Project Grant R25AP00355

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Rochester Institute of Technology received a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910, BAA HR001126S0003) to conduct fundamental research on novel therapeutic approaches for warfighter injury. The award, issued July 23, 2026, with completion by January 22, 2027, focuses on evaluating whether extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a Cooperative Agreement valued at $702,876.67 to the District of Columbia Procurement Technical Assistance Center (DC PTAC) under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). The award, effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027, funds the establishment and maintenance of an APEX Accelerator designed to provide free procurement technical assistance to business entities,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Serve DC received a $693,085 Project Grant award dated September 10, 2025, from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Commission Investment Fund (CFDA 94.008). This award funds Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) activities for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 with a project completion date of June 30, 2028. The grant carries no required matching funds and pre-award costs are authorized beginning...

Summary of Federal Cooperative Agreement Award The Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) awarded New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) a cooperative agreement valued at $185,311.20 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct research on reactive powders with architected structures and custom compositions for improved combustion. The award, issued on July 10, 2026, runs through July 9, 2028, and is being performed at NJIT's Newark, New Jersey...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Public Fund "Madeni Qazyna Qory" under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) on May 5, 2026, with completion scheduled for April 30, 2027. The award funds the digital preservation of endangered Kazakh traditional dances using U.S. motion capture technology, with the objective of ensuring transmission...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Smithsonian Institution, operating as the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), received a $250,000 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded on June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. This award supports the execution of a balanced science program grounded in discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, aligned with NASA administration priorities and...

Design Interactive, Inc. was awarded a $209,998.17 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support research related to threat identification, recognition, and detection from September 30, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The award was made under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), which aims to fund basic research that could improve Army programs and operations. Specifically, the cooperative agreement...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley received a Cooperative Agreement award of $537,256.22 from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002) to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator serving the Rio Grande Valley region. The award was obligated on May 17, 2026, with a completion date of May 16, 2027. The APEX Accelerator will function as a comprehensive resource...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary New York University received a $373,617 Cooperative Agreement from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), a division of the Research Development and Engineering Command, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) awarded July 20, 2026. The award supports a three-year research initiative through July 19, 2029, focused on "Disorder as a Design Principle in High-Entropy Colloidal Materials." This basic research effort aligns with the...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Miami's Office of Research - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) received a $201,681 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2030. The award funds research on metastable metal-oxide nanocomposites stabilized in nanoporous scaffolds for energetic effects, a materials science initiative aligned with Air Force...