The U.S. Air Force awarded a $135,000 Project Grant to New York University (NYU) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop "bioinspired soft robots based on organic crystals for operation at extreme conditions". The grant period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $120,422.00, was issued on September 30, 2024 by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, with a focus on preventing technological surprise and creating strategic technological advantages.
The specific objective of this grant is basic research...
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 Research Laboratory awarded a $190,461 Project Grant to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "Adaptive, Intelligent Digital Twins to Enable In-Space Service, Assembly, and Manufacturing," will support fundamental and applied research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The project will focus on developing innovative technologies in...
The federal Project Grant award, with an ID of FA95502510044, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The $183,846 award, granted on January 15, 2025, is for a project titled "SYSTEM TO CHARACTERIZE DAMAGE TOLERANCE OF COMPOSITES WITH DATA-RICH IN-SITU NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION AND DIGITAL TWINNING". The primary awardee is the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), a Hispanic Serving Institution and...
This $975,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) with a performance period from July 15, 2023 to July 14, 2026. The grant was awarded to the University of Texas at Austin, a major research institution that has extensive experience supporting federal agencies through contracts and grants.
The purpose of this award is to support research and development towards...
This $219,999.00 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research to develop humidity, electric field, and thermo-responsive soft actuators from chitosan and multinetwork composite architectures. The award period runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2028, and is being performed by the University of Houston System, a Hispanic Serving Institution in Houston, Texas. This...
The Department of the Air Force's Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) awarded a $155,000.00 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on September 30, 2024. The grant supports new research into electronic topologies in organic electronic materials, with a performance period running through September 30, 2028. MIT, a world-class private research university, frequently partners with the U.S. federal government to conduct cutting-edge research across...
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 $147,970 Project Grant to Trustees of Boston University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, effective June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027, supports research to investigate coupled thermal, mechanical, and electrical phenomena in high-temperature materials using thermal wave sensors. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific...