The U.S. Air Force awarded a $147,539 project grant to Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, doing business as Imperial College London, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports the "Stochastic Parameterisation of Plasma Dynamics (SPPD)" research project, which aims to advance scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense capabilities. The project commenced on April 1, 2025 and is scheduled for...
The University of Oxford received a $143,000 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force to support research and development activities in the area of aeronautical science and engineering. Funded through the Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), this two-year award will support R&D projects conducted at the University's facilities in the United Kingdom through June 2024. The Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological...
The University of Durham was awarded a $119,468 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports a study of "space-time combined coherence in turbulent atmospheres and its impact on compensation controls" with a performance period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in areas...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $195,304.00 and effective from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports research at The Leland Stanford Junior University to study "QUADRUPOLE ORDER AND DYNAMICS IN QUANTUM MATERIALS: NEW INSIGHTS TO ELECTRONIC NEMATICITY". The goal of this research is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air...
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 University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), administered by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, will fund research to investigate the fusion of model-based and data-driven methods for uncertainty quantification in cislunar space domain awareness. The grant will support fundamental studies in fields like engineering, physics, and computer science,...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $149,949 project grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on identifying spacecraft transport pathways in cislunar space. The project, titled "(YIP) DATA-DRIVEN IDENTIFICATION OF SPACECRAFT TRANSPORT PATHWAYS IN CISLUNAR SPACE", is scheduled to run from July 15, 2024 to July 14, 2027. As a prominent research university, the University of Colorado has a...
This $144,740 federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research on nonlinear fluid-structure interaction for agile stratospheric flying platforms at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to national defense, with a focus on developing innovative solutions for stratospheric...
This Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $116,497.00 to Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom to conduct R&D on human-autonomous system interaction and collaboration (HASIC). The performance period runs from September 1, 2024 to March 31, 2028. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York received a $180,138 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the development of a helium reliquefier for quantum materials research from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant...