Cooperative Agreement FA70002320008

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), provides $1,375,000.00 to support fundamental research across diverse scientific and technological domains critical to national security. The award supports a research project led by President and Fellows of Harvard College, with sub-awards to Saint Louis University, The Pennsylvania State University, and Michigan Technological University. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $270,666.47, was provided by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental research on modeling, simulation, design, and testing of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) materials, components, or systems, which aims to generate innovative scientific discoveries and technological capabilities to address long-term national security challenges....

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Army Materiel Command, provided through the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), is supporting fundamental research on "Topological Nonlinear Optics" at the University of Pennsylvania. The $400,000 award, with a performance period from November 2024 to November 2029, will fund high-risk, high-payoff basic research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge and understanding in areas such as quantum...

This is a federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program. The $127,230 award to Theiss Research, a non-profit research organization, will fund a 3-year project to study, develop, and experimentally demonstrate integrated photonic structures for coupling light between free space and photonic integrated circuits. The project activities will include analytical and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $325,000.00 was granted by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, titled "MODERN OPTICS: DIRECTIONAL AND SPECTRAL SORTING OF INFRARED RADIATION WITH PHASE-ENCODED DIFFRACTIVE SCALABLE ELEMENTS (DISPERSE)," will fund research conducted by Trustees of Boston University to develop advanced optical technologies for directional and spectral sorting...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $293,844 Cooperative Agreement to Energy And Photonics Consulting, Inc. under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on December 30, 2024. The agreement supports scientific research concerning novel laser applications, as outlined in the proposal titled "Scientific Research Concerning Novel Laser Applications" and associated revisions through August 2, 2024, and research considerations...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609) provides $144,342.63 to develop new methodology, algorithms, and computer software for determining local and nanoscale atomic and magnetic order in technological materials using X-ray and neutron scattering data. The key activities include: 1) Creating a new algorithm for atomistic structural refinements using total...

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a chip technology to enable cheaper and easier manufacturing of photonic devices. The key objectives are to: (1) create a laser control system for optical fiber attachment, (2) develop a process design kit for mode converter manufacturing, and (3) pilot the developed packaging technology. The awardee, Photonect...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $253,781.68, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports a research effort focused on the synthesis and characterization of transition metal dichalcogenides for nonlinear optical (NLO) devices. The objectives are to develop new capabilities for growing high-purity transition-metal chalcogenides (TMDs) to...

This $399,752 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) funds a Phase II project to develop standards and open-source software for digital data associated with semiconductor electronics. The project aims to support NIST initiatives related to the CHIPS Act and provide digital data standards to accelerate advanced materials research and development for...