This $150,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports the University of Illinois in conducting research on compact solid state pulsed power conversion. The project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding and capabilities in areas critical to national defense, such as quantum computing, materials science, and aerospace systems. The 3-year period of performance...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $149,939 Cooperative Agreement to Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, running from September 2024 to September 2027, is for the development of novel ultra-short pulse laser techniques for near-infrared optics research. Heriot-Watt University, a specialist research university with expertise in advanced scientific and engineering research, will conduct this work to support...
This Project Grant award of $116,497.00 was issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports R&D on human-autonomous system interaction and collaboration (HASIC) at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. The project aims to maintain technological superiority and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific...
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 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 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $217,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Oxford. The grant, titled "DEMONSTRATING PLASMA-MODULATED PLASMA ACCELERATORS (DEMONSTRATING P-MOPA)", will fund research on plasma accelerator technologies from September 15, 2024 through September 14, 2027. The University of Oxford, a prestigious non-profit research institution in the United...
This $105,857 Project Grant was awarded on June 15, 2024 by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), a German academic institution, with a performance period through June 14, 2027. The project focuses on R&D in the area of mathematics, with a goal of maintaining technological...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $156,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Universite De Montpellier in France. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports fundamental and applied research in directed energy technology. The goal of the program is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by preventing technological surprise and creating strategic advantages...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF, has been awarded a $284,313 Project Grant by the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant is for the project titled "HIGH POWER PWIR USP INTERACTION STUDIES" with a period of performance from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds fundamental research across a range...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $151,580 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Colorado-Denver for the project "ADVANCES IN CIRCUIT AUGMENTATION". The grant has a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. The University of Colorado-Denver, a major public research university, is the prime awardee. It has issued a $146,771 sub-award to the University of Michigan for further research under this grant. The overall...