{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/nh-delegation-welcomes-over-16-million-in-dod-funds-headed-to-dartmouth-college-and-unh", "NH Delegation Welcomes Over $1.6 Million in DoD Funds Headed to Dartmouth College and UNH", "2023-12-13", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "NH", "Jeanne Shaheen", "S001181", "www.shaheen.senate.gov", "shaheen", "https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) \u2013 U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), are announcing that a total of $1,641,032 in Department of Defense (DoD) federal funds are going to Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire (UNH). These funds were awarded through the DoD\u2019s Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) and will be used for advanced research and development of new technology supporting defense and workforce enhancements across the country.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m proud that New Hampshire\u2019s advanced innovation is being recognized by new investments in research and projects that will bolster our national security and promote economic development,\u201d said Senator Shaheen, senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. \u201cThese awards headed to Dartmouth and UNH will play a crucial role in supporting new technological developments that will help keep New Hampshire at the cutting edge of defense manufacturing for generations to come.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am excited to see federal funding heading to Dartmouth and UNH to grow their research capabilities. New Hampshire is a leader in innovation, and I\u2019m glad that these Granite State institutions will be able to advance their cutting-edge research to help keep our country safe, secure, and free,\u201d said Senator Hassan.\n\n\u201cNew Hampshire universities, researchers, and students are leading our country and the world forward through their work and innovation,\u201d said Congresswoman Kuster. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to see this significant funding heading to Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire to take their research to the next level. I will always fight to strengthen our STEM workforce and programs.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur universities across New Hampshire continue to accomplish groundbreaking work that strengthens our national security and supports our armed forces,\u201d said Congressman Pappas. \u201cThis funding from the Department of Defense will help facilitate innovative research by New Hampshire universities, furthering our technological advancements as well as studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.\u201d\n\nThe awards are as follows:\n\n$829,373 to the University of New Hampshire to support the research and development of a high-speed camera system for observing the streamer to leader transitions in lightning;\n\n$588,609 to Dartmouth College to support their project: SuperDARN Digital Imaging Enhancement to Resolve Smaller Scales and Enable Multi-Mode Operation;\n\n$223,050 to Dartmouth Collegeto support the Kurt Lesker PVD 75 System for screening and prototyping long carrier lifetime infrared semiconductors.\n\nThrough DURIP, DoD supports purchases of major research equipment to augment current and develop new capabilities. This investment enables universities to perform state-of-the-art research that boosts the nation\u2019s technological advantage, while ensuring that our future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce remains second to none.\n\nSenator Shaheen is a leader in the U.S. Senate to bolster the domestic defense industrial base to ensure U.S. troops have the cutting-edge equipment they need to defend the nation and deter adversaries. In early June,?Shaheen toured three New Hampshire defense manufacturing facilities?and met with the companies\u2019 leadership ahead of a bipartisan congressional delegation visit to the Paris Air Show. Earlier this week, Senators Shaheen and Hassan, as well as Rep. Pappas, visited BAE Systems to highlight how $35 million in funds allocated through the?CHIPS and Science Act?is helping to produce technology essential to the defense industry and critical to national security. ??\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/nh-delegation-welcomes-over-16-million-in-dod-funds-headed-to-dartmouth-college-and-unh"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3922450598329306, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}