The University of Pittsburgh was awarded a $481,695 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 development of a cryogenic platform and controls for quantum state routers and reservoir computation from March 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas...
The University of Glasgow Court received a $149,760 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop multi-junction buried-dielectric photonic crystal surface emitting laser diodes and arrays. This fundamental research project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding and capabilities in the areas of quantum technologies,...
The University of Washington was awarded a $259,289 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a "TESTBED FOR LARGE-SCALE NON-VOLATILE PROGRAMMABLE PHOTONICS". The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds fundamental and applied research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, with a...
The Federal Project Grant award of $175,542.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding research at the University of Michigan to develop "QUANTUM PHOTONIC ELEMENTS BUILT FROM COOPERATIVE ATOMIC ARRAYS". The goal of this 3-year research project, which commenced on October 1, 2024, is to advance quantum computing and photonics capabilities that are critical to national defense. The University of...
This $199,999 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports large-scale research and development on 2D material active silicon photonics. The grant, which runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030, will be executed by the University of Delaware, a private research university. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding...
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...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $200,000.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado. The award supports the university's research project "An Integrated Programmable Source of Photonic Graph States" over a performance period from September 10, 2024 to September 9, 2027. This fundamental research project...
The University of Delaware received a $792,067 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 establish a Photonic Integrated Circuit Co-Packaging and Integration Center (PIC)2. The award, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024, will enable the university to conduct research and development on photonic integrated circuits and their co-packaging and integration....
This $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research by the University of Southern California (USC) on fast modeling and inverse design of radio-frequency and nanophotonic devices using high-order integral equation methods. The award, effective from December 15, 2024 to December 14, 2027, aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing...
This $104,811 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Carnegie Mellon University. The award supports research aimed at "Harvesting Preconditioning for Scalable High-Resolution Signal and Image Reconstruction". This work will involve developing advanced computational algorithms and hardware to enable more scalable and efficient processing of high-resolution signals and images,...