DOD AWARDS $30 MILLION UNDER THE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE SUPPORT PROGRAM (URISP)
The Department of Defense today announced plans to award $30 million to 15
academic institutions to provide long-term infrastructure building grants in
the fields of science, engineering, and mathematics. Subject to the successful
completion of negotiations between DoD and the academic institutions, the 15
awards will provide long-term support for research, graduate students, and
purchase of equipment that support science and engineering research fields
important to national defense.
The average funding per award will be $2 million, spent over a 5-year period,
with the yearly expenditures being approximately $500,000 per year the first
three years and $300,000 and $200,000 the next two years, respectively.
The awards are to be made under the FY95/96 DoD University Research Initiative
Support Program (URISP), a program designed to help broaden the competitive
research base among universities that have received the least funding from DoD.
The URISP was created in response to the 1994 Authorizations Act (Public Law
103-160), which required a competitive university research grants program set
aside only for colleges and universities that have received less than $2
million (total) from DoD over the two previous fiscal years. The selections
were made based on DoD relevance and advice from university peers.
Today's announcement is the result of a multi-year competition under the DoD
URISP. Infrastructure support was offered to improve an academic department by
supporting research of multiple investigators or to support research of fully
integrated, multiple academic departments addressing one focused technical
issue that could possibly lead to a research center of excellence. A
substantial portion of each award can be used to purchase research equipment
and instrumentation needed to perform the proposed research and for
refurbishment of lab facilities in support of the proposed research, however,
no new buildings or additions were permitted.
This program will be administered through the Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army
Research Office (ARO), the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), and
the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Proposals were solicited utilizing a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for
URISP. In response, 50 final proposals were submitted requesting nearly $100
million.
The list of winning proposers is attached.
FY 1995/1996 University Research Initiative Support Program (URISP) Winners
FY FY
1995/1996
University
Research
Initiative
Support
Program
(URISP)
Winners
INSTITUTION CITY STATE DEPARTMENT PRINCIPAL PROPOSAL TITLE SPONSOR
INVESTIGATOR
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa AL Center for Dr. Kief Nanostructured Magnetic ARO
Materials for Materials
Information
Technology
University of California Riverside CA College of Prof. Bhanu Learning Integrated Visual ARPA
Engineering Database for Image
Exploitation
The Catholic University Washington DC Mechanical Prof. Baz Active and Passive Control BMDO/ARO
of America Engineering of Smart Structures
Boise State University Boise ID Center for Dr. Barrash Three-Dimensional ARO
Geophysical Characterization and
Investigation of Modeling of Permeability in
the Shallow a Field-Scale Control Volume
Subsurface (CGISS)
Northern Illinois DeKalb IL Physics Dr. Kimball Colossal Magnetoresistance: ARPA
University Synthesis and Synchrotron
Studies of Spin-Polarized
Transport Mechanisms in
Perovskites
Louisiana Tech University Ruston LA Institute for Dr. The Development of a Center ARO
Micromanufacturing Warrington for Advanced Mold/Mask
Processes and Applications
for the Miniaturization
Technologies
University of Missouri @ St Louis MO Center for Prof. Moss Stochastic Resonance, Noise ONR
St Louis Neurodynamics and Signal Processing in
Sensory Biology
North Dakota State Fargo ND Polymers & Coatings Prof. Corrosion Testing, Lifetime AFOSR
University Bierwagen Prediction and Corrosion
Sensor Development for
coated Aircraft
Systems-Emphasis on Environm
Brooklyn College, CUNY Brooklyn NY Computer Science Prof. Computer Science Tools and ONR
McAloon Computationally Demanding
Applications
New York State College Alfred NY School of Ceramic Dr. Pilgrim Electromechanically Active ARPA
of Ceramics Engineering & Sciences Materials & Devices
Ohio University Athens OH Physics & Astronomy Prof.Kordesc Growth, Doping and Contacts BMDO/ONR
h for Wide Band Gap
Semiconductors
Temple University Philadelphia PA Physics Dr. Hasan Search for Persistent AFOSR
Holeburning Materials for
High Density Memory Storage
South Dakota State Brookings SD Chemistry& Biochemistry Prof. Relationships Between ONR
University Fitzgerald Synthesis and Processign of
Lead-Magnesium Niobate-Based
Ceramics and Their
Structures and Electrical
Properties
University of Texas San Antonio TX Division of Prof. Roy Telecommunication Networks: AFOSR
Engineering Mobile & Distributed Communications & Computing
Marshall University Huntington WV Anatomy, Cell & Neurobiology Dr. Zill Neurobiology of Locomotion ONR
School of Medicine and its Implementation in
Robotics
AFOSR: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
ARO: Army Research Office
ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency
BMDO: Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
ONR: Office of Naval Research
