This federal Project Grant award of $250,815.00, provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports research on bioinspired multispectral and polarization sensitive cameras. The award was made on July 1, 2025 to the University of Illinois, a prominent public research university with extensive experience in federal contracting and grant work across multiple scientific and technological domains. The research aims to...
This federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research by the University of Illinois to develop multi-junction buried dielectric photonic crystal surface emitting laser diodes and arrays. The research aims to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The award period runs from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. The University of...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $482,686 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 two-year award, made on April 1, 2021 and set to be completed by March 31, 2023, will fund R&D projects in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs such as maintaining U.S. technological superiority and preventing...
The University of Illinois received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to design novel diagnostic models for studying radiation from unsteady hypersonic nonequilibrium flows. The research, which will take place from August 2025 to August 2028, aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by preventing technological surprise and creating strategic...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $150,000.00 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on "COMPACT SOLID STATE PULSED POWER CONVERSION" over a period of 3 years, from July 15, 2025 to July 14, 2028. The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, with a focus on areas such as quantum computing,...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $219,874 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the development of a Radiation Suite for Hypersonic Flows and Surface Detection from March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $257,368 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research related to Experiment, Modeling, and Simulation of Advanced Materials - Plasma Interactions in the Space Environment. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) and will support research from December 1, 2021 to November 30, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $482,741 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 the development of a burst-mode wavelength-agile laser system for hypersonic research from August 15, 2021 to August 14, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs...
The University of Illinois received a $176,303 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 12-month award, issued on May 6, 2021 and concluding on May 5, 2022, will support the development of a high-voltage characterization system for research on next generation power electronics. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $405,093 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 fund development of a FAST MULTI-FRAME CAMERA TO MEASURE HOT SPOTS IN SHOCKED ENERGETIC MICROSTRUCTURES over the one year period from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in...