Cooperative Agreement W911NF2220093

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Trustees of Boston University received a $325,000 cooperative agreement from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the project "Modern Optics: Directional and Spectral Sorting of Infrared Radiation with Phase-Encoded Diffractive Scalable Elements (DISPERSE)." The award, dated July 11, 2025, with a completion date of July 10, 2026, supports fundamental research...

Dream Photonics Inc. received a $175,845.12 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the period of September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The award supports research and development activities focused on hybrid integration of III-V (Indium-Gallium-Arsenide) light sources with silicon photonic integrated circuits—advanced photonic technologies with applications in...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Purdue University received a $650,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Research Development and Engineering Command (Army Materiel Command) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the period of June 15, 2025 through June 16, 2028. The award funds research in ultrafast space-time photonics and single-photon optical modulators, fundamental scientific investigations aligned with long-term Department of Defense national security priorities. This...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Texas at Austin on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2027. This award supports research and development under CFDA 12.910 (Research and Technology Development), focusing on innovative approaches that advance the state of the art in defense-related science and technology. The primary deliverable...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $298,591 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) effective August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2026. The award supports the CORACLE (Components for Raman Air-Clad Laser Emitters) project, which focuses on fundamental research and development of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Funding Agency and Program: National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Award Details and Products/Services: La Luce Cristallina, Inc. received a $1.21 million Cooperative Agreement awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027, to develop foundry-compatible 200-millimeter wafers of barium titanate integrated on silicon for silicon photonics applications. The company will...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated (ORAU) received an incremental funding modification of $48,670.69 under a Cooperative Agreement with the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a division of the Department of Defense, to continue performance on the Research Associateship Program focused on "Jovan Hall Embedded, Payload-Aware PIC Bias Control." The total obligation for this award is $102,534.84, with an...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary: Wide-Angle Metalenses The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), operating as the Advanced Science Research Center, received a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct research on wide-angle metalenses. The award was effective August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028, and will be performed at the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $1,079,989 cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded February 19, 2026, with completion targeted for February 18, 2029. Under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0003418), Radiabeam will develop and advance thin-film niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) superconducting radio-frequency cavities for use in proton driver...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) awarded the University of New Mexico a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, to develop the Quantum Computing Applications of Photonics (QCAP) project. This award supports the design and development of integrated hardware and software solutions that address critical limitations in quantum photonic device...