This Project Grant award of $191,386.89 from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) will support North Carolina State University's research project titled "Towards a Holistic Computational Learning Framework." The project aims to expand fundamental knowledge in areas such as quantum computing, materials science, engineering, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence that are critical to national security. The research will be...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $108,470.84, was provided by the Department of the Army under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the Fundacio Institut Catala De Nanociencia I Nanotecnologia in Spain. The award, with a performance period from September 16, 2024 to September 15, 2026, will fund the development of an "Atomically Thin Matter Wave Interferometer". This basic research project aims to expand fundamental knowledge in areas such as quantum...
This federal Project Grant award of $193,709.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant supports fundamental research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as quantum information, materials science, engineering, and artificial intelligence. The research seeks to generate innovative scientific discoveries and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) provides $192,477.00 to the Trustees of Tufts College to facilitate cross-kingdom biophysical communication research. The research aims to expand fundamental scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials science, engineering, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. The award, effective February 1,...
This $275,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Army's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) supports fundamental research at the University of California, Merced to investigate and model the behavior of advanced materials designed by nature that are tailored to resist extreme loading. The 5-year award, starting on September 30, 2024, will fund high-risk, high-payoff basic research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge and understanding in areas such as materials...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $400,753.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award will fund research by Duke University to accelerate scientific discovery through the automatic identification of state variables. The research, titled "Accelerating Scientific Discovery via Automatic Discovered State Variables", will be conducted over a 3-year period from...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $255,240 Project Grant to New York University under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The two-year award, made on February 1, 2022 and concluding on January 31, 2024, will support research demonstrating attacks and defenses on autonomous platforms driven by deep networks. The Basic Scientific Research program aims to fund basic research related to improving Army programs and...
This $220,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports fundamental research by the University of Maryland, College Park into sub-wavelength optical lattices in two-dimensional materials. The research aims to expand scientific knowledge and generate innovative discoveries and technological capabilities that could address long-term national security challenges and enhance military capabilities in areas such as...
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) awarded a $146,601.30 Project Grant on August 15, 2025 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports fundamental research to expose electrochemical mechanisms in thermochemical ammonia synthesis, a critical area for national security. The research aims to expand scientific knowledge and technological capabilities in areas like quantum computing, materials science, and advanced...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) awarded a $100,000 project grant to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology on May 23, 2025. The grant will fund fundamental research to quantify fluvial processes from seismo-acoustic signals over a 3-year period ending on May 22, 2028. This research aims to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as materials science and earth sciences....