Project Grant FA23862414007

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $450,000 in funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The objective is to investigate the design of tunable tin (Sn) compositional germanium-tin (GeSn) based laser and mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) photodetector architectures that combine GeSn quantum-well (QW) or absorber layer lattice-matched to...

The Department of Defense awarded a $160,000 Project Grant under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct research on "QUATERNARY 2D BISMUTH OXYCHALCOGENIDES FOR ULTRASENSITIVE BROADBAND PHOTOTRANSISTORS". The research project, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2028, aims to advance fundamental knowledge in materials science and develop innovative broadband photodetector technologies with potential...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $402,134 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to support research and development of a novel class of semiconductor nanostructures called non-Hermitian topological photonic crystals. The key products and services to be delivered include: Designing, fabricating, and characterizing the optical properties and optoelectronic device applications of these photonic crystal slabs,...

This Project Grant award of $3,800,000 from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) aims to support the development of a SiGeSn semiconductor fabrication capability for room temperature electro-optic infrared (IR) sensors at the University of Arkansas. The key activities funded under this grant include: 1) Establishing a SiGeSn thin film growth capability at the Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratory,...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "CAREER: ALGAAS-ON-INSULATOR INTEGRATED QUANTUM PHOTONICS." The five-year award beginning April 15, 2021 will fund the development of integrated quantum photonic devices using aluminum gallium arsenide materials. The Engineering program aims to foster innovation in engineering research and education...

This $3,793,289 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 1, 2024 by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research to enable extreme bandgap electronics (EXBE) for defense applications. The prime awardee is North Carolina State University, which is collaborating with sub-awardees Georgia Tech Research Corp, University of New Mexico, and The Ohio State University on this effort. Key tasks include: Developing...

The federal Project Grant award for $159,400 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) is supporting research by Forschungsverbund Berlin E.V. (FVB), a non-profit research organization in Germany, on the development of next generation beta gallium oxide (Ga2O3) crystals, wafers, and epitaxy. The award has a performance period from September 2024 to September 2027 and aligns with the ONR's objective to stimulate innovative...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Aeluma, Inc. a $199,781 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop scalable and broad-spectrum photodetectors based on heterogeneous integration for visible and near-infrared applications. This 1-year grant, awarded in February 2024, supports Aeluma's research and development efforts in advanced semiconductor sensor and communications technologies at its facility in Goleta, California....

This $150,280 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of new plasmonic nanodevices for mid-infrared photodetection at Wayne State University from September 2022 through August 2025. Specifically, the university researchers will work to establish multiphoton-assisted tunneling in metal-insulator-metal structures as a new mechanism for mid-infrared detection. They will model, characterize and study the optical...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program awarded a $149,044 project grant to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to conduct research on developing a novel semiconductor material, (Si)GeSn, for infrared detection applications. This international collaborative effort, involving partners from Latvia and Ukraine, aims to advance the state-of-the-art in infrared technology by demonstrating new synthesis methods to fabricate high-quality (Si)GeSn thin films with...