The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Yale University a $450,002 project grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research and development in the area of physics from May 2021 through April 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise through maintaining a strong research...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Yale University a $149,999 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a "Many-Body Quantum Chemistry Framework for Catalysis on Metallic Surfaces". This 3-year research project, with a start date of April 1, 2024, aims to advance scientific knowledge and capabilities in areas relevant to the Air Force's technological needs. The work will be primarily conducted at Yale University and is...
This federal Project Grant award of $149,928.00, provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports research at Yale University to develop "New Strategies for Visualizing a Powerful Molecular Motor." The research project, with a performance period from August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2027, aims to advance the scientific understanding of molecular motors, which are critical for numerous biological processes. By...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $319,784 Project Grant to the University of Connecticut under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 20, 2024. The grant supports fundamental and applied research into ion exchanged zeolites for electromagnetic wave absorption, with a period of performance ending on September 19, 2027. As a prominent 1862 land-grant institution, the University of Connecticut will leverage its multidisciplinary expertise in...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $574,000 Project Grant to the University of Connecticut under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a high-performance computational platform for multi-physics modeling of advanced propulsion and energy systems from April 2022 to April 2024. The grant funding will support the University of Connecticut in establishing computational capabilities to model complex physical interactions...
This $149,999 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Yale University. The grant is for a project titled "Exploring Exotic Transport Properties of Quasicrystals Using Ultracold Atoms in an Optical Decagonal Quasicrystal Lattice" and is scheduled for completion by July 31, 2027. The project aims to advance fundamental scientific research on the transport properties of...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Cornell University. The grant funds research to develop new diagnostics for exploring extreme conditions, including laser propagation through plasmas and power flow at electrodes. This work aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The research will be conducted at...
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $598,828 Project Grant (CFDA 12.431 - Basic Scientific Research) to Yale University to conduct research on the "PHYSICAL DESIGN DECOMPOSITION FOR INVERSE DESIGN OF LARGE-SCALE LINEAR AND NONLINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICES". The research, which will run from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, aims to advance fundamental knowledge and develop capabilities with potential military applications in areas such as quantum computing, artificial...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "(YIP) 'EFFICIENT CERTIFICATION AND NOISE LEARNING WITH A NEUTRAL ATOM QUANTUM DEVICE'", supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The 3-year grant, awarded on May 15, 2025,...
This $206,000 Project Grant award under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) supports fundamental and applied scientific research by President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard University) to advance network sparsification technologies. The objective of this 3-year award, effective from April 2025 to April 2028, is to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force...