Project Grant FA9550261B027
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University was awarded $310,000 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) by the Air Force Research Laboratory, effective May 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 14, 2029. The award funds research on an entropy-based framework for characterizing strongly compressible turbulent flows, a project designed to advance the Department of the Air Force's scientific and technological capabilities in aerodynamics...
- This federal Project Grant award of $225,000.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The Pennsylvania State University. The award supports the "SURROGATE MODELS FOR QUANTUM CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION" and "DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY OF CISLUNAR TRANSPORT MECHANISMS (D3CTM)" research projects, with a performance period from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2028. The key products and services to be...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $149,783 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on May 15, 2026, for the Young Investigator Program (YIP) project titled "Polarization Controlled Charge and Phonon Transport in Polar Nitride Interfaces." The three-year award, with a completion date of May 14, 2029, supports fundamental and applied scientific research designed...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $130,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) awarded on August 18, 2025, with a completion date of August 17, 2028. The research focuses on phase-field modeling of mesoscale structures of III-nitride ferroelectrics, conducted at Penn State's University Park, Pennsylvania campus. This fundamental research effort aims to...
- The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $651,009 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 Penn State's "SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING FOR SPACE MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION" research from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. As the prime awardee, Penn State will leverage its expertise in materials science to conduct environmental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $372,205 project grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the Gravity-Offloaded Robotics and Proximity Operations (GRIP) Testbed, awarded April 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for April 14, 2027. This Defense Research Sciences Program award supports fundamental and applied scientific research designed to maintain technological superiority for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $206,550 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, supports theoretical research investigating mechanisms to avoid quantum ergodicity in many-body quantum systems. The research component develops theoretical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $592,663 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) awarded on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2029. The SPARK (Probing Atomic-Scale Quantum Light Sources in Two-Dimensional Semiconductor/Metal Hybrid Platforms) project develops materials and methodologies for generating single photons from atomic-scale defects in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration received a $291,667 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2028. The award supports research into new materials for coherent, scalable Josephson junctions, which are critical quantum devices essential for advancing quantum computing and quantum...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $370,700 project grant from the U.S. Air Force (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for research titled "Experiments with 3D Cluster States." The award, effective April 30, 2026, through April 29, 2031, supports fundamental and applied scientific research designed to maintain technological superiority for the Department of the Air Force. The research will be conducted at Penn State's University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania, and is expected to advance Air Force mission capabilities through peer-reviewed competitive selection processes typical of this program. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds research across diverse scientific and engineering domains, including quantum information sciences, materials science, and advanced electronics. This particular award supports Penn State's investigation into three-dimensional cluster states, a research area relevant to quantum computing and quantum information sciences—priority research areas for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Air Force Research Laboratory. As a major public land-grant research institution with extensive federal contracting and grant experience, Penn State is well-positioned to deliver sophisticated technical research support aligned with Department of the Air Force strategic priorities in defense-related scientific innovation.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $370.7k | 4/24/26 |