The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $220,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, to conduct research on the "PROBE AND CONTROL OF COHERENT STATES TOWARD PHONONICS, MAGNONICS, AND PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS." The award period runs from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2027. Virginia Tech will serve as the prime recipient and has issued a $190,000...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "DESIGN AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC DEFECTS IN GROUP II-OXIDE MATERIALS". The award period runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The university has sub-awarded portions of the work to North Carolina State University, Pennsylvania State University, and the Massachusetts...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $2,606,709.00 Project Grant to Georgia Tech Research Corporation under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on August 15, 2023, with a completion date of August 14, 2024, will support the "Characterization of Spin Dependent Properties in Emerging Semiconductor Materials." As a highly experienced research institution, Georgia Tech Research Corporation will leverage...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $171,995 Project Grant to Boston College under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the acquisition of ferromagnetic resonance and AC susceptibility instrumentation for probing magnetic dynamics. This instrumentation will allow the grantee to conduct research exploring magnetic properties and dynamics, maintaining Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $200,000 in funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop an "Airbreathing Hypersonic Engine Modeling Library for Morphing Engine Designs". The objective is to maintain technological superiority in areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The work will leverage...
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...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) will provide research services under a $800,000 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense titled "Multi-Material Integration for Porous 4D Materials." The grant is part of the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program administered by the Department of Defense, with a focus on supporting research with potential long-term benefits for defense technologies. Under the...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Cornell University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant is for the "Precision Synthesis and Assembly of Chiral 2D Polymers for Spintronics" project, with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The objective of this research grant is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by funding innovative scientific investigations...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $149,966 Project Grant to North Carolina State University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "ACTIVE DEPLOYMENT CONTROL OF ULTRA-THIN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES". The goal of this 3-year project, which runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing research in materials science and aerospace systems....
This $750,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) will support research on ferrimagnetic materials for fast nanoscale information processing. The primary awardee, the University of Central Florida, will conduct fundamental and applied research on the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel ferrimagnetic thin film samples. This includes growth, structural analysis, and measurement of the magnetic...