Project Grant W911NF2510281
- This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $150,000.00 to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to conduct research on the detection and mitigation of illegitimate uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in science. The award, which began on June 1, 2025, runs through May 31, 2028. As a leading research university, CMU will leverage its extensive expertise in advanced technologies, scientific...
- The Department of Defense awarded a $130,000 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) through the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct research towards a fundamental understanding of the frequency side-channel attack surface. The research, which began on June 23, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by June 22, 2028, is expected to expand scientific knowledge and develop innovative technological capabilities relevant to long-term national security challenges and...
- This federal Project Grant award of $148,819 from the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports research by Carnegie Mellon University to develop secure and efficient federated learning capabilities in the foundation model era. The research aims to address critical national defense needs in areas such as artificial intelligence, advanced computational methods, and emerging technologies. The project has a performance period from...
- This $625,000.00 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), supports fundamental research at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) aimed at developing a thermodynamic framework for defect phase engineering. The research, to be conducted at CMU's facilities in Pittsburgh, PA, is designed to generate innovative scientific discoveries and technological capabilities that...
- This Cooperative Agreement, worth $687,641.00, was awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) on January 31, 2025 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The objective is to develop "APPROXIMATION-FIRST TELEMETRY FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN TACTICAL NETWORKS". The University of Maryland, College Park, a prominent research university, is the primary awardee and will execute the technical...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $269,999 from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports fundamental research at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on "Uncertainty-Aware Active Sensing with Self-Organizing Gaussian Mixture Models". The project aims to advance scientific knowledge and technological capabilities in areas critical to national security, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced computational...
- This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will enable Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop advanced spatiotemporal foundation models and generative AI capabilities for large-scale multimodal threat detection. The project aims to create new data representations and neural network architectures to scale up existing spatial detection algorithms, enabling the rapid deployment of analytical...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded $198,290 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Carnegie Mellon University from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. The Project Grant funding will support Carnegie Mellon University's development of a scanning ion conductance microscopy-enabled atomic force microscope for research on peptide nucleic acid-based nanostructures at biotic and abiotic interfaces. The Air Force Defense Research...
- This federal Project Grant award of $326,000.00 from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports research by Carnegie Mellon University on "EFFICIENT AND ROBUST INFORMATION GATHERING WITH TEAMS OF AUTONOMOUS UNCREWED AIR VEHICLES." The research project aims to advance the state of the art in autonomous uncrewed aerial systems for information gathering applications relevant to naval operations...
- This $585,650 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) supports fundamental research by Arizona State University (ASU) on constraint-compliant learning, reasoning, and decision making with multimodal data. The research, which began on September 25, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by September 24, 2028, aims to expand scientific knowledge and technological capabilities in areas critical to national security, such as quantum...
This Project Grant award of $155,891.72 from the U.S. Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) supports research on the "Foundations of Explanations for Human-AI Decision Making". The award period runs from September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2028. The research aims to expand scientific knowledge and capabilities in areas critical to national security, such as artificial intelligence, by conducting high-risk, high-payoff fundamental investigations. As a prestigious private research university, CMU will leverage its extensive expertise across scientific disciplines, including computational modeling, biotechnology, and advanced engineering, to deliver innovative solutions and technological capabilities to address long-term defense challenges. The funding will support CMU's research efforts and the training of graduate and undergraduate students, furthering the development of the scientific workforce.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $42.9k | 9/23/25 | ||
| Not listed | $113.0k | 9/5/25 |