Project Grant W911NF261A146
- Federal Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $383,029 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), awarded on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2028. The award funds development of a novel digital twin technology designed to optimize normothermic vascularized composite allograft (VCA) preservation. This research leverages Carnegie Mellon's demonstrated expertise in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $154,940 project grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command (Defense) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) with an award date of March 2, 2026, and an ultimate completion date of March 1, 2029. The grant funds a new start research initiative titled "Understanding Topology and Correlation Effects in Emergent Quantum Systems," to be conducted at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh,...
- Carnegie Mellon University received a $351,600 Cooperative Agreement award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on July 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 14, 2028. The award supports research on "Uncertainty-Aware Active Sensing with Self-Organizing Gaussian Mixture Models," to be conducted at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania facilities. This research initiative advances fundamental...
- The Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $388,496 Project Grant under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. This Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award supports the development of an integrated system for high-throughput characterization and design of three-dimensional reconfigurable metamaterials. The research will be conducted at Johns Hopkins'...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on June 23, 2025, with performance concluding on June 22, 2028. The award supports fundamental research to advance understanding of the frequency side-channel attack surface—a critical cybersecurity domain relevant to long-term national defense needs. This three-year research...
- Carnegie Mellon University received a $660,283 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) for a three-year period beginning August 1, 2025. The award supports research on "Prioritizing Bioaccumulative Per/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Complex Mixtures: A High-Throughput Bioanalytical and Machine Learning Approach," to be conducted at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania campus through July 31,...
- Under a $231,776.50 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will conduct research on "Multi-Spectral State Estimation and Depth Mapping in Degraded Environments." This project, known as SARA SPRINT 3, is funded through the DoD's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), which supports foundational research with potential military applications across scientific and...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded $322,026 to Carnegie Mellon University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) Project Grant to support the "LABORATORY DIFFRACTION CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY FOR 3D MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION" effort from February 15, 2022 to February 14, 2023. The grant aims to fund the development of laboratory diffraction contrast tomography for 3D microstructure characterization, in line with the...
- The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $287,928 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the ROBOCOP project from February 3, 2021 to February 2, 2023. The grant will support the development of a robotic platform capable of forceful mobility and interactions with dynamic, potentially adversarial environments. The Basic Scientific Research program aims to fund basic...
Carnegie Mellon University received a $272,947 New Start Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant award from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the period May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2028. The grant supports the development of automated bioink generation and high degree-of-freedom, multi-material bioprinting technologies for research on integrated biohybrid actuators. This project contributes to fundamental scientific advancement in biotechnology and materials science with direct applications to Department of the Army capabilities in advanced research and development. The research will be conducted at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania facility through the Office of Sponsored Programs. DURIP funding supports the acquisition and development of major research instrumentation and equipment that enhance the university's capabilities to conduct high-quality basic research aligned with long-term national security needs. The automated bioprinting platform and associated bioink development represent transformative research tools in the life sciences domain, positioning the institution to advance knowledge in biohybrid systems relevant to Army strategic interests in emerging biotechnologies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $272.9k | 4/15/26 |