The Department of Defense today announced plans to award $31 million to
academic institutions to support the purchase of research instrumentation. The
148 awards were given to 71 academic institutions. Individual institutions
received 146 awards, which are expected to range from $50,000 to $690,000 and
average $185,000. Two additional awards to consortia are expected to range
from $1-3 million. All awards are subject to the successful completion of
negotiations between DoD research offices and the academic institutions.
The awards are being made under the Defense University Research Instrumentation
Program (DURIP). The DURIP supports the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment
to augment current university capabilities or develop new university
capabilities to perform cutting-edge defense research. Specifically, the DURIP
awards enable university researchers to purchase scientific equipment costing
more than $50,000. The researchers normally would have difficulty purchasing
these expensive instruments under their research contracts and grants.
Today's announcement is the result of a merit competition for DURIP funding
conducted by five DoD research offices: the Army Research Office, Office of
Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Advanced Research
Projects Agency, and Innovative Science and Technology Office of the Ballistic
Missile Defense Organization. The five offices solicited proposals from
university researchers working in sixteen selected areas of importance to the
DoD:
Characterization of Structural Materials in Severe Environments Processing
and Characterization of Nano-Modulated Ceramic Coating Measurement and
Control of Optical Phase Materials Characterization and Process Control
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Sensors Visual Attention and Cognitive
Processing Real-Time, In-Situ Semiconductor Growth Characterization
Wavelength-Division- Multiplexing for Optical Network Testbeds
Contaminant Mass Transfer and Reactions in Soils and Sediments
In-Situ Characterization of Electrochemical Devices Wireless
Communications, Multi-Media Networks, and Highs-Speed/High-Capacity
Interconnections Phenomena in the Molecular and/or Nanoscale Regimes
High Strain Rate Phenomena Biomolecular and Biomimetic Processing for
Affordability Optoelectronic Devices and Optical Network Characterization
Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
Media may obtain the list of winning proposers from the Directorate of Defense
Information, room 2E765, Pentagon or by calling (703) 695-0192. Other
requesters should contact (703) 697-5737.
