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 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...
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, 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 University of Puerto Rico in Ponce received a $527,575 project grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to acquire a high-resolution accurate mass quadrupole time-of-flight liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer (QTOF LC-MS) as part of the QTOF LC-MS Project. The award period is from May 15, 2021 to May 14, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to support basic, applied, or advanced...
This Project Grant award for $999,999.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant supports research on the "Ultrafast Control of Intertwined Quantum Phases in Iron-Based Layered Superconductors" and will be performed by the University of Puerto Rico's Research and Development Center Division at the Mayagüez campus. The award duration is from Apr 15, 2025 to Apr 14, 2029....
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...
This federal Project Grant award of $809,698.00 was provided by the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award was made on April 11, 2025 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, and is scheduled for completion by April 10, 2029. The grant supports comprehensive scientific research and technological development across multiple disciplines, with the goal of advancing...
The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, has been awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant, titled "UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO CENTER FOR RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE (UPR-CRCC): TRANSFORMATION OF PUERTO RICO'S CHEMISTRY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND WELLNESS," will be used to transform the university's chemistry education...