This Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, doing business as Imperial College London, will provide $150,588.00 in funding for the project "NEAR-LINEAR UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION AND TRACKING IN THE CISLUNAR REGIME." The award, effective September 15, 2024 through September 14, 2027, supports fundamental and applied scientific research in areas critical to national defense...
The University of Nottingham received a $150,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct scientific research on compact solid state pulsed power conversion. The award period runs from July 15, 2025 to July 14, 2028. Through this grant, the university will perform fundamental and applied research to advance knowledge and technologies with potential defense applications, such as in areas like quantum computing, materials science, and aerospace...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $299,994 Project Grant to the University of Cambridge under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund research and development in the area of metallurgy and materials science from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research relevant to Air Force needs. This award...
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...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $116,497 Project Grant to Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award, effective September 1, 2024, supports fundamental and applied research on human-autonomous system interaction and collaboration, with a projected completion date of March 31, 2028. This grant is part of the Air Force's efforts to maintain technological superiority, prevent technological surprise, and advance...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $696,465.00 Cooperative Agreement to Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, doing business as Imperial College London, under CFDA 12.910 - Research and Technology Development. The award, dated June 20, 2024, supports the institution's research and development of transformative defense capabilities through innovative, high-risk, high-reward projects across scientific and technological domains. The award period runs...
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 $354,363 Project Grant to President and Fellows of Harvard College under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research and development in the scientific area of physics at Harvard University from March 2021 through February 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific fields relevant to Air Force needs and...
The University of Cambridge was awarded a $134,234 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on December 1, 2024. The grant will support the development of "Functional Probes for Psychiobiotic Monitoring" over a 3-year performance period ending on November 30, 2027. This research effort is focused on advancing fundamental scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to national defense, such as quantum computing,...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $311,615 Project Grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research titled "PREDICTION OF BASIC OPERATION OF ELECTRO-SPRAY THRUSTERS USING HIGH FIDELITY MODELING." The research aims to develop high-fidelity modeling capabilities to predict the basic operation of electrospray thrusters, maintaining Air Force technological superiority...