The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $213,022 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports basic research related to improving Army programs and operations. The University of Illinois will conduct this research from April 2022 to April 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. As the prime awardee, the University will oversee the delivery of research products and services...
The University of Illinois Chicago was awarded a $3,375,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, which began on February 6, 2024 and is set to conclude on February 5, 2027, will fund foundational and applied research to support and improve Army programs and operations across diverse scientific and technical domains. Key focus areas include quantum computing, artificial...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $418,690.47 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The award supports research to facilitate rapid construction and deployment of 3D printed modular infrastructure, including soil characterization, geotechnical scaled physical modeling at normal gravity, and soil-foundation-structure analysis. The research will advance...
The Department of the Army's Materiel Command awarded a $1,474,952 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois in Chicago on August 30, 2024 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental, high-risk and high-payoff basic research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials science, engineering, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. The University...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $152,470 Project Grant from the Department of the Army under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to develop a "Resource-Constrained Tactical Edge Computing System for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning". The award has a performance period from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025. The Basic Scientific Research program funds foundational and applied research to advance Army capabilities across scientific and technical...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $208,309 Project Grant by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports fundamental research on "Modular Quantum Computing with an Array of Atom Arrays" over a 3-year period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028. The research aims to expand scientific knowledge and technological capabilities in quantum computing, a critical area for national...
This federal Project Grant award of $165,396.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the University of Illinois. The purpose of this grant is to provide incremental funding to continue research on "Molecular Mobility of Dynamic Bonds in Glassy and Crystalline Vitrimers", a new start grant that commenced on September 9, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by September 8, 2025....
The University of Illinois was awarded a $599,680 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will support applied research activities from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. As described in the program objectives, the funding will enable the University of Illinois to conduct applied or advanced scientific research projects with potential to contribute...
The University of Illinois received a $340,439 Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command on May 10, 2021 to develop a Real-Time-Simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop (RTS-HIL) scalable and flexible software/hardware platform. The award supports the development of this platform through May 9, 2022 under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). This program aims to support...
This Project Grant award of $615,454.00, provided by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), supports fundamental research on modular quantum computing with optical cavities and transportable atom arrays at the University of Illinois. The award will fund the development of innovative quantum computing technologies that could enhance national security capabilities. The research, which runs from May 15, 2025...