The U.S. Department of Defense is providing a $5,106,594 Project Grant to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The funding will support foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security, such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, materials science, robotics, and behavioral sciences. The research will be conducted at UVA's facilities over a...
This $1,592,860 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports ultrasensitive proteomics research at the University of Virginia. The research aims to develop advanced techniques for predicting and assessing the efficacy of treatments for Type 1 diabetes. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028. As a public research university, the University of Virginia...
This federal Project Grant award of $161,000.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports research at the University of Virginia to monitor the causal effects of complex interventions on networks. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and potentially enhance naval capabilities and national security. This grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will leverage the...
The University of Virginia (UVA) received a $888,251 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct research comparing the effectiveness of a hybrid versus lecture-based training approach for improving first responder competence in autism response. The project, titled "AUTISM RESPONSE PROTOCOL: COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A HYBRID VS LECTURE-BASED TRAINING ON AUTISM COMPETENCE IN FIRST RESPONDERS", will...
The University of Virginia received a three-year, $1,125,403 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to fund research titled "Automatically Inferring Human Machine Interaction Properties and Predicting and Adapting to Their Violation." The grant is part of the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through foundational research in areas relevant to its needs....
The University of Virginia will receive $748,422 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command. The award is funded through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The University will quantify the relationship between brain biomechanics and head exposures relevant to warfighters. Insights gained from this research aim to guide the development of future injury prevention technologies. Specifically, the University seeks to...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $212,991.80 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the DoD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). This grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will support foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security. Virginia Tech, a leading public research university, will leverage its...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), provides $318,190.00 to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) to develop an electromagnetic levitation system for ultra-high temperature ceramics. The award, which began on December 6, 2024, and is scheduled for completion on December 5, 2025, supports foundational research aimed at...
This federal Project Grant award for $3,208,546.00, provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, will fund the expansion of the Generalized Blast Exposure Value Tool to determine cumulative blast exposure thresholds in military populations. The award, with a performance period from May 15, 2025 to May 14, 2029, will be executed by the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia. This research project aims to enhance...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $216,000 Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant funds research on Nonequilibrium Polariton Thermometry Enabled via Infrared Variable Angle Spectroscopy Ellipsometry from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023. The University of Virginia will conduct basic research using infrared variable angle spectroscopy ellipsometry to...