Two pieces of funding to support academic research into UAP, have been revealed in recent times. The first is a donation to the University of Albany; and the second is a proposal by the state of New Jersey in the USA to establish an academic Center for the Study of UAP. Both lines of funding are unprecedented in the academic study of UAP. It is interesting that it should be the state of New Jersey, given all the "drone" sightings reported there, in the not so distant past.
University of Albany
In a 5 November 2025 news release, the University of Albany announced that it had received "...a transformational endowment gift from longtime businessman Tony Gorman to support cutting-edge physics research on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs.)"
Gorman said "When I saw the UAP research the UAlbany team is doing I wanted to learn more." The team members are Matthew Szydagis, Celia Levy and Kevin Knuth. Their intent is to create "...a long term foundation for scientific rigor...the physics department's UAP research base grows with the recent addition of physicist Dr. Eric W. Davis as visiting adjunct faculty..."
"The financial gift also makes possible the launch of UAlbany Project X (UAPx) a new academic collaboration focused solely on advancing rigorous science in the study of UAP..."
New Jersey
A 17 December 2025 announcement on safeaerospace.org advised that the US state of New Jersey in "Moving towards becoming the first state in the nation to establish and fund a dedicated Center for the Study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena" via Senate bill 4432 and companion Assembly Bill 5712. "The legislation ...appropriates $3.5 million total across two different programs..."
One of the proposed programs, an aviation education grants program, would see it supporting the establishment of a Center for the Study of UAP, at an academic institution, via a grants program. Such an arrangement would add a level of credibility for such a Center.
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