This Project Grant award, valued at $150,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports research conducted by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom on "Compact Solid State Pulsed Power Conversion" over a period of 3 years from July 2025 to July 2028. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific knowledge in areas...
This $749,667 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research "Towards In-Space Manufacturing of Engineered Living Materials" at Florida A&M University. The award has a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The project involves sub-awards to Florida State University and the University of Rochester to collaborate on this research. Key details about the products...
The Federal Project Grant award of $240,851.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The University of Newcastle in Australia. The grant, awarded on August 12, 2024, will fund a research project titled "A High-Throughput Platform to Inform Biocatalyst Optimization" over a 2-year period ending on August 11, 2026. The project aims to develop advanced research capabilities and infrastructure to...
This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $390,393.00 to Northwestern University to conduct research on the "Discovery and Characterization of Functional Soft Materials." This research aims to advance scientific knowledge and develop new capabilities in materials science, with a focus on areas relevant to the Air Force. The award, with a performance period from February...
This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $330,000.00 to investigate biological strategies for solving challenges in chemical-mechanical-coupled systems (CMCs). The key objectives are to explore gradient chemical doping, 3D architecture, and porosity reduction. The award was granted on March 1, 2025, with a final completion date of February 28, 2029. The recipient of this grant is The...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $119,468.00 and provided by the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports research at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. The award, with a performance period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028, focuses on studying space-time combined coherence in turbulent atmospheres and its impact on compensation controls. This fundamental research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force...
The federal Project Grant award of $465,614 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) will fund the development of a "Digital, Multiscale, Adaptive Assembly Platform for Multifunctional Material Systems" at Northwestern University. This award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, supports cutting-edge research at Northwestern to create innovative technological solutions for national defense and...
This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $150,000.00 in funding to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop "DYNAMIC POLYMER NETWORKS FOR RESILIENT AND ADAPTIVE SOFT MACHINES". The project aims to conduct fundamental and applied research on advanced materials and technologies for next-generation soft robotics and adaptive systems. The 3-year project period runs...
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 Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $199,999 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Delaware on July 1, 2025. The grant, titled "PECASE: LARGE SCALE 2D MATERIAL ACTIVE SILICON PHOTONICS," will support fundamental and applied scientific research over a 5-year period ending on June 30, 2030. The University of Delaware, a private research university and 1862 land-grant institution, has a robust history of providing...