The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $180,299.33 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on September 20, 2024. The grant, titled "Investigating the Influence of the Cavity Vacuum Electromagnetic Field on Superconductivity," supports foundational research aimed at advancing scientific knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing and materials science. The research will be...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $147,915 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "(YIP) ASSURED RECOVERY: DESIGN AND ASSURANCE OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS WITH SAFE RECOVERY CAPABILITIES," supports research to develop advanced autonomous systems with safe recovery capabilities, with a performance period from June 15, 2025 to June 14, 2028. As a prominent research university...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $1,000,000.00 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to conduct research on "AI-Empowered High-Resolution Multimodal Imaging of Microbes Under Extreme Conditions". The award, with a period of performance from Feb 1, 2025 to Jan 31, 2026, will support RPI's advanced research and development capabilities in areas such as artificial intelligence,...
This federal Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, provides $1,000,000.00 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to support the purchase of equipment for the Center for Robotic Manufacturing Systems. The award has a performance period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027. RPI, a private research university in Troy, NY, is known for its expertise in...
The U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research has awarded a $155,000 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant, awarded on April 1, 2025 with a completion date of March 31, 2026, will support advanced research and development of innovative technologies with potential to enhance naval capabilities and national security. RPI, a leading private research university in science, technology,...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $807,156.00, awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the "THESEUS: A COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION MODEL" research project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) located in Troy, New York. The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will enable RPI to conduct innovative research across scientific domains including advanced...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $226,792 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop hardware enabling powerful robotic manipulation through visual question-answering for advanced micro-environments. Funded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), this two-year award running from May 2021 through April 2023 will support Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's work to maintain Air Force technological...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant period is from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. Under this award, RPI will conduct research on "LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS WITH SPIN-RESOLVED AND TWISTED INFRARED PHOTONS." The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in...
The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $548,112 Project Grant to Purdue University under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, titled "DEPSCOR-RC FY23 - COMPOSITIONAL LEARNING FROM AN IMPERFECT PRIMITIVE SKILL SETS FOR SOLVING COMPLEX TASKS," will fund research to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and defense technologies. Purdue University, a leading research institution,...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The funding will support RIT's innovative research to develop transformative defense capabilities and prevent technological surprise, with a focus on areas such as quantum technologies, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and advanced materials. The grant aims to identify and engage...