Arizona State University has a history of success in supporting the veterans among our students, faculty and staff, and as a major national center for conducting research of value to our national security and our nation’s well being.
ASU is ranked 38th in the nation for Department of Defense-funded research expenditures, according to the most recent National Science Foundation HERD survey (2023). ASU researchers received more than $57 million in award obligations and reached more than $46 million in DoD-funded research expenditures in 2023. DoD-funded projects at ASU range from the creation of the Drone Studio and rapidly deployable, solar-powered medical clinics to efforts to identify and combat cybersecurity threats, advance artificial intelligence that teams with humans to complete missions, develop the next generation of wireless communications and more.
In 2023, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded $22.4 million in grants to pursue two advanced computing projects, both of which are producing reimagined "chips," or microprocessors, that are the foundation for most of today's electronics — from supercomputers to smart devices to the technology that makes autonomous vehicles self-driving. Prior DARPA grant awards of more than $25M were designed to quickly address cybersecurity risks by developing advanced cyber reasoning systems that can automatically find vulnerabilities, synthesize exploits, and create patches of real-world software.