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 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $302,752 to the University of Connecticut (UConn) to conduct real-time monitoring of aquaporin-4 dependent astrocyte biophysical parameters using multi-dimensional optical imaging and deep learning. The award, effective from August 15, 2024 through February 14, 2026, will support cutting-edge scientific research to maintain technological...
The University of Central Florida's Board of Trustees received a $289,067 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on February 15, 2024. The grant will fund a 2-year research project to develop "Tunable RF Generation with GHz Bursts of High-Intensity USPLs". UCF, a leading public research university, will leverage its expertise in engineering, optics, and photonics to advance scientific knowledge...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $354,553 Project Grant to Yale University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "SUPPRESSING NONLINEAR INSTABILITY IN HIGH-POWER FIBER AMPLIFIERS." The project aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. Yale University, a private research university in Connecticut, will perform this research over a...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Rhode Island. The grant, with a performance period from September 15, 2024 to September 14, 2027, will support research on a "Cumulant Generating Function Classifier for Radar" to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The university's expertise in areas such as engineering, oceanography, and...
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...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF) received a $182,922 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 award, made on June 1, 2023 for a one-year period concluding on May 31, 2024, will support UCF's research utilizing a thermal analyzer coupled with advanced mass spectrometry for optical materials research. The Air Force...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Utah State University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, effective September 1, 2024 through April 4, 2025, will support the university's efforts to expand an aerospace research scholars program aimed at broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in engineering. The program seeks to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by...
The University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), administered by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, will fund research to investigate the fusion of model-based and data-driven methods for uncertainty quantification in cislunar space domain awareness. The grant will support fundamental studies in fields like engineering, physics, and computer science,...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $196,429 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 exploration of new laser-plasma domains from August 15, 2022 to August 14, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological...