This federal Project Grant award, totaling $648,927, was provided by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The funding will support the University of Puerto Rico's acquisition of a Physical Properties Measurement System to enhance research and training in quantum materials and transformative devices. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. This grant...
The Project Grant award in the amount of $771,564.00 was made by the Department of Defense to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award has a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. Through this grant, the University of Puerto Rico will conduct interdisciplinary research and development projects that contribute to national defense missions while maintaining...
The University of Puerto Rico has been awarded a $180,000 project grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop interface mediated multiferroic thin films for spintronics applications. The award period is from September 15, 2024, to September 14, 2027. This fundamental and applied research project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding and...
The University of Puerto Rico was awarded a $146,438 Project Grant from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to acquire a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer for the study of novel multi-ionic polymers. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will enable the university's Research and Development Center Division to enhance its capabilities in materials science research, with a focus...
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...
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...
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 Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will fund fundamental and unclassified research on probing driven quantum gases and enhancing professional development pathways at a minority serving institution over a 4-year period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. As a public research university and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $473,990.00, was provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) and awarded to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) on May 15, 2024. The grant supports foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security, with a focus on advancing fundamental knowledge in areas such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, materials science, robotics, and...
This federal Block Grant award of $494,625.00 from the Department of Defense was provided to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) on September 1, 2024. The funding supports the "Acquisition of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope" project, which will enhance UPR-MSC's research capabilities in areas such as neuroscience, cancer research, and environmental health. The award falls under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science...