The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded $322,026 to Carnegie Mellon University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) Project Grant to support the "LABORATORY DIFFRACTION CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY FOR 3D MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION" effort from February 15, 2022 to February 14, 2023. The grant aims to fund the development of laboratory diffraction contrast tomography for 3D microstructure characterization, in line with the...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $148,819 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on "Secure and Efficient Federated Learning in the Foundation Model Era" with a performance period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. Carnegie Mellon University, a prestigious private research university, will leverage its expertise in cutting-edge...
This $104,811 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Carnegie Mellon University. The award supports research aimed at "Harvesting Preconditioning for Scalable High-Resolution Signal and Image Reconstruction". This work will involve developing advanced computational algorithms and hardware to enable more scalable and efficient processing of high-resolution signals and images,...
This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $330,000.00 from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2029 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania) to investigate biological strategies for solving challenges related to chemical doping gradients, 3D architecture, and porosity reduction in ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). The research...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $388,390 Project Grant to the University of California Irvine under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant funds the development of a Multimodal High-Speed Atomic Force Microscope System to support research activities under the program. The Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through scientific research relevant to its needs. The...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $187,976 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Duke University. The grant, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2026, will fund research to characterize the chiro-optic and dynamical responses of bespoke semiconducting materials for spin transport and long-wavelength information transmission. This work aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S....
The University of Pittsburgh was awarded a $481,695 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 support development of a cryogenic platform and controls for quantum state routers and reservoir computation from March 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, a $237,636 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports the acquisition of a dedicated electron microscopy system for materials characterization and analysis in the areas of quantum, hypersonic, infrared, and mechanical materials research. The funding will enable Penn State to enhance its...
The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $123,975 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to acquire an atomic force microscope for dynamic topographical and mechanical characterization of biomaterials. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on March 1, 2022 for a one-year period concluding on February 28, 2023. The program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific...
This Project Grant award, valued at $112,185.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports a research project titled "STUDIES OF DYNAMIC MATERIAL INTERFACES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS - RENEWAL" at the University of Chicago, a renowned private research university. The funding will support fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the...