This $127,010 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports the development of smart multifunctional composite metamaterials with tailored and tunable mechanical properties. The grant recipient, KOC Universitesi, a Turkish non-profit educational institution, will conduct advanced research and development in materials science, chemistry, and metamaterials over the three-year performance period from September 2024 to...
This federal Project Grant award of $300,000.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Boise State University. The grant supports fundamental research to understand lateral field emitters as an electron source in microwave vacuum electron devices. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in areas such as materials science...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Instituto De Fisica De SAO Carlos, a foreign government educational institution and state-controlled institution of higher learning based in Brazil. The award supports research on femtosecond laser processing of diamond and L-threonine organic crystal for photonic applications. Key objectives include maintaining technological superiority in areas relevant to Air...
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 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $126,479 Project Grant to Syracuse University on June 5, 2025 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports the development of sub-terahertz tunable, high-speed, and ultra-narrowband atomic resonance filters with color centers in 2D materials. This fundamental and applied research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by preventing technological surprise and...
The federal Project Grant award of $189,500.00 was granted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the National University Corporation Kyushu Institute Of Technology in Japan. 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 Testbed." The research aims to...
This Project Grant award, valued at $112,185.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports a research project titled "STUDIES OF DYNAMIC MATERIAL INTERFACES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS - RENEWAL" at the University of Chicago, a renowned private research university. The funding will support fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the...
The federal Block Grant award in the amount of $139,475.00 was provided by the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Hacettepe Universitesi, an educational institution in Turkey. The award is for the production and characterization of NiTi shape memory alloy produced by wire-fed direct energy deposition, with a period of performance from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028. The primary objective of this research is to maintain technological superiority...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $375,000.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, with a focus on enabling research in future neuromorphic computing, quantum science, and nanoscale electron optics. The award was granted to the University of California,...
This federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Cornell University. The funding supports a 3-year research project titled "Targeted Interventions and Higher-Order Interactions in Complex Networks" starting on May 1, 2024. The project aims to advance fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space...