Project Grant W911NF261A306
- This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $115,006.00 to Jackson State University to support research and development initiatives with potential defense and civilian applications. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will fund sophisticated research, training, and specialized technical services across multiple disciplines including STEM,...
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $999,916.00 to Jackson State University to conduct research on "Phase Transition and Ferroelectricity in the Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials and Their Heterostructure". The research will be performed from April 14, 2025 through April 13, 2029. As a historically black university with extensive federal grant experience,...
- The U.S. Department of Defense is providing a $619,818 Project Grant to Jackson State University (JSU) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, with a performance period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029, will fund research and development of high-energy and lightweight lithium-ion batteries with porous semiconducting amorphous chalcogenide-based xero- and aerogels. As a historically Black university and minority-serving...
- The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration awarded Jackson State University $4.676 million on August 1, 2026, under the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (CFDA 81.123) to establish the Mississippi Consortium for Research and Education in Integrated Nanomaterials. The award funds curriculum development and student recruitment and retention in STEM fields across the consortium's member institutions. Jackson State University, Tougaloo College, and Alcorn...
- The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant to Jackson State University (JSU) under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant will support JSU in developing multi-dimensional cybersecurity programs aimed at training the next generation of cyber-scientists dedicated to securing U.S. infrastructure. The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. As a historically black...
- Jackson State University was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to modernize numerical flow solvers with heterogeneous computing from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The university will create a general-purpose library of optimized parallelization functions and routines for mesh-based numerical solvers. This library will ease the burden of parallelizing such solvers...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Jackson State University a $300,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant funds the EAGER: Pathway to Commercialization at Historically Black Colleges and Universities project to support investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and...
- The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Morgan State University $10 million on August 31, 2026, under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to conduct research and education in trusted AI autonomous systems for national defense. The award carries a five-year performance period through August 30, 2031, with work performed in Baltimore, Maryland. The program supports basic, applied, or...
- The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Jackson State University $2,602,694 on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The award funds institutional development activities to strengthen management, fiscal operations, and academic quality at the HBCU through September 30, 2027, with performance at Jackson, Mississippi. The Higher Education Institutional Aid program assists eligible colleges and universities to plan,...
- The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded Alabama State University $969,721 under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) on May 1, 2026 to acquire high-performance AI computing infrastructure to advance Department of Defense-relevant research and STEM education. The award funds infrastructure acquisition intended to strengthen research capacity in artificial intelligence and related computational fields. Performance occurs at Alabama State...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Jackson State University $7.573 million on August 31, 2026, under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to increase research capacity as part of the HBCU/MI Pilot Program. The award funds research and research-related activities at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, with a period of performance through August 30, 2031. The program supports basic, applied, or advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences with long-term potential for contributing to Department of Defense mission technology. Jackson State University is a historically black college and university and minority-serving institution that delivers research, education, and technical services across federal civilian and defense portfolios. The university's research portfolio spans materials science, infrastructure resilience, geotechnical engineering, critical infrastructure cybersecurity, and workforce development in STEM fields, with particular emphasis on serving underrepresented populations in science and engineering.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $7.6m | 8/17/26 |