This $259,289 Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) project grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will fund the University of Washington to develop a testbed for large-scale non-volatile programmable photonics. The award, with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, supports fundamental and applied research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force in areas critical to national defense capabilities. This...
The George Washington University received a $475,000 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 award will support research and engineering in the field of optoelectronics and photonics from September 30, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $127,624 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on March 1, 2024. The grant supports a 3-year research project titled "LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION IN THE INTERPOLATION REGIME: THEORY AND ALGORITHMS" that aims to maintain technological superiority in areas relevant to Air Force needs. As a leading research university, the University of Washington has a strong track...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $101,520.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports research into "NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR PLASMA FLOWS" to be conducted by the University of Washington over the period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. As a leading research institution, the University of Washington leverages its extensive capabilities...
This Project Grant award of $4,377,753.00 from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory was made to the University of Washington on July 1, 2023 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant aims to support research to unveil and control quantum point defects in oxides. As a subgrantee, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) will contribute to the research objectives. The University of Washington has a demonstrated track...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $298,160 Project Grant to Northwestern University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, will fund the development of a "Broadband, Variable Repetition Rate Ultrafast Laser to Differentiate Nonthermal Reaction Pathways in Model Plasmonic Photocatalysts." This research aims to advance scientific understanding in areas critical to...
The University of Georgia received a $340,815 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) to conduct research on ultrafast pump-probe nanoscopy for nanoscale materials used in high-speed electronics. The grant period runs from February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $187,976.00 and issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory, supports research on the characterization of chiro-optic and dynamical responses of bespoke semiconducting materials for spin transport and long-wavelength information transmission. The award is funded through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific...
The Australian National University received a $150,000 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 will fund research to develop novel high quality germanium and gallium phosphide alloys for mid-infrared photodetectors from June 10, 2022 to June 9, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific...
The University of Southern California received a $159,700 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) to conduct measurement of indistinguishability of single photons emitted from on-chip integrable highly spectrally uniform novel semiconductor quantum dots in spatially-ordered arrays. The grant period runs from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research...