Northwestern University received a $141,375 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated March 15, 2021 through March 14, 2022. The funding supports research and development in the area of physics for equipment purchase under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent...
This $465,614 federal Project Grant was awarded on January 1, 2025 by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports Northwestern University's research to develop a digital, multiscale, adaptive assembly platform for multifunctional material systems. The goal is to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to national defense, such as quantum computing, advanced materials,...
The Northwestern University was awarded a $298,160 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, awarded on April 1, 2025, will fund the development of a "BROADBAND, VARIABLE REPETITION RATE ULTRAFAST LASER TO DIFFERENTIATE NONTHERMAL REACTION PATHWAYS IN MODEL PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS". The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air...
This $100,000.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Northwestern University, with a performance period from September 25, 2024 to September 24, 2027, supports the development of a single cocrystal of a stable radical and chromophore for use in molecular electron spin qudits. The research aims to advance the fundamental scientific understanding and technological capabilities in the critical national defense domain of quantum computing....
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,264,645.00 and awarded on February 28, 2025, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research at Northwestern University to develop, characterize, and evaluate the properties of functional synthetic materials. Key focus areas include advanced materials, semiconducting paramagnetic covalent organic frameworks for organic electronics and spintronics,...
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...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $672,344 Project Grant to Northwestern University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to acquire a GLEEBLE system for the physical and mechanical characterization of structural materials under extreme conditions. This award, effective from Sep 30, 2023 to Sep 29, 2024, will enable Northwestern to enhance its research capabilities in materials science, including studies on aerospace engineering, nanoelectronics,...
Northwestern University received a $395,980 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated September 15, 2022 through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope for structural and mechanical characterization of bio-, meta- and low dimensional materials. This equipment will allow Northwestern researchers to analyze material properties at the nano- and...
Northwestern University received a $250,000 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research titled "Engineering Bacterial Transcription Factors to Sense Human Performance Biomarkers." The period of performance for this award is from September 30, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The research is being conducted under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force...
This Project Grant award, valued at $320,000.00, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award funds research on "Mean Field Games with Diverse Behavioral Patterns, Informational Constraints, and Learning" to be conducted by the University of Illinois from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. This research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific...