The University of Minnesota received a two-year, $434,563 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 the HYPERSONIC CONFIGURABLE UNIT BALLISTIC EXPERIMENT (HYCUBE) project, which aims to develop a compact hypersonic flight testing platform. The Defense Research Sciences Program supports research to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific...
The Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) in the amount of $248,278.01 supports research on the mechanics of hypersonic materials under hypersonic flight conditions. The award was made to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, a prominent land-grant research institution, with a performance period from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2028. This research aims to advance the scientific understanding...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Defense (CFDA 12.431 - Basic Scientific Research) provides $598,738.00 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct research on "Probing the Ablation of Hypersonic Vehicle Heat Shield Materials Using Pulsed Lasers and Advanced Spectroscopic Diagnostics." The 3-year project, starting on June 1, 2024 and ending on May 31, 2027, aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge in materials science and defense-related technologies...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota, through its Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, was awarded a $331,846 Project Grant by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command. The grant is funded under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), which supports basic research related to or having potential to improve Army programs or operations. Under this 1-year grant awarded on September 1, 2023, the University of Minnesota will...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $379,837.00 and awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, supports the development of novel models and methods for optimization problems with tree ensembles embedded. The award was granted to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, a non-profit 1862 land grant college, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas...
The University of Minnesota has been awarded a $599,761 project grant by the Department of Defense under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, awarded on June 1, 2024, supports the university's research to evaluate and fingerprint the performance of spintronic materials using a single spin sensor, with a project completion date of May 31, 2027. This work aligns with the program's objectives to advance fundamental knowledge and develop capabilities with potential...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a three-year, $598,982 Project Grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to support research collaboration on near-field analysis of extended electronic wavefunctions in two-dimensional nanostructures. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2022 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), which aims to fund basic research related to improving Army programs and operations. Through this funding, the University of...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) supports a Hypersonic Mach 10 Standing Oblique Detonation Flight Experiment for DoD hypersonic propulsion research. The grant, awarded to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research, will fund a multi-year research effort to develop and test an experimental hypersonic vehicle capable of...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota totaling $250,000. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, supports an assessment of quantum computing to improve or bypass density functional theory. The University of Minnesota will serve as the prime awardee on this 3-year project, with the Regents of the University of Michigan receiving...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service to support ultra-high speed imaging and laser diagnostics for hypersonics research from May 2021 to May 2022. The grant was awarded under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), which aims to support basic, applied, or advanced research with good long-term potential to contribute technologies...