Project Grant FA95502510353
- This federal Project Grant award of $188,470.00, awarded on February 1, 2025 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science), supports research on the investigation of green afterglow observed above sprite and gigantic jet tops based on the SPRITACULAR project database. The award was made to the Catholic University of America (CUA), a private non-profit research university in Washington, D.C. Through this grant, CUA will conduct...
- The Department of the Air Force awarded a $198,322 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on July 16, 2021 for completion by July 15, 2023. The grant funding will support basic research to improve global magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the interaction of the solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere. Dr. Mostafa El-Alaoui of the Catholic University of America will receive a sub-award to conduct global MHD...
- This $225,000 Project Grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports fundamental and applied scientific research on the use of low-pressure RF plasmas in molecular gases for aerospace applications. The award to The Trustees of Princeton University, a prestigious private research university, will fund this research from March 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. Princeton University, which has a history of delivering...
- This federal Project Grant award, with an ID of FA95502510048, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The $312,778 grant supports research at Columbia University to investigate "Novel Phases and Self-Organization in Quantum Matter of Ultracold Dipolar Molecules" over the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. This fundamental scientific research aims to maintain technological superiority for the...
- This $150,000 federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports the University of Southern California's research project titled "YIP REDUCED ORDER MODELING FOR NONLINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION IN FLUID-STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS: INTEGRATION OF PHYSICS, DYNAMICS, AND DATA". The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 30, 2025. The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the United States Air Force and Space Force. The research will focus on areas such as quantum computing, materials science, aerospace...
- This federal Project Grant award for $125,569.00, provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the United States Air Force and Space Force. The award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2029, is funding research at The Johns Hopkins University, a leading private research university, to study the sources...
- This federal Project Grant award of $265,632.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is supporting research by the University of Chicago on "Exploring Quantum Thermalization with Ultracold, Ultrapolar Molecules". The award runs from September 30, 2025 to September 29, 2028. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in quantum...
- This $109,317 federal Project Grant was awarded on June 5, 2025 by the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) under the Science (CFDA 43.001) grant program. The grant was awarded to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research across multiple...
- This federal Project Grant award of $246,461.00 from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Texas at Austin supports computational modeling research on pulsed plasma radio-frequency sources in molecular gases. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, advancing scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense capabilities. The project will be conducted at the University of Texas at...
This federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00, provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports the research project "(YIP) RECONNECTION-DRIVEN DYNAMICS AND PARTICLE PRECIPITATION IN EARTH'S POLAR REGION: CUSP PLASMA FILAMENTS" at the Catholic University of America (CUA) from October 15, 2025 to October 14, 2028. The research aims to advance scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as space science, atmospheric research, and advanced technology development. CUA, as the parent awardee, will leverage its academic expertise and research resources to conduct this scientific investigation into the polar region's plasma dynamics and particle precipitation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $150.0k | 9/22/25 |