Project Grant 2519824
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $499,708 awarded on March 15, 2022 will fund research at Northern Arizona University through February 28, 2027 to develop techniques for controlling noise in quantum devices through phonon manipulation. The award falls under the NSF Engineering Directorate's CFDA 47.041 program. Specifically, the grantee aims to engineer electronic, photonic and phononic devices to alter the phonon density of states and harness light to transduce mechanical...
- This $415,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to investigate the origins of noise in SiGe-alloy-based transistors that could be used to measure qubit state in quantum computing applications. The 3-year project, running from October 2025 to September 2028, is a collaborative effort between researchers in the UK and US focused on creating fundamental knowledge regarding the structural, chemical, electrical, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) for the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ASCENT: WAFER-SCALE SUB-THZ REFLECTARRAY FOR ELECTRICAL NEEDLE BEAM FORMING AND STEERING" project. The project aims to develop a set of semiconductor technologies, including new device fabrication, large-scale heterogeneous integration, and robust beam-alignment system architectures, to achieve...
- This $289,704 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to develop novel semiconductor amplifiers with enhanced noise performance in the microwave spectrum. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and University of Nevada, Reno will leverage atomic layer etching, a new nanofabrication technique, to fabricate high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with up to 30% improved noise temperature compared to existing...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, with CFDA number 47.049, provides $928,455.00 in funding to researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) to develop low-noise high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with improved noise performance for use in radio astronomy observatories. The researchers will leverage a new nanofabrication method called atomic layer...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $301,629 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to implement topologically protected gigahertz acoustic circuits. The award will support research collaborations between the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas System to realize acoustic devices with lower propagation loss than traditionally engineered circuits operating in the gigahertz regime. Key products and services...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA 47.041 - Engineering program provides $400,000 in funding to Northeastern University to develop energy-efficient, low-cost, and compact cryogenic integrated circuits (ICs) for scaling quantum computing systems to thousands of qubits. The key products and services to be delivered include: Advancing cryogenic complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) ICs for qubit control pulse generation and superconducting chip technology...
- This $700,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of cutting-edge circuit designs and signal processing algorithms to enhance the resilience of radio telescopes against radio frequency interference (RFI) from satellite transmissions. The primary goal is to enable the continued operation of radio astronomy service (RAS) in the presence of unavoidable RFI through a modulo sampling-based approach. The research...
- This $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research at the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to develop topologically protected gigahertz acoustic circuits. Over a three-year period ending in August 2025, the grantee will implement acoustic device analogues of topological electronic states operating in the gigahertz regime through theoretical analysis, simulation, fabrication, and nanoscale visualization. This is...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $250,000 to the University of Texas at Dallas to design and experimentally demonstrate computing systems with extreme energy efficiency. Specifically, the project aims to leverage magnetic skyrmions, which are magnetic quasiparticles, to develop reversible and reservoir computing systems that can significantly reduce the environmental and economic costs of computer energy consumption....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the CFDA 47.041 Engineering program, provides $447,363.00 to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to conduct research on a closed-loop noise-cancellation technique to suppress thermal noise in signal-sampling circuits. The project aims to develop a game-changing circuit design solution to address the thermal noise challenge faced by many scientific instruments, which often require costly cryogenic cooling to achieve sufficient signal-to-noise ratios. The research has the potential to significantly impact the semiconductor industry by enabling more sensitive and cost-effective electronic circuits for a wide range of applications, from radio astronomy to quantum computing. The award period runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $447.4k | 8/1/25 |