Project Grant FA95502510260
- The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded a $495,792 Cooperative Agreement to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) on November 27, 2024. The award supports research to develop foundry-fabricated quantum photonic integrated circuits, with a final completion date of February 25, 2030. RIT, a private research university, has a strong track record of executing complex technological projects and federally-funded research...
- The University of Southern California received a $159,700 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) to conduct measurement of indistinguishability of single photons emitted from on-chip integrable highly spectrally uniform novel semiconductor quantum dots in spatially-ordered arrays. The grant period runs from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research...
- The Australian National University received a $150,000 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 research to develop novel high quality germanium and gallium phosphide alloys for mid-infrared photodetectors from June 10, 2022 to June 9, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific...
- This Project Grant award for $378,828.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. Specifically, the award funds a project titled "Driven-Dissipative Quantum Systems Under a Microscope" to be conducted by the University of California, Berkeley. The research...
- This federal Project Grant award of $449,476 from the U.S. Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding quantum memory research at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The award, which commenced on September 30, 2025, supports the development of telecom quantum memories to advance photonic quantum technologies over a performance period ending on September 29, 2028. This grant is part of the Air Force's broader efforts to maintain technological superiority and...
- This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $327,788 to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) to advance quantum simulation and sensing capabilities using alkaline earth atoms. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 20, 2024, supports fundamental and applied research to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $285,654 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a "SILICON-BASED QUASI-DETERMINISTIC ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIR SOURCE FOR ZERO-ADDED-LOSS MULTIPLEXING". The award period runs from December 12, 2024 to March 10, 2028. Through this award, MIT will conduct cutting-edge research to create innovative photon pair source...
- The University of Southern California was awarded a $198,808 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research titled "HOM INTERFEROMETRY OF PHOTONS IN NETWORKS OF ORDERED QUANTUM EMITTERS: MESATOP SINGLE QUANTUM DOT ARRAYS" under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). This funding will support the development of ordered arrays of quantum dots to enable interferometry of photons, maintaining Air Force...
- This federal Project Grant award of $212,927.00 from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research conducted by the Australian National University (ANU) to model polychromatic spontaneous emission of sodium in the mesosphere. The research project aims to maintain technological superiority for the United States Air Force and Space Force by advancing fundamental scientific understanding...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $118,126 project grant to Monash University in Australia under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support research into Optimal Transport Theory for Machine Learning with Limited and Less Labels from September 2021 through September 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force...
This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $328,194 to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) in Australia to conduct research on "Quantum Imaging and Sensing with Single Photon Emitters". The award period runs from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2029. As part of this research, RMIT University will explore advanced quantum technologies and their potential national defense applications, with a focus on quantum imaging and sensing using single photon emitters. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, funding cutting-edge research across diverse scientific domains such as quantum computing, materials science, and aerospace systems.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $100.0k | 8/28/25 |