The University of Liverpool received a $160,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to study the effect of humidity on the thermoacoustic behavior of oxide-oxide ceramic plates. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028. This research aims to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise in areas critical to national defense capabilities. The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory is the...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $180,000 Project Grant to Arizona State University (ASU) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the project "STOCHASTIC AND HIGH-FIDELITY MODELING FOR FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES". The award has an ultimate completion date of September 17, 2027. ASU, a prominent Hispanic-serving public research university, will perform advanced research and development to create innovative stochastic...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $298,091 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The award was provided under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the development of high throughput mechanical characterization materials. The grant program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in relevant scientific areas and prevent technological...
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 University of Alabama Office for Sponsored Programs Division received a $150,650 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 period runs from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. Under this award, the Division will conduct research on compressive residual stresses for mitigation of surface-initiated failures in Department of Defense tools. The Division will analyze...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $199,600 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Illinois Institute of Technology for the period of July 15, 2021 to July 14, 2022. The grant funding will support research to understand the role of intragranular strain during deformation and processing of high-temperature structural metals. Specifically, the DURIP funding will be used to purchase an integrated Oxford...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,031,522.00 project grant to the University of Illinois under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop an additive manufacturing system for advanced continuous fiber composite structures. The award, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, will enable the University to conduct research and deliver prototypes related to this technology. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program supports basic...
The University of Utah received a $222,109 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of metallurgy and materials science from June 2021 through June 2023. The award is part of the Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs through prevent technological surprise and creating it for...
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 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,528,782 Cooperative Agreement to Advanced Technology International (ATI), a public service nonprofit organization, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The purpose of this 2-year award, effective April 2025 through October 2026, is to support a research initiative called "METALS AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVE-COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ADVANCING FATIGUE TESTING (CRAFT)." Key sub-awardees on this grant include major...