This federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to develop functional soft materials for light-activated 3D-printing. The project aims to advance scientific understanding and create strategic advantages in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as materials science and aerospace systems. The research will be conducted at the Hebrew University...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,031,522.00 project grant to the University of Illinois under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop an additive manufacturing system for advanced continuous fiber composite structures. The award, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, will enable the University to conduct research and deliver prototypes related to this technology. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program supports basic...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $232,713 Project Grant to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) on May 1, 2024 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). This grant supports the research project "NANOCOMPOSITES LEVERAGING DESIGNER CERAMIC MATRICES WITH TAILORED INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR-SCALE CONFINED PHASES" to be performed at Stanford University. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds a range of basic and applied...
This Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding 4D printing research on soft robotics and thermal-to-electric actuation at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The award period is from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027. The university has extensive experience conducting specialized scientific research for U.S. federal agencies across multiple disciplines, including prior grant awards from the Air Force, National...
This $150,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research by Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel on the electromechanical behavior of ionic gels for physical intelligence applications. The research aims to advance fundamental scientific understanding in this domain, with the goal of enabling new capabilities for national defense. The grant performance period is from March 15, 2025 to March 14, 2027. Ben Gurion...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding of $187,976, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research to characterize the chiro-optic and dynamical responses of bespoke semiconducting materials for spin transport and long-wavelength information transmission. This research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by preventing technological surprise and...
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...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan of Sweden under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The two-year award, made on June 1, 2023 and concluding on May 31, 2025, will support research and development in the area of chemical science and engineering. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research relevant to Air Force needs. This award...
This $150,000 federal Project Grant was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund basic research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on optical non-linearity and exciton studies in novel 2D Janus transition metal dichalcogenide and (moire) heterostructures. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Fundacion Centro De Alta Tecnologia (Funcenat), a Costa Rican non-profit research organization. The grant supports the development of tunable plasmonic nanopatterns using aluminum anodization with integrated nanofluidics, focusing on surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) of magnetosensitive biomolecules and simulant molecules. This research aims to advance scientific...