Nov. 12, 2024

New Breakthrough in Quantum Engineering!

Exciting new research by Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows Profs. Supratik Guha and David Awschalom, along with their collaborators, on "Controlled Spalling of 4H Silicon Carbide for Quantum Technologies," has recently been published in ACS Nano.

Oct. 2, 2024

DOD Awards $43 Million to U.S. Universities to Purchase Equipment for Defense-Related Research

The Department of Defense today announced awards totaling $43 million to 112 university researchers under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP).

July 2, 2024

DOD Announces 2024 Vannevar Bush Fellows to Pursue Breakthrough Research

The Department of Defense today announced the selection of 11 university scientists and engineers to fill the 2024 class of the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF), the DoD's flagship single-investigator award for basic research.

March 19, 2024

The FY2025 MURI FOA is Now Open!

MURI supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education (universities) that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD.

March 13, 2024

Department of Defense Announces Fiscal Year 2024 University Research Funding Awards

The Department of Defense today announced $221 million in awards for basic defense-related research projects as part of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program.

Oct. 19, 2023

DOD Invests $40 Million to Establish Research Centers of Excellence at Minority-serving Institutions

The Department of Defense announced the establishment of four new research centers of excellence at minority-serving institutions of higher education, as part of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-serving Institutions Research and Education Program.

Sept. 28, 2023

DOD Announces 2023 Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative Fellows

LUCI fellows are accomplished researchers within defense laboratories who seek to collaborate with prominent DOD-funded academic researchers – either recipients of the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship or principal/co-principal investigators under the Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative.

March 21, 2023

Fiscal Year 2023 Research Funding Awards

The DoD announced $220 million in awards for basic research projects as part of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program. At an average award amount of $7.1 million over five years, these competitive grants will support 31 teams located at 61 U.S. academic institutions, subject to satisfactory research progress and the availability of funds.

Jan. 31, 2023

Howard University as the first HBCU to lead a University Affiliated Research Center

The Department of the Air Force has selected Howard University as the first Historically Black College or University to lead a University Affiliated Research Center. The center will be focused on tactical autonomy technology for military systems and Howard University will receive $12 million per year for five years to fund research, faculty, and students.

Sept. 8, 2022

Department of Defense Announces 2022 Class of Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative Fellows

The DoD announced today the 2022 class of Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI) Fellows. The LUCI Fellowship program supports collaboration between DoD laboratory scientists and DoD-funded academics, such as recipients of the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship or Principal Investigators (PIs) of a Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative award.