The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $274,973 Project Grant to Wildtrack Inc. under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund research to bridge the gap between human and artificial intelligence by translating traditional ecological knowledge into machine learning models. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, prevent technological surprise, and advance scientific understanding in areas...
This $119,468 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding research by the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. The grant supports a study of "Space-Time Combined Coherence in Turbulent Atmospheres and Its Impact on Compensation Controls" over a 3-year period from June 2025 to May 2028. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific...
This Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $399,942 to Dartmouth College for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging research with phase retrieval and uncertainty quantification from August 15, 2022 to August 14, 2024. The Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through foundational research in areas relevant to its...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $2,991,764 Project Grant to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports research to improve space object detection and tracking capabilities through the "Space Domain Awareness in a Photon-Starved Environment (SDAPSE)" project. Key activities include developing hybrid optical telescope designs, evaluating...
The federal Project Grant award of $150,580.00 from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) will support research at the Universidad De Atacama in Chile. The research, titled "MOLECULAR RESPONSES TO HIGH ALTITUDE EXPOSURES AND PATHWAY MODULATION BY DIETARY INTERVENTIONS", aims to study molecular responses to high altitude environments and how dietary interventions can modulate those pathways. The award has a performance period from September 30, 2024 to...
This $607,698 federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports multiscale astrodynamical analysis research to improve space domain awareness (SDA) in the cislunar domain. The primary awardee is the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), which will conduct the research over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. UCSD has subcontracted $150,837 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Rhode Island. The grant, with a performance period from September 15, 2024 to September 14, 2027, will support research on a "Cumulant Generating Function Classifier for Radar" to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The university's expertise in areas such as engineering, oceanography, and...
The federal Project Grant award of $115,732.00 was granted on August 15, 2024 by the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Universidad De Antofagasta in Chile. The grant funds research on the "Role of Chemoreceptors as Microgravity Sensors: An Approach from Preclinical Model to Human Performance and Spaceflight". This research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in areas...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $114,740 Project Grant to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, which runs from August 19, 2024 to August 18, 2026, will fund research to uncover the effects of surging unsteady flows on the performance of wings. UNSW, a prominent Australian research institution, has a strong track record of executing federal research contracts and grants, particularly in advanced...
This federal Project Grant award of $143,000.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Fundacion Cientifica Y Cultural Biociencia, a non-profit research organization based in Chile. The award will fund a 2-year project titled "Genomic Exploration of Microbial Dark Matter in Antarctic Permafrost" starting on Aug 15, 2024 and ending on Aug 14, 2026. The project aims to conduct advanced scientific research...