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...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000 three-year Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, to conduct research on "Towards a Statistical Learning Theory of Nonlinear Control." The grant, which commenced on April 8, 2024, supports fundamental studies in fields like engineering, physics, and computer science...
This federal Project Grant award of $330,000.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to investigate biological strategies for solving challenges in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) technologies. The key focus areas include gradient chemical doping, 3D architecture, and porosity reduction. The award was made to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, a prestigious private research university, with a...
The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $130,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania) under the DoD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant funds foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security, such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, materials science, robotics, and behavioral sciences. The...
This $150,000 project grant from the U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to develop reconfigurable and designable structurally-nonlinear materials for photonic neuromorphic applications. The work aims to advance fundamental and applied scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense capabilities, including materials science, quantum computing, and advanced electronics. Penn State, a...
The federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports in-situ microscopy research of GaN-based transistor failure at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). The research aims to prevent technological surprise and maintain the United States Air Force's and Space Force's technological superiority in critical national defense capabilities. The project, with a performance period...
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...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania were awarded a $244,067 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 the University's "DURIP DATA-DRIVEN MULTIMATERIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ACTIVE ARCHITECTED MATERIALS" project from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) a $225,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the project "Surrogate Models for Quantum Control and Optimization". The grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, supports fundamental and applied research in quantum computing to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the Air Force and Space Force. The research aims to...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, received a $268,023 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on November 25, 2024. The award supports a five-year research project titled "Topological Nonlinear Optics" that aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials...