersible unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) for coastal and estuarine research at the University of Washington. The award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025, will enable the university to leverage its extensive research capabilities in areas like oceanography, climate science, and...
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 federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (OBN) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $150,082.00 to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to conduct research and testing related to unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). The award has a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. WHOI, a non-profit research organization, will leverage its extensive expertise in marine technology development, oceanographic...