Project Grant 2520251
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $244,830 to Tufts University to conduct collaborative research on fundamental challenges in extremely wideband, highly directional channels for future terahertz-enabled wireless networks. The key objectives are to design hybrid beamforming algorithms for wideband multicarrier systems, investigate joint user association with base stations and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of key building blocks for realizing next-generation wireless networks that can provide efficient and low-latency access to the sub-terahertz (sub-THz) spectrum. The $400,000 award to William Marsh Rice University, spanning December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027, will focus on three integrated research thrusts: 1) Realizing multi-user sub-THz spectrum access using a...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $400,000 over 3 years to the University of California, Berkeley to develop novel intelligent large-scale multi-antenna array architectures operating at 140 GHz. The key products and services to be delivered include: Analytical and behavioral modeling of non-idealities in large scalable antenna arrays Design of reconfigurable D-band (140 GHz) front-ends with performance tuning...
- This federal Project Grant award of $595,000.00, provided by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop a scalable planar phased-array transceiver using 3D radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) techniques. The primary objective is to establish a foundational building block for future high-frequency wideband wireless communication platforms operating at frequencies higher than 100 GHz. Additionally, the project includes an educational and outreach...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $540,000 project grant to the University of Notre Dame to investigate and develop a novel approach for realizing tunable and reconfigurable terahertz (THz) filters using optical control signals instead of electrical control wires. The objective is to enable high-performance adaptive THz filters and advanced communication circuits for 6G and beyond wireless communications, as well as to benefit other disciplines...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $400,000 to Brown University provides funding from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027 for research to develop key building blocks for realizing high-data rate, low-latency sub-terahertz (sub-THz) wireless networks. The key technical objectives are to: 1) Realize multi-user sub-THz spectrum access using a reconfigurable metasurface architecture without needing RF chains or antenna arrays; 2)...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) totaling $390,000.00 aims to develop new terahertz (THZ) communication technologies to enable high-speed, highly directive data transmission between a transmitter and receiver using dynamic obstacle avoidance. The primary goals are to develop an amplitude modulator and other key devices to establish efficient and reconfigurable THZ communication links. By leveraging the THZ frequency range beyond...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a Project Grant of $514,633.00 to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on October 15, 2024. The grant will fund the development of scalable 240-GHz transmitter and receiver arrays based on new application-specific array architectures, innovative silicon-based beamformers, high-performance InP power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers, and advanced packaging technology. This work aims to overcome the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to The Trustees of Princeton University. The grant, titled "Collaborative Research: NETS: MEDIUM: Resilient Multi-User Mobile Sub-THz Networks Using Near-Field Wavefronts", aims to explore near-field propagation properties of wireless signals above 100 GHz to enable blockage-resilient, high-speed, multi-user communications. The proposed...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $379,921 to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska will support research and development of semiconductor-based terahertz (THz) traveling wave amplifiers for monolithic integration. The goal is to create high-gain THz amplifier topologies in the 0.1 to 3 THz range by exploiting the synchronous interaction between moving charged particles and electromagnetic waves in semiconductor materials. The...
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 electrically controlled collimation of electromagnetic waves in sub-terahertz (sub-THz) frequency bands. The new hardware architecture is expected to enable wireless communication systems to achieve high data rates up to 120 Gbps over distances greater than 1 km, as well as enable high-resolution sensing for autonomous vehicles. The award period runs from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $600.0k | 8/18/25 |