Project Grant W911NF261A002
- The University of Chicago was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) on August 15, 2025. This grant will support fundamental research on "Interfacing Multivalent Chemistry with Dual-Ion Batteries" over a 5-year period through August 14, 2030. The project aims to expand scientific knowledge and technological capabilities in areas critical to national security, such as materials science and energy storage. As...
- The University of Chicago was awarded a $220,100 Project Grant from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct research on "Quantum Sensing and Imaging Enabled Through a High-Sensitivity NIR II Camera". The award period runs from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. This fundamental research project aims to expand scientific knowledge and develop innovative technological capabilities in quantum sensing and imaging that could potentially address...
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) provides $3,749,731.00 in funding to the University of Chicago for a project titled "HIGH-THROUGHPUT POLYMETRIC MATERIALS DESIGN" under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award period runs from August 18, 2025 to August 17, 2026. The goal of this project is to conduct fundamental research across a range of scientific and technological...
- This $160,459.71 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports fundamental research by the University of Chicago to examine the relationships of multiple branches of life through tRNA sequencing. The research aims to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, with a focus on high-risk, high-payoff ideas in basic science to ensure dominant strategic land power. The project will be...
- This federal Project Grant award of $483,705.00 was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), to the University of Chicago. The award period runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The grant funds research on developing real-time fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) and EEG (electroencephalography) systems to track lapses in attention control. This work has potential applications in enhancing naval...
- This Project Grant award of $913,162.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Chicago. The award supports fundamental and applied research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, with a focus on topics critical to national defense such as quantum computing, materials science, aerospace systems, advanced electronics, artificial intelligence, and human...
- The University of Illinois received a $974,052 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to conduct research on "Communicate Sensibly Full-Duplex Integrated Sensing and Communication". The award will support advanced scientific research over a four-year period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2029. The project aims to develop innovative solutions across disciplines including mathematical,...
- The U.S. Department of Defense, through its Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), awarded a $120,000 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan for the proposal titled "RESOURCE-AWARE COORDINATION IN DYNAMIC, UNSTRUCTURED, AND CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS: A SUBMODULAR OPTIMIZATION AND ONLINE LEARNING PERSPECTIVE". The project aims to conduct high-risk, high-payoff fundamental research to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national...
- The University of Chicago received a $265,632 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 30, 2025. The 3-year grant, with a completion date of September 29, 2028, will fund research to explore quantum thermalization with ultracold, ultrapolar molecules. This work supports the program's objectives of maintaining technological superiority and preventing technological surprise for the U.S. Air Force and...
- The Department of the Army awarded a $743,505 Project Grant to the University of Colorado under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support the development of a "Multimodal Brain Measurement Sensor Suite for Investigation and Modeling of Neural Mechanisms during Human-Agent Teaming." This research seeks to advance fundamental knowledge and capabilities in areas such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and robotics with potential military applications....
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) provides $199,589.99 in funding to the University of Chicago to conduct research on the "Non-Verbal Communication of Sweat-Encoded Emotion" with a performance period from December 15, 2025 to December 14, 2028. The Basic Scientific Research Program supports high-risk, high-payoff fundamental research initiatives to expand scientific knowledge and capabilities across a range of domains critical to national security. Through this award, the University of Chicago will execute research focused on understanding the non-verbal communication of emotion through sweat-encoded signals, which has potential applications in areas like human-machine interaction and behavior analysis.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $199.6k | 12/9/25 |