THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$797,670
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8025
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
BP-MESS (BIO-PLASTIC MICROBIAL ELECTRO-SYNTHESIS, IN SITU)
Score Rationale
No AI or ML techniques are mentioned in the description; the award funds materials science research into bio-plastic synthesis via microbial electrochemistry, which is a chemistry/biotechnology problem, not an AI problem. Problem framing is vague (no operational context, end-user, or success criteria stated beyond the acronym). JHU APL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), the canonical legacy research contractor, disqualifying it from the 'AI-native' signal the scoring rubric targets.