The University of Chicago will optimize qubit performance in diamond with strain engineering under a three-year, $664,203 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The grant is part of the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through basic and applied scientific research relevant to its needs. Under the award beginning September 15, 2022, the University will conduct...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force, through its Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded a $313,124 project grant to Northeastern University to conduct research on "PROBING SPIN-DEPENDENT ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN BIOMOLECULES." This 3-year grant, running from August 15, 2025 to August 14, 2028, aims to advance scientific understanding and technological superiority in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as quantum computing, materials...
The federal Project Grant award of $298,160 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Northwestern University. The funding supports the development of a "Broadband, Variable Repetition Rate Ultrafast Laser to Differentiate Nonthermal Reaction Pathways in Model Plasmonic Photocatalysts". This research aims to advance fundamental scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to...
This $287,702 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research on quantum sensing and simulations with three-dimensional ion crystals in a Penning trap at the University of Colorado. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding and capabilities in quantum technologies, a key area for national defense. This 5-year grant, awarded on...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota totaling $250,000. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, supports an assessment of quantum computing to improve or bypass density functional theory. The University of Minnesota will serve as the prime awardee on this 3-year project, with the Regents of the University of Michigan receiving...
This $465,614 Project Grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) funds research by Northwestern University to develop a "DIGITAL, MULTISCALE, ADAPTIVE ASSEMBLY PLATFORM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIAL SYSTEMS". The research aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to national defense, such as quantum technologies and precision measurement. The grant, with a...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), is funding research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to enhance the understanding and capabilities of charge and spin transport in stereoregular non-conjugated radical polymers. The research aims to advance scientific knowledge and technological superiority in areas critical to national defense, including quantum...
This federal Project Grant award of $265,632.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is supporting research by the University of Chicago on "Exploring Quantum Thermalization with Ultracold, Ultrapolar Molecules". The award runs from September 30, 2025 to September 29, 2028. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in quantum...
This Project Grant award, valued at $199,999.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Cornell University. The award supports fundamental and applied scientific research in quantum computing, with the goal of advancing capabilities in this critical technology area for national defense. The funded research, titled "Quantum Programs for Simulating Open Systems", aims to develop novel quantum simulation...
The University of Chicago received a $568,770 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated February 1, 2023 with a completion date of January 31, 2024. The award is provided through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the "IQCAAP - INDIVIDUAL QUBIT CONTROL FOR ATOM ARRAY PROCESSORS" project. The grant will fund research at the University of Chicago to develop techniques for individual qubit...