The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $108,855 Project Grant to Space Science And Technologies Jose Nilo Castellon EIRL located in Chile. The grant will fund the CONVOLVED SPECTRA FOR GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES CHARACTERIZATION project from November 2021 through November 2023. Under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), the grantee will analyze convoluted spectra to characterize geosynchronous satellites. The program aims to...
This federal Project Grant award of $112,185.00 was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Chicago. The award will support a 3-year research project from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027 focused on "Studies of Dynamic Material Interfaces in Extreme Environments". The University of Chicago, a renowned private research institution, will leverage its expertise in materials science,...
The Universidad Industrial De Santander UIS was awarded a $287,719.68 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force to develop infrared color-coded aperture optimization technologies for object tracking and spectral classification between September 15, 2021 and September 14, 2023. The award is being administered under the Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through foundational research in areas relevant...
The University of Colorado received a $229,815 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The funding supports the development of a time-resolved velocity measurement system for studying gusts under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research relevant to Air...
The University of Rochester received a $217,870 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "Structured Illumination for Superresolved Remote Sensing". The project will run from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding and capabilities in areas critical to...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $210,000 project grant to the Instituto De Ciencias Nucleares at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México. The grant period runs from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023 to support research titled "Optical Analogs of Hawking Radiation in the Quantum Regime." This award is being made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The purpose of this program is to conduct basic and...
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...
This $197,498 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will establish a distributed network of meteor radars and optical instruments in the mid-latitudes of South America. The goal is to provide continuous measurements of upper atmospheric winds and nighttime wave perturbations in the mesosphere and thermosphere. This network will enable multi-point observations to resolve detailed 4-dimensional structures of small-scale waves, which are...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $198,322 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on July 16, 2021 for completion by July 15, 2023. The grant funding will support basic research to improve global magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the interaction of the solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere. Dr. Mostafa El-Alaoui of the Catholic University of America will receive a sub-award to conduct global MHD...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $310,482 Project Grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop an innovative ultrafast laser system for scanning photoionization imaging microscopy. The objective is to maintain technological superiority in areas relevant to Air Force needs, prevent technological surprise, and foster a strong research infrastructure. The University of Colorado will conduct fundamental research...