The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $130,132 Cooperative Agreement to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (The) to conduct basic scientific research under the DoD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). This program supports foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security. The research project, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will focus on advancing fundamental knowledge in areas such as...
This $190,000 Project Grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) will support fundamental physics and applications research on atomic cooperative arrays in bio-inspired geometries at President and Fellows of Harvard College. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to national defense, such as quantum science, materials engineering, and artificial...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is supporting research at Harvard University to develop a new quantum platform based on ultracold molecules. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in quantum computing, which is a critical area for national defense. This award is part of the Air Force's broader efforts to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise...
This $999,982 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory on August 1, 2023 is for the "RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NOVEL ELECTRON QUBITS" project. It is funded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. The awardee, President and Fellows of Harvard College, operating as Harvard University, is a private...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $177,324 Project Grant to President And Fellows Of Harvard College under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant funds the development of equipment for a molecular quantum simulator to support research goals under the Defense Research Sciences Program. This program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through basic research in scientific areas relevant to its needs. The...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on June 1, 2025, funds research on "Quantum Computing -- Analog Quantum Learning Architectures for Scaling Quantum Metrology, Control and NISQ Applications." This fundamental and applied research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1,100,000.00 Project Grant to President And Fellows Of Harvard College (Harvard University) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on July 15, 2023, will fund the development of a "Variable Temperature Optical Scan-Probe Platform for Research on Emergent Quantum Condensed Matter Systems" through July 14, 2024. As a leading research university, Harvard has a...
The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $300,000.00 Project Grant to the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, with a performance period from September 30, 2024, to September 27, 2027, will support the institute's foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security. This includes areas such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, materials science,...
This $320,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) will support research by President and Fellows of Harvard College to advance high temperature superconductor twistronics. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force in areas critical to national defense capabilities. The award has a performance period from November 1, 2024 to...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $354,363 Project Grant to President and Fellows of Harvard College under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research and development in the scientific area of physics at Harvard University from March 2021 through February 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific fields relevant to Air Force needs and...