This federal Project Grant award of $120,000.00 from the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) was granted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on January 21, 2025. The funding supports a 3-year research project titled "Sample-Efficient Image Classification and Object Detection with Provable Guarantees" to be completed by January 20, 2028. This fundamental research effort aims to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas such as...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on February 1, 2025 with a completion date of January 31, 2026, is for a project titled "AI-Empowered High-Resolution Multimodal Imaging of Microbes Under Extreme Conditions." The project aims to leverage advanced imaging techniques and artificial intelligence to study...
This Project Grant award from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $155,000.00 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to conduct research on "GENAI ENHANCED TRANSFORMATION" and "LOW-POWER, COMPACT CHIP SCALE PHOTONIC DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER FOR PHOTONIC COMPUTING". The award period is from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. The research aims to advance naval capabilities in areas such as...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) a $499,425 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The 4-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, will support the integration of interdisciplinary curriculum and collaborative teaching methods across RPI's Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) department. Key objectives include transforming the department's teaching culture,...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $226,792 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop hardware enabling powerful robotic manipulation through visual question-answering for advanced micro-environments. Funded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), this two-year award running from May 2021 through April 2023 will support Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's work to maintain Air Force technological...
This Project Grant award for $850,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The award was granted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), a private research university located in Troy, New York, to conduct comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The funding will support RPI's efforts to...
The federal Project Grant award with ID 80NSSC25K7630 was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate's (SMD) Science (CFDA 43.001) federal grant program. The $125,042.33 award, effective January 19, 2025 through January 18, 2027, supports Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in executing a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance, participating as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, and advancing...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $807,156 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, titled "THESEUS: A COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION MODEL," will fund RPI's research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in computational science. The project period runs from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025. As...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) received a $304,084 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2022. The award supports RPI's acquisition of a single crystal x-ray diffractometer for research, education, and regional use under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific...
The Department of Defense, through its Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), has awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for the "EFFECT: ENHANCED FORMATION OF EXPLAINABLE COLLECTIVE-JUDGMENT IN AI-ASSISTED TEAMS (TECHNICAL AREA 2)" project. This 5-year award, effective July 1, 2025, will support research and development efforts focused on advancing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities...