Cooperative Agreement FA94531520085

This $148,384.86 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Air Force Academy under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports fundamental and applied research on "Novel Laser Systems Approach" to be conducted by Matthew Rotondaro, doing business as Applied Physics, over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. The research funded through this award aims to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise in areas...

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,...

The University of Texas at Austin received a $360,946 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research titled "HIGH-SPEED, SINGLE-SHOT SPECTROSCOPY FOR AIR-BREATHING ELECTRIC PROPULSION." The award period is from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. The grant will fund the development of high-speed, single-shot spectroscopy techniques to characterize the...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $457,041 Project Grant (CFDA 12.800 - Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program) to The Trustees of Princeton University to fund the development of "EQUIPMENT FOR ENTERING THE INTERACTING QUANTUM MANY-BODY REGIME WITH ARRAYS OF LASER-COOLED MOLECULES". The grant, which runs from March 15, 2025 to March 14, 2026, will support Princeton University's research into quantum many-body systems using arrays of laser-cooled molecules. This work...

This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $150,000 to Utah State University (USU) to expand an aerospace research scholars program aimed at broadening participation of underrepresented groups in engineering. The project, titled "(STEM) EXPANDING AN AEROSPACE RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN ENGINEERING," will run from...

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station was awarded a $450,792 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of physics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force...

The Trustees of Princeton University, through its Office of Research and Project Administration, was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "Understanding Structured Terahertz Beams Containing Orbital Angular Momentum for Agile Aerial Sensing". The award, which began on April 15, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by April 14, 2027, supports Princeton's work to advance scientific knowledge and develop...

This Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $150,000.00 to the University of Texas at Austin to develop "TERAHERTZ-SPEED MANIPULATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL FERROELECTRICITY". The award period is from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027. The Air Force Research Laboratory is the awarding agency for this grant, which aims to maintain technological superiority for the Air Force through basic and applied research in areas such as materials...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $112,951 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on coherent structure assessment in high-speed crossflow jets. Specifically, the University of Puerto Rico will conduct numerical simulations and data analysis to complete two test cases by the end of year one involving turbulence precursor simulations for crossflow...

This Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $135,085 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (doing business as Tees) for the period of March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2024. The funding supports the acquisition of an ultrahigh-resolution microscope Raman and synchronous fluorescence system to conduct materials characterization and analysis. As the...