The Old Dominion University was awarded a $172,000 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support the acquisition and operation of a single-crystal diffractometer. The diffractometer will be used to conduct structural analysis of photocatalysts for hydrogen production and organic multicomponent ferroelectric crystals. This award is being made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force...
Old Dominion University received a $558,200 Project Grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense on May 15, 2023 to complete work by May 14, 2027. The grant falls under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), which supports research with potential to contribute to Department of Defense technology. Specifically, the university will conduct research on "Non-Local Electron Kinetic Fluid Models for Development of Predictive Tools...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded Old Dominion University a $800,000 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The four-year award will support research from June 2023 to May 2027 to be conducted in Norfolk, Virginia. The grant funds basic, applied, and advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences with potential to contribute technologies for Department of Defense...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports the development of "Tow-Steered Thin-Ply Deployable Thermoplastic Composite Booms for SmallSat Antenna Application" over a 3-year period from January 2025 to January 2028. This research aims to advance technological capabilities relevant to Air Force and Space Force...
The University of Oklahoma received a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to enhance the atomic and mesoscale understanding of microstructure-property relationships in advanced materials. The award, made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), will support research services focusing on maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. Specifically, the one-year...
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will receive $133,853 in funding from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under a Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support research from May 2021 to April 2024 to tailor partially coherent orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams for atmospheric propagation. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Cornell University. The grant funds research to develop new diagnostics for exploring extreme conditions, including laser propagation through plasmas and power flow at electrodes. This work aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The research will be conducted at...
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 Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $119,775 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on July 1, 2025. The grant supports the development of "Two Layered Reduced Order Modeling for Multiscale Kinetic Transport" research, which aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force through fundamental and applied scientific research. The project will be conducted at...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $118,990 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, supports "Two-Layered Reduced Order Modeling for Multiscale Kinetic Transport Problems in Rarefied Gas Dynamics and Plasma Physics" research. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds fundamental and applied...