The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $310,482 Project Grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop an innovative ultrafast laser system for scanning photoionization imaging microscopy. The objective is to maintain technological superiority in areas relevant to Air Force needs, prevent technological surprise, and foster a strong research infrastructure. The University of Colorado will conduct fundamental research...
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...
The University of California, Los Angeles will receive $450,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research titled "MASS AND CHARGE EVOLUTION IN ELECTROSPRAY PLUMES FOR HIGH DELTA-V THRUSTERS." The research is funded through the Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA #12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its needs....
The University of Colorado received a $229,815 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The funding supports the development of a time-resolved velocity measurement system for studying gusts under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research relevant to Air...
The Regents of the University of Colorado, through its Office of Contracts and Grants division, received a $250,000 project grant award from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2028, will fund research on "Mechanical Quantum Transduction and Sensing in the Presence of Thermal Gradients." The University of Colorado, as a leading public research...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $112,951 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on coherent structure assessment in high-speed crossflow jets. Specifically, the University of Puerto Rico will conduct numerical simulations and data analysis to complete two test cases by the end of year one involving turbulence precursor simulations for crossflow...
The University of Colorado received a $421,960 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 supports the Space Weather Forecasting Testbed for Machine Learning Research and Education project. The Testbed will develop and apply machine learning techniques to improve space weather forecasting models and tools. It will also provide hands-on research and training...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $287,702 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The Regents of the University of Colorado for the project "QUANTUM SENSING AND SIMULATIONS WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL ION CRYSTALS IN A PENNING TRAP". The grant, with a performance period from February 15, 2025 to February 14, 2030, will support fundamental and applied research to maintain technological superiority in...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $131,820.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding will support the development of Erbium Fiber Lasers for Frequency Comb Metrology research at the University of Colorado from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025. This fundamental research project aims to advance scientific knowledge and capabilities in areas relevant to Air Force needs, such as...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $574,000 Project Grant to the University of Connecticut under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a high-performance computational platform for multi-physics modeling of advanced propulsion and energy systems from April 2022 to April 2024. The grant funding will support the University of Connecticut in establishing computational capabilities to model complex physical interactions...