DENA0004268
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
CENTER FOR ADVANCING THE RADIATION RESILIENCE OF ELECTRONICS (CARRE) - A PSAAP-IV PREDICTIVE SCIENCE CENTER (PSC). OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY WILL ASSEMBLE SEVEN UNIVERSITY PARTNERS TO INCLUDE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY AND SEATTLE UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH A PREDICTIVE SCIENCE CENTER FOR ADVANCING THE RADIATION
RESILIENCE OF ELECTRONICS (CARRE).CARRE AIMS TO CREATE A VALIDATED, MULTI-SCALE, MULTIPHYSICS MODELING AND SIMULATION CAPABILITY TO PREDICT AND ASSESS THE RADIATION RESILIENCY OF ELECTRONICS. THE DEMANDS FOR FUTURE ENGINEERED SYSTEMS TO WITHSTAND NORMAL AND EXTREME OFF-NORMAL RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS, BOTH IN SPACE AND
IN TERRESTRIAL APPLICATIONS, REQUIRES A PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY SUPPORTED BY ADVANCED ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXASCALE COMPUTING RESOURCES.
RESILIENCE OF ELECTRONICS (CARRE).CARRE AIMS TO CREATE A VALIDATED, MULTI-SCALE, MULTIPHYSICS MODELING AND SIMULATION CAPABILITY TO PREDICT AND ASSESS THE RADIATION RESILIENCY OF ELECTRONICS. THE DEMANDS FOR FUTURE ENGINEERED SYSTEMS TO WITHSTAND NORMAL AND EXTREME OFF-NORMAL RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS, BOTH IN SPACE AND
IN TERRESTRIAL APPLICATIONS, REQUIRES A PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY SUPPORTED BY ADVANCED ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXASCALE COMPUTING RESOURCES.
Awardee
Funding Goals
FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF MODELING/SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODOLOGIES THROUGH THE STRUCTURE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY SIMULATION CENTERS, SINGLE-DISCIPLINARY CENTERS, AND FOCUS INVESTIGATORY CENTERS TO SOLVE OPEN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROBLEMS RELEVANT TO NNSA DEFENSE PROGRAMS MISSIONS; TO PROMOTE AND SUSTAIN SCIENTIFIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND SCIENTISTS AT THE NNSA LABORATORIES; AND TO TRAIN SCIENTISTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF LONG-TERM RESEARCH RELEVANT TO NNSA STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Corvallis,
Oregon
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
DE-FOA-0003284
Oregon State University was awarded
CARRE: Radiation Resilience of Electronics - PSAAP-IV PSC
Cooperative Agreement DENA0004268
worth $3,500,000
from NNSA Weapons Activities in September 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Corvallis Oregon United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.124 Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program.
$1,911,790 (35.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 9/23/25
Period of Performance
9/15/25
Start Date
9/14/30
End Date
Funding Split
$3.5M
Federal Obligation
$1.9M
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.4M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DENA0004268
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
892331 NNSA NON-MO CNTRCTNG OPS DIV
Funding Office
892300 NNSA WEAPONS ACTIVITIES FUNDS
Awardee UEI
MZ4DYXE1SL98
Awardee CAGE
5D489
Performance District
OR-04
Senators
Jeff Merkley
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
Modified: 9/23/25