The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division is offering multi-disciplinary research grants across three key areas. One grant focuses on developing novel collaborative perception algorithms for heterogeneous unmanned air and ground systems (UxS) to enhance joint target search, tracking, and handoff. Another seeks to develop a new rigid body dynamics software library for mathematical and physics-based modeling and simulation, specifically for temporal integration of governing equations. The third grant invites academic laboratories to test the robustness of botanical DNA materials as anti-counterfeit markers for electronic components, investigating vulnerabilities and proposing advanced plant genomics concepts. These grants aim to advance capabilities in autonomous systems, simulation, and anti-counterfeit technology. The submission deadline is June 10, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 233433
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | CRNBAA13-002 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Heterogeneous UxS Teams/Development of Rigid Body Dynamics Software Library/The Use of Botanical DNA Materials as Anti-Counterfeit Markers for Electronic Components |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 3 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.300 — Basic and Applied Scientific Research |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 07, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 10, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $100,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $40,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Small businesses Private institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | NSWC CRANE – N00164 |
| Description: | A. Collaborative Perception Across Heterogeneous UxS Teams ($20,000 ceiling)- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division is interested in receiving proposals for the development of novel collaborative perception algorithms that will enable heterogeneous teams of UxS (specifically unmanned air and ground systems) to share knowledge and perform joint target search and tracking autonomously. While existing distributed data fusion methods have looked at probabilistic representations for fusing detections at a decision level, work is needed to investigate shared perceptual features that exist across unmanned air and ground systems to enable the performance of collaborative tasks. The topic would address how to determine such shared perceptual features so that heterogeneous unmanned systems can perform, for example, target handoff from one vehicle to another. B. Development of a new Rigid Body Dynamics Software Library for Mathematical and Physics-Based Modeling and Simulation. ($40,000 ceiling)- The basic research proposed here would involve the development of a new software library for the temporal (time) integration of the governing equations of rigid body dynamics. The temporal integration technique employed in this new library involves the application of the Runge-Kutta method of various orders and possibly other finite-difference-type techniques to a system of equations consisting of kinematic equations (arising from the Lie Group structure of the group of rotation transformations) which define the first and second time derivatives of the rotation transformation in terms of angular velocity and angular acceleration together with the equations of motion (balance of momentum and balance of angular momentum) of a rigid body. C. Robustness of the Use of Botanical DNA Materials as Anti-Counterfeit Markers for Electronic Components ($40,000 ceiling)- The project will solicit academic laboratory participation for doing testing that demonstrates the ‘robustness’ of the use of Botanical DNA material as anti-counterfeit markers for electronic components. Request analysis of candidate DNA marker materials utilizing current DNA manipulation technology. This will include, for example, Whole Genome Amplification (WGA), and the use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). This analysis may result in the discovery of vulnerabilities in the botanical DNA Marking approach: for example, if candidate material can be successfully replicated by WGA, and then is recognized as valid material by use of PCR. Request proposal of concepts based on the ‘state of the art’ in Plant Genomics that may strengthen the DNA marking approach. This would be done especially in light of results from (1) above. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Leslie Graber-Heshelman
Contract Specialist Phone 812-854-5028 Email:leslie.graberheshelm@navy.mil |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 233433 Full Announcement-1 -> microgrants – apr 2013.pdf
Folder 233433 Other Supporting Documents-Application Instructions 1 -> application instr crnbaa13-002.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Leslie Graber-Heshelman Contract Specialist Phone 812-854-5028 Email: leslie.graberheshelm@navy.mil |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.300 | PKG00177210 | May 10, 2013 | Jun 10, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
233433 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
233433 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
233433 RR_OtherProjectInfo-1.1.pdf
233433 RR_KeyPersonExpanded-1.1.pdf
233433 RR_PerformanceSite-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
233433 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
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