The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $101,626 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Tamagawa University, a foreign-owned non-profit organization located in Japan. The grant supports research on large language model (LLM)-based game agents in competitive environments. The research aims to develop advanced AI game agents that can compete effectively in complex, dynamic environments. Tamagawa...
The National University Corporation Kyushu Institute of Technology was awarded a $189,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award, with a performance period from September 12, 2024 to September 11, 2026, will fund a "Fundamental Study on Feasibility of International Programmable Data Plane Networks Using the Trans-Pacific" research project. This basic research effort aims to maintain...
This federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was issued by the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on August 15, 2024. The grant supports research conducted by Kindai University, a private educational institution in Japan, on the persistent evolution of molecules using evolutionary multi-objective optimization with machine learning techniques. The research aims to create fundamental scientific knowledge and foster collaborative innovations between academic...
The U.S. Air Force, through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded a $175,720 project grant to Universita' Del Salento in Italy. The grant funding will support fundamental and applied scientific research in the area of aeronautics over a 3-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The research aims to maintain technological superiority, prevent technological surprise, and advance scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $156,000 Project Grant to the Universite De Montpellier in France under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research across diverse disciplines relevant to national defense capabilities, including quantum computing, materials science, and aerospace systems. The 3-year project period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The research funded through this award aims to maintain...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $180,000 Project Grant to the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, a non-profit educational institution, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports R&D, science, and engineering activities in the area of electrical engineering over a 2-year period from Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2025. The project aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, prevent technological...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports the "DEVELOPMENT OF AI-BASED MATERIAL DESIGN SYSTEM TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION IN ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS FOR NEXT" at Kindai University in Japan. The research aims to create an AI-based system to expedite the design and development of innovative organic semiconductor materials, which are critical for next-generation electronic...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $188,953 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, effective September 18, 2023 through September 16, 2024, funds research to optimize neurosymbolic AI/ML models for latency, accuracy, and robustness on resource-constrained edge computing platforms. As the prime awardee, UCLA will leverage its research facilities,...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $100,000 project grant to Universitat Bern in Switzerland under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund research and development in the scientific area of astronautics from September 15, 2022 through September 14, 2025. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise to the United...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Cornell University a $826,225 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to extend the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for scientific discovery. The funding will support fundamental research across a range of disciplines relevant to Air Force needs, including engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science, and computer science. Cornell University has extensive experience conducting contracted research...