This $798,818 federal Project Grant award, issued by the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), will fund research at Florida International University (FIU) to characterize a testbed for mmWave communication and remote sensing systems. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. FIU, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and one of the largest minority-serving universities, has extensive expertise in...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $2,135,810 Project Grant to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to establish a University Center of Excellence for research and education on programmable computing fabric solutions for critical Air Force communications needs. The project aims to develop algorithms, silicon implementations, and workforce development programs focused on secure and agile spectrum operations,...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $274,995.04 project grant to Florida International University (FIU) under the DoD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, titled "MESH: Multi-Channel Embedded Sensing and Communication with Reduced Hardware for Spectrum Enhancement," will support foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security. The research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas...
Florida International University was awarded an $800,000 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to support basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering fields with potential to contribute to Department of Defense technology missions. The grant was awarded on June 1, 2023 under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630) and will run through May 31, 2027. Through this funding, Florida International...
The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded a $1,300,000 project grant to Florida International University (FIU) to conduct research on "Open-Source Methodologies for Forecasting Security Threats in Central America." The project will run from June 15, 2024, to June 14, 2027. FIU, a Hispanic-Serving and minority-serving institution, will leverage its expertise in computer science, engineering, and social sciences to...
This $750,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) funds research and development of a universal radio adapter to enable seamless and secure wireless connectivity for U.S. Department of Defense devices through non-cooperative 5G networks. Florida International University leads a consortium that includes Florida Atlantic University, Virginia Tech, and Pqsecure Technologies LLC to create a waveform-agnostic radio...
Florida International University was awarded a $799,514 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense through the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will fund research from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027 on suprastructural interactions in metamaterial plasmonic systems for light-matter enhancement. Specifically, the university will conduct basic, applied, or advanced scientific research with potential...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $341,900 Project Grant to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on "Dual Beam Laser Interferometry and Ferroelectric Analysis for Physical Assurance of In-Memory Computing and Sensing Technologies" over the period of September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. As a leading research...
The University of Florida received a $439,210 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop and validate instrumentation for autonomous multi-agent systems operating in contested outdoor environments. The grant was awarded on April 1, 2021 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) with a completion date of September 30, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $150,500 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) to develop a stabilization system for an ultra-low-noise broadband mid-infrared to terahertz dual frequency comb spectrometer for standoff chemical sensing. The spectrometer aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its...