The University of Minnesota was awarded a $109,000 Project Grant 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 project "UNIQUE CAPABILITY FOR SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DEFECT-MANAGED OXIDE FILMS AND NANOSTRUCTURES" from February 15, 2023 through February 14, 2024. The project will utilize the University's capabilities for synthesizing and analyzing...
The University of Minnesota was awarded a $202,890 Project Grant 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 development of a synthesis and characterization system for magnetic nanowire arrays from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. As the stated goal of the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program is to maintain Air Force technological superiority through scientific...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), for the project "UNLOCKING POLARITON CHEMISTRY WITH SYSTEMATIC MOLECULAR AND PHOTONIC DESIGN". This 3-year grant (9/1/2023 - 8/31/2026) will fund scientific research to maintain technological superiority in areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological...
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 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 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...
This federal Project Grant award of $149,977 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, a prominent land-grant research institution, to develop an integrated technology platform with photoelectrical and electromagnetic (EM) stimulator arrays and a tunable frequency, contactless quantum spintronic sensor array for...
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...
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 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...