The University of Texas at Austin received a $451,486.58 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct accelerated research in quantum computing. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. This grant supports the university's cutting-edge interdisciplinary research initiatives focused on advancing quantum computing capabilities. The project leverages UT Austin's expertise in areas such as...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. The three-year award will support research into diagnosing astrophysical plasmas using laser-driven nucleosynthesis in far-from-equilibrium plasmas. The University of Texas at Austin will utilize $700K in...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). This 1-year award, effective July 1, 2024, will fund research and development of high-thermal conductivity metallic compounds for industrial heat decarbonization. The goal is to advance innovative energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies that can help...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112) provides $596,618.00 to the University of Texas at Austin to conduct research on "PREDICT THE QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PHOTON JETS AND LASER AND PLASMA CONTROL PARAMETERS, INCLUDING LASER INTENSITY/TARGET DENSITY COMBINATION, LASER INCIDENCE ANGLE ON TARGET, AND PREPLASMA LENGTH SCALE." The...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a two-year, $241,960 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support research into Magnetized High-Frequency Excited Plasmas for Rarefied Air Ionization in Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion. The University of Texas at Austin, as a sub-awardee of the University of Texas System, will conduct research to develop...
The Department of Energy awarded a $842,101 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin through the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to support scientific infrastructure at the university. The three-year award, which runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, will fund maintenance and upgrades to research laboratories and equipment used to resolve technical challenges in nuclear energy development. As the prime awardee, the University of...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $360,946 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research titled "HIGH-SPEED, SINGLE-SHOT SPECTROSCOPY FOR AIR-BREATHING ELECTRIC PROPULSION." The award period is from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. The grant will fund the development of high-speed, single-shot spectroscopy techniques to characterize the...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $561,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on November 15, 2021 to complete the project by September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the university will conduct research to modulate metalloprotein activities through fine-tuning reduction...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $396,605 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will fund the procurement of equipment to support research that enhances the resilience and cyber-physical security of military microgrids. The project aims to deliver technological innovations that strengthen the security and...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121), will support the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) in sharing its nuclear research reactor resources and capabilities with other educational institutions. The $200,000 award, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, aims to: 1) strengthen nuclear science and engineering instruction at...