The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) received a $212,991.80 project grant from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The grant supports fundamental and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security, including areas such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, materials science, robotics, and behavioral sciences. UMBC has...
The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) was awarded a $799,920 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense through the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant supports UMBC's research on "Optical Frequency Combs and Solitons in High Q Microresonators" from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027. The Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program aims to fund basic, applied, and...
The Department of Defense awarded a $799,588 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The grant, titled "NEW START REP GRANT MAGNUS: ADVANCING AI, ROBOTICS, AND NETWORKING RESEARCH THROUGH A MULTI-DOMAIN TESTBED FOR DEFENSE INNOVATION," will support research and development activities in artificial intelligence, robotics, and networking technologies from...
The University of Maryland Baltimore County was awarded a $459,989 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop a microresonator system for generating low noise microwaves under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program. The grant supports research and development of technology with potential to contribute to Department of Defense mission capabilities in science and engineering fields. Specifically, the university will...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $772,251 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The funding supports a research project focused on "Military Adaptation and War Termination" with a performance period from December 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025. As a prominent research university, the University of Maryland will leverage its extensive academic and research...
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore received a $220,708 project grant award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering. The award was made under DARPA's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to facilitate technology development contributing to Department of Defense missions. The one-year grant period runs from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023 and will fund...
The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) received a $189,883 Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) program. The grant supports UMBC's efforts to execute a balanced science program aligned with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine priorities and congressional direction. Key objectives include participating as a partner in NASA's exploration initiatives focused on...
The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) received a $1,141,867 Cooperative Agreement award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910). The award aims to support the development of algorithms and learning methods for "reasoning" over claims and statements made in scientific documents to assess their feasibility. This includes breaking down claims into smaller parts, matching them to...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $151,786.05 Project Grant by the Department of Defense Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant is titled "Private, Secure and Deceptive Read-Update-Write in Networks" and has a period of performance from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2029. The research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as quantum...
The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) was awarded a $1,064,564 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant funds UMBC research from June 2023 to June 2027 on the role and regulation of ZNF217 in ovarian cancer metastasis and drug resistance. As the prime awardee, UMBC will conduct research to investigate medical solutions for ovarian cancer on the battlefield and transform healthcare for service...