The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "Engineering the Multimodal and Multiscale Biophysics of Neural Networks for Neuromorphic Computing and Quantum Sensing." The research aims to advance scientific understanding and technological innovation in areas such as quantum computing, materials science, and artificial intelligence, with the goal of maintaining...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a two-year, $339,455 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). The grant will fund R&D activities from March 2021 through February 2023 aimed at maintaining Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its needs. As the prime awardee, the...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore has been awarded a $479,000.00 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award, effective March 14, 2025 through March 14, 2028, will support research aimed at "Measuring Dysautonomia for the Rapid Determination and Progression of TBI." As a leading academic health sciences institution, the university will leverage its expertise in medical research, clinical trials, and...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $299,285 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on February 15, 2024. The grant will fund a project titled "DURIP-24 INTENSIVE EEG RECORDINGS FOR DECODING OF IMAGINED SPEECH" with a planned completion date of February 14, 2025. The Air Force Research Laboratory is the funding agency for this award, which supports basic and applied research to maintain technological superiority in areas...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $249,905 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research titled "Imaging and Stimulating Neural Systems with Twisted Light" from February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2024. The grant is part of the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through scientific research relevant to its needs....
This $412,430.00 Project Grant was awarded on July 15, 2023 by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant funding will support the University of Maryland, College Park in elucidating the role of chemical composition in topological superconducting materials and devices. As a state-controlled institution of higher learning, the University of Maryland, College Park will conduct research...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $225,660 Project Grant by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, with a performance period from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026, will fund research on the use of femtosecond pulsed lasers for studying collective neural plasticity. This basic research effort aims to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award was granted by the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The $513,566 award was made on June 11, 2025 to the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) to support fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The university will conduct cutting-edge research across diverse scientific domains, including quantum...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $774,107 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on "NON-RECIPROCAL CIRCUIT-QED DEVICES USING SYNTHETIC BAND TOPOLOGY", with the ultimate completion date of September 29, 2027. As part of this project, the University of Maryland has issued a $709,071 sub-award to Trustees of Boston University to collaborate on...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "DESIGN AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC DEFECTS IN GROUP II-OXIDE MATERIALS". The award period runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The university has sub-awarded portions of the work to North Carolina State University, Pennsylvania State University, and the Massachusetts...