Project Grant W911NF261A034
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Amherst received a new start Project Grant award of $209,091 from the Department of the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) effective January 30, 2026 through January 29, 2030. This four-year award supports fundamental scientific research aligned with the Army's long-term national security priorities across disciplines including materials science, quantum...
- The Department of Defense awarded a $126,940.00 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on May 23, 2025. The grant supports the acquisition of an interfacial tensiometry system to be used for fundamental research across a range of scientific and technological domains critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials science, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. The grant is intended to fund high-risk,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) received a $3.854M Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) for the period September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The project, titled "Targeting Human Respiratory Viruses and Host Sequences with Respiratory-Active RNAs," supports advanced biomedical research aimed at developing innovative therapeutic and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan's Regents, through its Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division, received a $180,000 Project Grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support fundamental research into plasma-driven engineering of selective chemical pathways for high-energy molecule production from accessible reactants. The award was obligated on June 21, 2025, with a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts received a $737,310 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct collaborative research on engineering selective membranes from lipid-polyelectrolyte complexes. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, supports an interdisciplinary research initiative that combines experimental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Harvard College's Office for Sponsored Programs received a $120,450 Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), effective March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2029. This new start initiative, titled "Representation Learning and Geometric Optimization Over One Trajectory," supports fundamental scientific research aligned with long-term national security...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan, through its Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, received a $780,000 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The award, effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, supports research investigating "Lead Exposure and Sex-Specific Programming of Cardiovascular Disease Across the Life Course." This research initiative will be conducted...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) received a $624,969 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), effective August 15, 2025, through August 14, 2030. The award supports the MAVRIC-IPF (Metformin to Attenuate Progressive Respiratory Decline in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) research initiative, which investigates the therapeutic potential of metformin...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan's Regents, through its Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division, received a $349,809 Basic Scientific Research (CFDA 12.431) project grant from the Department of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command, effective July 28, 2025 through July 27, 2028. The award supports fundamental scientific research on the simultaneous measurement of Casimir forces and near-field energy transfer from heterostructured and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan's Office of Research and Sponsored Projects received a $299,900 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on February 18, 2025. The award, designated "Light Controlled Artificial Topological Materials," funds fundamental research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge in materials science and related disciplines critical to long-term...
The University of Massachusetts received a $126,000 Project Grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command (a Defense agency) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), awarded on January 30, 2026, with completion targeted for January 29, 2027. This new start grant funds fundamental research investigating cellular perturbations caused by micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) in three-dimensional human cardiac tissues derived from human embryonic stem cells (HESCs). The research will be conducted at the University's Hadley, Massachusetts facility and aims to generate innovative discoveries regarding how MNPs affect cardiac tissue function and development, leveraging HESCs as a validated model system that recapitulates key developmental and functional features of the human heart. The award supports high-risk, high-payoff basic science research aligned with the Department of the Army's long-term national security needs. As a new start grant under the Basic Scientific Research program, this work is expected to advance fundamental knowledge in the life sciences while potentially contributing to understanding of environmental and health impacts relevant to Army mission priorities. The one-year performance period reflects the focused scope of this investigative effort into cellular and tissue-level responses to micro- and nano-plastic exposure.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $126.0k | 1/29/26 |