Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant period is from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. Under this award, RPI will conduct research on "LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS WITH SPIN-RESOLVED AND TWISTED INFRARED PHOTONS." The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $226,792 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop hardware enabling powerful robotic manipulation through visual question-answering for advanced micro-environments. Funded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), this two-year award running from May 2021 through April 2023 will support Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's work to maintain Air Force technological...
The federal Project Grant award for $155,000.00, awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports research and development efforts by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to advance naval capabilities in areas such as advanced materials, artificial intelligence, and manufacturing. Specifically, the grant provides funding for RPI to conduct cutting-edge research and technology development in these domains, with a focus on...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $148,182 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Georgia TECH Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs. This grant, titled "YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM - INFERENCE-ORIENTED MODEL REDUCTION: A NEW PARADIGM", will fund research to develop advanced techniques for model reduction - a key capability for enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of...
This $180,299.33 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), funds research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to investigate the influence of the cavity vacuum electromagnetic field on superconductivity. The research, titled "Investigating the Influence of the Cavity Vacuum Electromagnetic Field on Superconductivity," aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge in areas critical to...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory has awarded a $679,741.00 Project Grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, is for the project "ENHANCING 5G SECURITY VIA ANALYSIS OF RF HARDWARE CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECTRAL BEHAVIOR." This research initiative aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Cornell University. The grant funds research to develop new diagnostics for exploring extreme conditions, including laser propagation through plasmas and power flow at electrodes. This work aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The research will be conducted at...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $149,949 project grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on identifying spacecraft transport pathways in cislunar space. The project, titled "(YIP) DATA-DRIVEN IDENTIFICATION OF SPACECRAFT TRANSPORT PATHWAYS IN CISLUNAR SPACE", is scheduled to run from July 15, 2024 to July 14, 2027. As a prominent research university, the University of Colorado has a...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Defense (CFDA 12.431 - Basic Scientific Research) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) provides $120,000 in funding over a 3-year period from January 2025 to January 2028 to support research on sample-efficient image classification and object detection with provable guarantees. The research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and related scientific domains that are critical to national security....
This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $149,201.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award, titled "(YIP) MEASURING AND ENHANCING RESILIENCE IN DYNAMIC HYPERGRAPHS," supports research by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to develop advanced engineering solutions for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The research will focus on measuring and...