Georgia TECH Research Corp

Georgia TECH Research Corp, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, is the primary research entity of the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, the organization serves as a research arm that secures and executes federal contract and grant awards across a broad spectrum of scientific, engineering, and technical domains. The entity specializes in advanced research and development services, materials science, engineering applications, computer science, and national security technologies. With its registration in SAM.gov since January 28, 2002, Georgia TECH Research Corp has established itself as a significant federal contractor and grantee, maintaining extensive experience delivering sophisticated research solutions to multiple federal agencies and holding both prime and subcontract positions on complex research initiatives.

Through federal contract awards, Georgia TECH Research Corp has demonstrated substantial expertise across defense, aerospace, and civilian research domains. The organization has received multiple prime definitive contracts and delivery orders from agencies including the Air Force, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Notable contract awards include a $3.04 million delivery order from the Air Force for directed energy weapons and counter-unmanned aerial systems research, a $1.27 million firm fixed-price contract from Naval Facilities Engineering Command for dynamic testing of headed reinforcement for expeditionary combat support systems, and a $5.2 million DARPA definitive contract for the Heterogeneous Adaptively Produced Photonic Interfaces (HAPPI) program aimed at achieving 1000x increases in information transmission density within microsystems. The organization has also served as a subcontractor on various prime contracts, including work under The Boeing Company and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contract work spans research in advanced materials, photonics, directed energy systems, structural engineering, and emerging technologies, with no set-aside designations applied to the majority of awards, indicating open competition. The entity receives funding from both defense and civilian agencies, with particular strength in Department of Defense relationships and civilian agency support through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.

Georgia TECH Research Corp has secured an extensive portfolio of federal grant awards across multiple scientific disciplines and funding agencies. The organization has received substantial grants from the National Science Foundation across programs including Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, STEM Education, and Biological Sciences, supporting research in areas such as sustainable construction education, machine learning for protein function prediction, quantum sensing, causal inference in complex systems, and advanced materials design. The National Institutes of Health, through institutes including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and National Institute on Aging, has funded research on topics ranging from multidrug-resistant bacterial infections to cardiovascular device development and age-related mobility impairments. The Department of Energy's Office of Science has supported fundamental research in plasma physics, quantum systems, and materials science, while the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded cooperative agreements for cybersecurity and societal resilience research. Additional funding sources include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for space technology development and lunar mapping projects, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for workplace safety training, and the Environmental Protection Agency for pollution prevention initiatives. Grant awards support educational training, workforce development, infrastructure improvements, and fundamental scientific discovery, with the entity serving as both prime grantee and subgrantee on collaborative research initiatives involving partnerships with institutions including Emory University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and various other leading research universities.

Georgia TECH Research Corp holds multiple federal contract Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicles that enable flexible procurement of research and development services. The organization maintains an Other Transaction (OT) agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the development of parametrically excited multi-modal mode-locked mechanical frequency comb inertial sensors, awarded April 14, 2025, with a ceiling value of $1,627,234. Additionally, the entity holds an Other Transaction agreement with DARPA for the "DIAL Phase 1 - Automated Design of Algorithms" program, valued at $988,000 and awarded July 15, 2024. These IDVs provide government agencies with rapid access to Georgia TECH Research Corp's specialized expertise in advanced sensor technologies, photonics, materials science, and computational design without requiring full and open competition for individual task orders. The Other Transaction vehicles with DARPA represent strategic tools for accelerating research and development in emerging technology areas critical to national defense and technological superiority, allowing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to engage Georgia TECH Research Corp's capabilities on an as-needed basis across multiple research initiatives within the established ceiling values.