Project Grant 60NANB6D6133

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems is awarding a $200,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota for a collaborative research project on "Resonant-Beam Based Optical-Wireless Communication." The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: (1) developing novel channel models and signal processing techniques to address the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $255,000 Project Grant to North Carolina State University (NC State) to theoretically investigate and experimentally demonstrate compact, on-chip III-V lasers that are robust, efficient, and have a tailorable single-mode operation range. The proposed program aims to develop a family of topologically protected lasers to satisfy requirements for next-generation lasers used in photonic integrated circuits...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $390,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to President and Fellows of Harvard College, effective December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2028. The grant aims to develop new technologies utilizing the terahertz (THz) frequency region to achieve high-speed, highly directive data transmission with dynamic obstacle avoidance. The key deliverables include an amplitude modulator and a tunable THz source, which will enable efficient...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The goal of the 3-year project is to develop an energy-efficient coherent optical interconnect architecture that can enable dramatic increases in datacenter and high-performance computing bandwidth-density and energy-efficiency. The key technical innovations...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin to support collaborative research on two-photon absorption engineering in laser diodes for ultrafast pulse generation. This three-year award, made under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program, will fund development of techniques to engineer two-photon absorption properties in laser diodes for applications in ultrafast pulse...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $949,898 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to acquire, assemble, and ruggedize a highly capable, transportable laser system. The laser will enable comprehensive research across a wide range of disciplines, including quantum computing, biological sensing, and advanced manufacturing. The system will be designed to allow for easy sharing across laboratories, promoting equitable access and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $1.325M Project Grant to Dartmouth College under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the project "ASCENT: Platforms for Integrated/Isolated Optical Power Transfer (PI2-OPT) for Multi-Scale Power and Energy Systems". This 4-year research project aims to develop platforms that leverage integrated/isolated optical-wireless power transfer to deliver both power and data (for...

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 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $409,834 to the University of Cincinnati to design, fabricate, and characterize novel electrically pumped topological nanowire photonic crystal lasers. The goal is to develop highly compact, defect-robust laser light sources compatible with photonic integrated circuits for high-performance, low-power information technology applications. The research will explore topologically...

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...