The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, a $237,636 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports the acquisition of a dedicated electron microscopy system for materials characterization and analysis in the areas of quantum, hypersonic, infrared, and mechanical materials research. The funding will enable Penn State to enhance its...
This $150,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research at The Pennsylvania State University on "Reconfigurable and Designable Structurally-Nonlinear Materials for Photonic Neuromorphic Applications." The research aims to advance fundamental and applied scientific understanding in materials science, optics, and neuromorphic computing, with potential applications in defense-related technologies. The...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $651,009 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 grant will fund Penn State's "SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING FOR SPACE MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION" research from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. As the prime awardee, Penn State will leverage its expertise in materials science to conduct environmental...
The Pennsylvania State University was awarded a $200,000 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 optical heat flux measurements for engine and turbine rigs from May 15, 2022 to May 14, 2023. Under the award, Penn State will conduct research to accelerate turbine development through optical measurements of heat flux in engine and turbine test rigs. The Air...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) was awarded a $100,000 Block Grant from the U.S. Department of the Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) under the Basic Scientific Research (CFDA 12.431) program. The funding will support research on "MODULATION FERROELECTRICITY IN III-V NITRIDE HETEROSCTRUCTURES" at Penn State's facilities. This project aims to advance fundamental knowledge and develop capabilities with potential military applications in areas...
This federal Project Grant award was provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) Research, Development and Engineering Command under the DoD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award of $119,956 to The Pennsylvania State University, a major research institution and federal contractor, will fund a 3-year project titled "RIFLES: Rapid Information Fusion through Learning Effective Closures." The project aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national...
The federal Project Grant award of $225,000.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "Surrogate Models for Quantum Control and Optimization," was awarded to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on February 1, 2025, with a final completion date of January 31, 2028. The grant supports fundamental and applied research in quantum computing, focusing on the development of...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has been awarded a $149,999 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support the "YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM - AMBIGUITY-AWARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIA STATISTICAL INFERENCE" research project with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds innovative fundamental and...
This federal Project Grant award for $189,705.00, provided by the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports the acquisition of a medium-scale arc melting and casting system with atomizer for on-demand alloy synthesis at The Pennsylvania State University. The award, with a performance period from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2025, will enable Penn State to establish an advanced materials research capability to support naval...
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...