The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Reno, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The funding supports a three-year research effort focused on "Cluster-Based Estimation and Control of Turbulent Aeroelastic Flows." As the prime awardee, the University of Nevada, Reno will conduct this fundamental research related to...
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas received a three-year, $452,184 Project Grant from the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund research into synthesizing high-energy density materials called supernitrides via extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. The goal is to develop a new generation of materials with applications for the Air Force. As the designated awardee, the University of...
The Department of Defense awarded a $548,100 Project Grant under the "Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering" program (CFDA 12.630) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The award, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2025, will support UNLV's research and development efforts across various scientific and technological domains that contribute...
The University of New Mexico received a $360,150 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research into photon processes, channel dynamics, instabilities, and nonequilibrium surface plasmas under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant period runs from March 15, 2023 through March 14, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program, identified by CFDA #12.800, aims to maintain Air Force technological...
The University of New Mexico received a $284,492 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of physics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). Through this award, the University will conduct basic and applied research in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, with the goal of maintaining U.S. technological superiority and preventing technological surprise from...
This federal Project Grant award of $400,000.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award is titled "WEIGHTING THE INSTRUMENTS OF POWER AND INFLUENCE" and will be performed by the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2025. The project seeks to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by conducting fundamental and...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $232,320 Project Grant 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 "NANOSCOPIC INFRARED IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY OF MATERIALS AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES" research to be conducted from August 2, 2023 to July 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific...
The University of California, San Diego received a $308,511 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support imaging-based analyses of subcellular neuronal energy metabolism, network activity, and synaptic function from March 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022. This award was made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which supports research to maintain Air Force technological superiority and prevent technological...
The University of California, Los Angeles received a $219,991 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) on March 15, 2022. The grant funding will support the fabrication of brain-inspired networks for multifunctional intelligent systems. Specifically, the university will develop artificial neural networks modeled after biological brain circuits to enable new capabilities for...
The University of California, Los Angeles received a $282,347 Project Grant award from the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory on August 1, 2021 to complete work by April 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the fabrication of brain-inspired networks for multifunctional intelligent systems. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority and prevent...