This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $160,000.00 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to support the development of an "Ultra-Compact X-Ray Free-Electron Laser for Ptychographic Tomography-Based Inspection". The goal of this one-year research project is to advance scientific discoveries and technological capabilities that can address critical U.S. energy, economic, and...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $875,001.00 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for the project "ATOMISTIC INFORMATION THEORY OF MATERIALS SYNTHESIS AND FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPES." The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026. The funding supports UCLA's research on advanced materials synthesis and free energy landscape modeling, with the goal of advancing...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $610,000.00 was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on September 15, 2024. The award supports the research project "PROBING THE CHARGE TRANSFER AND ENERGY TRANSDUCTION IN QUANTUM DOT/MICROBE BIOHYBRIDS" which aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas such as quantum information...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $875,000.00 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to improve the calibration of xenon-based dark matter and neutrino experiments by simultaneously measuring different types of electron recoils. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to advance the scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas...
This $774,074.20 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Department of Defense Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in conducting precision laser spectroscopy research on the thorium nuclear isomer transition. This foundational research effort aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as quantum...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $920,000 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049 - Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to conduct fundamental high energy physics research. The award period is from July 1, 2024 to April 30, 2026. As the prime awardee, UC Berkeley will leverage its extensive research capabilities across disciplines like quantum computing, materials science, and advanced electronics to deliver...
This federal Project Grant award for $450,000.00, provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the "MULTI-PHYSICS OPTIMIZATION OF AMPLIFIER HEADS FOR NEXT-GENERATION HIGH-AVERAGE-POWER LASERS" research project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The project aims to advance high-average-power laser technologies through innovative scientific research and development. As a leading public research university,...
This $348,938 federal Project Grant award to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on "HIGH ENERGY PULSED LASER AMPLIFICATION USING OPTICAL ENHANCEMENT CAVITIES". The award period runs from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025. The funding will enable Caltech, a leading private research university, to conduct advanced scientific research and engineering to...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan for a 2-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The grant will fund research to optimize high-energy electron acceleration and investigate secondary radiation, such as beamed synchrotron X-rays, generated by the laser-accelerated electrons. A sub-award of an unspecified amount was made to the University of...
The federal Project Grant award with ID DENA0004199, provided by the National Nuclear Security Administration (a civilian agency within the Department of Energy), will fund research at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to characterize magnetic field compression and magnetization effects in cylindrically imploded plasmas. The $600,000 award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The...