The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop "NEW BIOIMAGING TOOLS TO CHARACTERIZE LIGNIN BREAKDOWN IN ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENTS". This award, made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will support fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through the development of novel bioimaging tools. The...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $320,146 Project Grant from the U.S. Army under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on February 1, 2024. Through this funding, UCSB will conduct fundamental and unclassified research across diverse scientific areas, including quantum computing, photonics, materials science, biotechnology, climate research, and defense-related basic research. As a leading research university, UCSB has extensive expertise in these...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The award period is from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027 to support fundamental research in fields that have the potential to contribute technologies for Department of Defense missions. As an educational institution and research organization, UCSB will...
The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will fund fundamental and unclassified research on probing driven quantum gases and enhancing professional development pathways at a minority serving institution over a 4-year period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. As a public research university and...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $563,319.06 Project Grant on January 1, 2025 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of California, Santa Barbara. The grant supports fundamental scientific research to leverage macrocyclic chelators for rare earth element separations, which aligns with the program's focus on advancing U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through scientific discovery and technological...
The University of California, Santa Barbara was awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The award, effective March 10, 2025 with a completion date of July 8, 2026, supports the "PLANAR BRIDGE: CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY AND RETRIEVAL OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INTERNET INFORMATION" project. As a Hispanic-Serving and Land Grant institution, UCSB will leverage its expertise in quantum...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports fundamental and applied research at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) from December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2029. The research aims to advance the understanding of high energy electron dispersion, physics, and related technologies that have potential applications for naval operations and national...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $180,808 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on June 15, 2025, supports fundamental and applied research on "Generalized Stochastic Hybrid Systems and their Interconnections" with a completion date of June 14, 2028. As a prominent public research university and Hispanic-Serving Institution, UCSB will leverage...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) received a $414,754 federal Block Grant award from the Department of the Army through the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2025, supports UCSB's fundamental and unclassified research across scientific disciplines such as quantum computing, photonics, materials science, and biotechnology. The Basic Scientific Research program funds a broad range of basic and applied...
The University of California, Santa Barbara was awarded a $700,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431). The award will support sustainable photobiocatalytic synthesis of functional materials research over a 4-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The research aims to expand fundamental scientific knowledge and technological...