On March 28, the Department of Defense (DOD) released the broad agency announcement (BAA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), as part of the larger University Research Initiative (URI) aimed at institutions of higher education. The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) is a US Department of Defense (DoD) programme. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) objectives MURI Objectives: To determine how the atomic structure of grain-boundary interphases—interphase complexions—affect the mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of a wide range of strategic engineering materials. The program was initiated The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program is a Department of Defense (DoD) effort that supports academic research teams to conduct basic research addressing problems spanning science and engineering disciplines. Funding Opportunity: DOD Releases FY 2019 MURI BAA. On March 1, the Department of Defense (DOD) released the broad agency announcement (BAA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), as part of the larger University Research Initiative (URI) aimed at institutions of higher education. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) provides grants to university scientists, contracts to industry and funding for Department of Defense Laboratories. Kudos to CS Professors Carla Gomes and Bart Selman, who have received a $7.5 million grant from the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program of the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense will issue 24 awards totaling $169 million to academic institutions to perform multidisciplinary basic research, a six million dollar increase above last year’s total. Cognition Process for Cyber Defense Arizona State University AZ University ofrthNo Carolina, Chapel Hill NC North Carolina State University NC University of Texas, El Paso TX RI1. Ryan Tibshirani, associate professor in the Department of Statistics as well as the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University, has received a 2020 Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award.. Tibshirani joins a multi-institutional team on a project titled "Theoretical Foundations of Deep Learning.” The Department of Defense (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program supports basic research in science and engineering at US institutions of higher education that is of potential interest to DoD. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced $185 million in multidisciplinary university research initiative (MURI) awards to 26 research teams across the U.S. — two of which involved ME faculty members. Background. 2. These highly competitive grants have resulted in research that made significant contributions to both defense and society at large. Published 21 July 2015 Last updated 12 June 2018 — see all updates Funding for this project (FA9550-15-1-0009) is graciously provided by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under the program management of Dr. Hugh DeLong. Member of US / UK MURI collaboration. Arlington, VA - The Department of Defense (DoD) announced $185 million in multidisciplinary university research initiative (MURI) awards to 26 research teams pursuing basic research spanning multiple scientific disciplines. MU collaborating institution not receiving US MURI funding. The grant focuses on developing SARA, a scientific robot for materials discovery, integrating computational reasoning, optimization, and machine learning with quantum mechanics. The Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year 2021 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) AFOSR: FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0001 ARO: W911NF-20-S-0006 ONR: N00014-20-S-F004 PDF Version: 20 March 2020: Proposals must be received electronically through Grants.gov by Friday, May 15, 2020 at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight time.