This $210,000 Project Grant, awarded on September 5, 2024 by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in conducting research on "FIBER-COUPLED ON-CHIP THZ SPECTROSCOPY OF VAN DER WAALS MATERIALS". The research aims to develop advanced measurement tools and conduct scientific investigations in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as quantum...
The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $315,422 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a plug-and-play quantum photonic computing testbed. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The testbed will allow the Air Force to evaluate quantum photonic...
The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will fund fundamental and unclassified research on probing driven quantum gases and enhancing professional development pathways at a minority serving institution over a 4-year period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. As a public research university and...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1,156,883 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The grant provides funding from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 to conduct a direct test of the quantum statistics theorem using well-separated indistinguishable particles. UC Berkeley, as the prime awardee, will perform...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $320,146 Project Grant from the U.S. Army under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on February 1, 2024. Through this funding, UCSB will conduct fundamental and unclassified research across diverse scientific areas, including quantum computing, photonics, materials science, biotechnology, climate research, and defense-related basic research. As a leading research university, UCSB has extensive expertise in these...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $378,828 project grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of California, Berkeley. The grant, titled "DRIVEN-DISSIPATIVE QUANTUM SYSTEMS UNDER A MICROSCOPE," is for a 5-year period from September 30, 2024, to September 29, 2029. The project aims to conduct fundamental and applied scientific research in the area of quantum computing, with a focus on...
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, received a $375,213 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory on May 1, 2021 to complete work by April 30, 2023. The grant funding supports magnetic imaging of two-dimensional quantum materials to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. The University of California, Berkeley will conduct this...
This $327,788 federal Project Grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research on advancing quantum simulation and sensing with alkaline earth atoms at the University of Colorado (CU) from September 20, 2024 to September 19, 2029. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by pushing the boundaries of quantum computing,...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The award period is from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027 to support fundamental research in fields that have the potential to contribute technologies for Department of Defense missions. As an educational institution and research organization, UCSB will...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), received a three-year, $360,295 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 at UCLA from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 aimed at maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. As the parent...