This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $648,927 to the University of Puerto Rico to acquire a Physical Properties Measurement System. This system will support research and training in quantum materials and transformative devices at the University of Puerto Rico's Research and Development Center Division. The award has a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31,...
The U.S. Department of Defense, through its Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), awarded a $146,438 project grant to the University of Puerto Rico's Research and Development Center Division for the "Acquisition of an NMR for the Study of Novel Multi-Ionic Polymers." This grant, with a performance period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025, will enable the university to acquire a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer to support...
The University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center Division was awarded a $999,999 Project Grant under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, which runs from April 15, 2025 to April 14, 2029, funds research on "Ultrafast Control of Intertwined Quantum Phases in Iron-Based Layered Superconductors." This award aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in...
The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, was awarded a $771,564 Project Grant from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will fund interdisciplinary research and development projects across scientific, technological, and social domains. These efforts will contribute to national defense missions while maintaining potential civilian...
The Federal Project Grant award in the amount of $180,000.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Campus. The funding supports the "DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERFACE MEDIATED MULTIFERROIC THIN FILMS FOR SPINTRONICS APPLICATION" research project, which aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to national...
The University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center (UPR RDC) received a $120,350 project grant from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2021 under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to facilitate research with good long-term potential for contributing to Department of...
This federal Block Grant award of $494,625 from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) supports the acquisition of a laser scanning confocal microscope at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC). The award, effective September 1, 2024, will enable UPR-MSC, a minority-serving and Hispanic-serving academic institution, to enhance its biomedical research capabilities over the 12-month performance...
The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, has been awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award, titled "Robust Heterostructured Photocathodes Based on InGaN for Bright Electron Beam Sources," will support research to develop advanced photocathode materials for bright electron beam sources, with potential applications in areas such as accelerator technology and X-ray imaging. The...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $375,000 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center (UPR R&D) located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The award period is from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, UPR R&D will conduct research on physics...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $112,951 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on coherent structure assessment in high-speed crossflow jets. Specifically, the University of Puerto Rico will conduct numerical simulations and data analysis to complete two test cases by the end of year one involving turbulence precursor simulations for crossflow...