The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $317,300 Project Grant 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 projects at MIT from June 2021 through March 2023 aimed at maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $355,605 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a MULTIFUNCTIONAL SURVEYOR FOR QUANTUM MATERIALS AND DEVICES. The grant was awarded on February 15, 2022 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. MIT will utilize the funding to...
This $150,000 federal Project Grant was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund basic research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on optical non-linearity and exciton studies in novel 2D Janus transition metal dichalcogenide and (moire) heterostructures. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force...
This federal 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), provides $150,000.00 in funding to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the performance period of September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The grant supports "BASIC RESEARCH FOR AOARD PROPOSAL 24IOA043 'QUANTUM GEOMETRY AND NONLINEAR HALL EFFECTS IN TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS'." This funding will enable...
The Department of Defense awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct research on "HIGH TEMPERATURE ALTERMAGNETIC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND PHASES". The award, effective from August 15, 2024 to August 15, 2027, supports fundamental and exploratory research in scientific and technological domains critical to national security. MIT, a leading private research university, will...
This $155,000 Project Grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on new electronic topologies in organic electronic materials. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and create strategic advantages in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as quantum computing, materials science, and aerospace systems. The grant provides...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study superconductivity in two-dimensional (2D) materials. The key objectives are to investigate 1) kinetic inductance and pairing symmetries in "moiré" superconductors, 2) quasiparticle dynamics in 2D superconductors, 3) quasiparticle blocking using tunable 2D...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $558,055 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 from September 2021 through May 2023 on passive control of non-canonical flows with anisotropic porous materials. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $2,481,051 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research titled "(MURI) NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC NON-HERMITIAN QUANTUM MATERIALS" from March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2025. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through basic and applied scientific...
This federal Project Grant award of $258,090.00, provided by the U.S. Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), supports research on "Quantum Science with Ultracold Atoms and Microscopic Control" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The funding will enable fundamental and exploratory research across scientific and technological domains critical to national security, with...