Project Grant W911NF261A042
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $250,000 project grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct fundamental research toward a comprehensive understanding of the frequency side-channel attack surface. The award, effective June 23, 2025, through June 22, 2028, supports high-risk, high-payoff basic scientific research aligned with long-term national security needs. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University's Office of Sponsored Programs received an incremental funding award of $155,891.72 under the Department of the Army's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on September 15, 2025. This project grant supports foundational research on "Explanations for Human-AI Decision Making," with performance extending through September 14, 2028. The award funds research conducted at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
- 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...
- Carnegie Mellon University received a $340K cooperative agreement from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) awarded July 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 14, 2028. The award funds research into "Uncertainty-Aware Active Sensing with Self-Organizing Gaussian Mixture Models," a fundamental research initiative designed to advance scientific knowledge relevant to long-term national security needs....
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $1.375 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on September 1, 2025. The award supports "A Thermodynamic Framework for Defect Phase Engineering," a Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) project extending through August 31, 2030. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $493,231 project grant awarded August 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This collaborative research initiative investigates correlated many-body physics in multilayer semiconducting moire superlattices through a three-year project period concluding July 31, 2028. The research team delivers experimental and...
- 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 Michigan Technological University has been awarded $1.1 million in project grant funding by the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a defense agency component, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct fundamental research on midwave infrared single photon detection via quantum non-demolition methodology. The award, effective September 30, 2025, with a completion date of December 29, 2027, supports high-risk, high-payoff...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $588,818 Project Grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command (a Defense agency) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to develop analysis tools and open-source software enabling the design of superconducting quantum circuits with targeted and desired properties. Awarded on September 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 14, 2026, this one-year research initiative...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $615,291 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a defense agency, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support fundamental investigation into ytterbium's 3p2 metastable state for quantum computing applications. The award was obligated on May 15, 2025, with a performance period extending through May 14, 2026. Research is being conducted at the University of...
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 will be conducted at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania facility through the Office of Sponsored Programs Division. This award aligns with the Basic Scientific Research program's mission to support high-risk, high-payoff fundamental investigation across scientific disciplines critical to national security, with a three-year performance period consistent with the program's preference for multi-year, severable research efforts. The quantum systems research represents the type of advanced scientific inquiry in materials science and quantum computing that the Department of the Army seeks to enhance fundamental knowledge and drive long-term technological advancement for national defense applications.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $100.0k | 2/4/26 |