The Old Dominion University was awarded a $303,077 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop an advanced scattering system for atmospheric-pressure pulsed plasma characterization. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) and will support work from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023. The goal of this project is to maintain Air Force technological superiority by preventing technological...
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 Dayton Research Institute was awarded a $1,178,511 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 X-ray crystallographic computed tomography for nondestructive characterization of aerospace materials from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific...
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 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 $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...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $112,543 Project Grant to the University of California Irvine under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on April 15, 2022. The grant will fund the acquisition of a circular dichroism spectrometer to support analysis of self-assembling bioinspired nanomaterials through April 14, 2023. As part of the Air Force's efforts to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its...
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 Australian National University received a $150,000 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 research to develop novel high quality germanium and gallium phosphide alloys for mid-infrared photodetectors from June 10, 2022 to June 9, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific...
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...