The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Yale University. The grant, with a performance period from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2027, is funding research to understand and tune magnetism in correlated metals, with a focus on the "Young Investigator Program." As the prime awardee, Yale University will be conducting the research and delivering technical expertise and findings to...
This $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research by William Marsh Rice University to probe and control energetic materials using quantum light and vibration. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by preventing technological surprise and creating strategic advantages. The award has a performance period from July 1, 2024 to June 30,...
This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $2,885,244.00 to Saint Louis University (SLU) to conduct interdisciplinary material science research for the hyperspectral remote sensing of permafrost. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in areas critical to national...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $4,381,885 Cooperative Agreement to Missouri State University on June 6, 2024 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The objective of this 26-month award is to design, manufacture, and verify the performance of a sub-component with features representative of the more complex geometries contained in typical hypersonic vehicle components. This research aims to enable the manufacture of affordable high-temperature...
This federal Project Grant award, with a total obligated amount of $2,314,590.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "PRECISION RADIOMETRY FOR INCOHERENT SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS (PRISM)", supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The University of Texas at Austin is the prime awardee, with sub-awards...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $149,949 project grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on identifying spacecraft transport pathways in cislunar space. The project, titled "(YIP) DATA-DRIVEN IDENTIFICATION OF SPACECRAFT TRANSPORT PATHWAYS IN CISLUNAR SPACE", is scheduled to run from July 15, 2024 to July 14, 2027. As a prominent research university, the University of Colorado has a...
The University of Puerto Rico has been awarded a $180,000 project grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop interface mediated multiferroic thin films for spintronics applications. The award period is from September 15, 2024, to September 14, 2027. This fundamental and applied research project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding and...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Cincinnati Sponsored Research Services Division. The grant supports the development of physics-enhanced deep learning models for fast-than-real-time prediction of dynamic behavior in space robotic systems. The three-year project will leverage the university's expertise in aerospace engineering and machine...
This Project Grant award, valued at $247,001.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports research at William Marsh Rice University, doing business as Rice University, to explore "MULTISCALE EXPLORATION FROM QUANTUM CHEMISTRY TO MACRO OF ADVANCED FILLER MATRIX INTERFACES IN COMPOSITES" over the project period from May 15, 2024 to May 14, 2028. This fundamental and applied...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $148,384.86 Cooperative Agreement to Applied Physics, a for-profit, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned business, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award, effective September 11, 2024 through September 10, 2029, will support the development of "Novel Laser Systems Approach" research. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program is a comprehensive federal...