Project Grant 2533605
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,834 Project Grant to Anello Photonics Inc. under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a silicon photonic optical gyroscope using planar waveguide coil and integrated photonics circuit. This award provides six months of funding from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 for Anello Photonics to produce an optical gyroscope that utilizes silicon photonics technology. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $449,999 Project Grant to the University of Rochester to develop a navigation-grade, chip-scale gyroscope enabled by weak value amplification. This 3-year award under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to create a highly sensitive and stable gyroscope that can meet navigation performance metrics and improve upon the state-of-the-art by 100-fold. The proposed effort will develop...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Colorado Boulder a $425,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support the development of a chip-scale, chalcogenide-based nonlinear optical gyroscope with enhanced performance. The gyroscope aims to provide ultrasensitive rotation sensing without moving parts for applications requiring precise navigation where GPS is...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award in the amount of $200,000 supports research to characterize the dynamics of micro-electro-mechanical resonators and improve their performance for use in advanced sensing and timekeeping devices. Specifically, the research will study the application of variable mechanical tension to tune the resonance frequency of these tiny vibrating structures, with the goal of achieving ultra-stable resonance frequency and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $402,134 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to support research and development of a novel class of semiconductor nanostructures called non-Hermitian topological photonic crystals. The key products and services to be delivered include: Designing, fabricating, and characterizing the optical properties and optoelectronic device applications of these photonic crystal slabs,...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), supports the development and testing of compact, high-sensitivity optomechanical seismic sensors for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). The $200,000 award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027, will enable the advancement of these sensor technologies to improve the detection capabilities of...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $450,000 over 3 years to the University of New Mexico to develop an advanced magnetometry sensor based on frequency comb techniques. The proposed sensor will exploit direct phase detection rather than amplitude measurements, enabling enhanced resolution and sensitivity for gradient magnetic field detection. Key technical objectives include theoretical modeling, verification with a...
- This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under CFDA Program 47.041 Engineering supports research to leverage light-matter interactions and the low-gravity space environment to develop new functional sensors. The project, titled "BRITE PIVOT: Leveraging Light-Matter Interactions to Create New Functional Sensors in Low-Gravity Space Environment," aims to investigate the effects of microgravity on the processing of nanocomposites and utilize this...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $300,000 to the University of Colorado Boulder for theoretical research on inertial sensing applications of superradiant lasers. The three-year award beginning June 1, 2022 supports quantitative analysis of a proposed new type of inertial sensor based on collective atomic effects in an optical ring resonator. The Principal Investigator will evaluate the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $366,792 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the College of New Jersey for the period of June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The project, titled "RUI:GOALI: Maskless Microfabrication Using Polarization-Driven Photomechanics," aims to develop a new platform for on-demand fabrication of both static and dynamic optical microstructures. The research will explore the use of an emerging class of organic molecule coupled...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $472,120 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop a miniaturized Sagnac gyroscope using the lithium tantalate on insulator (LTOI) integrated photonics platform. The goal is to leverage exceptional points in the optical structures to enhance the sensitivity and stability of the gyroscope, which could lead to breakthroughs in low-power navigation systems for wearable devices and consumer electronics. The project duration is from October 2025 to September 2028. The NSF Engineering program supports fundamental research to advance scientific knowledge and technological innovation across engineering disciplines, with a focus on physico-chemical phenomena governing particulate and multiphase systems.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $472.1k | 8/20/25 |