Project Grant W911NF261A009
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $258,940 project grant to Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck through the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant will support research into quantum optimization with Rydberg atom arrays from September 2021 through September 2023. Specifically, the university will conduct basic scientific research related to improving Army programs and operations through investigating quantum computing techniques using...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Arizona received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Army under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the project "DEPSCOR-RC FY24 Atomic Ensembles with Dynamic and Quantum Boundaries." The award, dated September 30, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2028, supports fundamental scientific research aimed at advancing knowledge in quantum physics and atomic science relevant to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) awarded UC Berkeley a $330,000 Project Grant under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support fundamental research on three-dimensional ion traps for quantum information science. The award, issued on August 15, 2025, with a one-year performance period ending August 14, 2026, funds research activities to be conducted in Albany, California. This grant supports high-risk,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on February 9, 2026. The award supports research titled "Engineering Correlation-Driven Topological Quantum Phases," with performance extending through February 8, 2029. Under this grant, Princeton will conduct fundamental...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $100,000 new start project grant award dated March 2, 2026, from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a defense agency component, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports fundamental scientific research titled "Understanding Topology and Correlation Effects in Emergent Quantum Systems," with performance continuing through March 1, 2029. The research...
- The Department of the Army Materiel Command's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) awarded a $245,506 project grant to Arizona State University (ASU) on January 1, 2025. The grant supports fundamental research in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials science, engineering, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. Through this award, ASU will conduct high-risk, high-payoff basic research to expand scientific knowledge and develop innovative...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Weizmann Institute of Science received a $112,500 Project Grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command (a Defense agency) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The grant supports fundamental research into "Exploring Decoherence with Long-Lived Superconducting Cavity Qubits," a high-risk, high-payoff quantum computing initiative aimed at advancing scientific knowledge...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $208,309 Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support research on "Modular Quantum Computing with an Array of Atom Arrays." The award, effective from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, funds fundamental research aimed at advancing quantum computing capabilities through innovative approaches...
- The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $255,240 Project Grant to New York University under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The two-year award, made on February 1, 2022 and concluding on January 31, 2024, will support research demonstrating attacks and defenses on autonomous platforms driven by deep networks. The Basic Scientific Research program aims to fund basic research related to improving Army programs and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Ohio State University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on July 18, 2025. The four-year award, with a completion date of July 17, 2029, supports fundamental scientific research titled "Exploring and Harnessing Quantum Geometry in Van der Waals Flat Bands." This research...
The Austrian Academy of Sciences received a $722,130 Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the project "Versatile Next-Generation Atom Array Processors." The award period runs from February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2027. This fundamental research initiative supports high-risk, high-payoff scientific investigation aimed at expanding knowledge in quantum computing and related advanced technologies with potential long-term applications to national security priorities. The Basic Scientific Research program funds advanced scientific inquiry across multiple disciplines including materials science, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and engineering. Awards under this program typically support research conducted at recipient institutions that generate innovative discoveries addressing long-term strategic capabilities. The research conducted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences under this grant contributes to the Army's objective to pursue cutting-edge ideas in basic science and transition technological advances that support dominant strategic capabilities both currently and in future operational environments.Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $722.1k | 1/14/26 |