Project Grant FA9550261B049
- This $276,997 Project Grant was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Tufts University on March 1, 2024. The objective of this 1-year award is to support the university's "COMPREHENSIVE POLYMER SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION CORE" research initiative. Tufts University, a leading private research institution, will leverage its expertise in materials science, engineering, and polymer characterization to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $119,775 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award funds research on "Two Layered Reduced Order Modeling for Multiscale Kinetic Transport," a computational modeling initiative designed to advance the Department of the Air Force's scientific and engineering capabilities. This...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) awarded Florida Institute of Technology Inc. a Project Grant of $263,039.00, effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030. The award funds research on "Examination of Omnidirectional Trust and Distrust in Heterogeneous Human-Agent Teams," a technical initiative addressing human performance and team dynamics in collaborative environments involving both human and artificial intelligence...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental and applied scientific research in light-driven non-equilibrium colloidal crystallization, conducted at MIT's Cambridge, Massachusetts location. This research aligns with the Air Force Defense Research Sciences...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Princeton University, through its Office of Research and Project Administration, received a $166,468 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 20, 2025. The award, with a completion date of September 19, 2028, supports research on graph complexity measures, focusing on the structural properties and algorithmic approaches to analyzing complex network systems. This fundamental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $101,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Office of Research Administration on September 29, 2025, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research in computer-assisted design of provably fastest algorithms. The project will be conducted at UCLA's California facilities with an anticipated completion date of September 28, 2028. This funding supports...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $250,000 project grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) awarded December 1, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2028. The award funds research and development of the coupling-arm qubit, an advanced quantum computing architecture designed to enable scalable, high-fidelity entangling gates. This research directly supports the...
- The Trustees of Tufts College, doing business as Tufts University, received a $195,835 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory on April 15, 2021 to fund the purchase of a rheometer and accessories for characterizing soft materials. The award supports the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs through prevent technological...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan's Office of Research and Sponsored Projects received a $178,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective September 30, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2028. The award supports research on "Effective Human-Machine Teaming with Multimodal Hazy Oracle Models," a project designed to advance the Department of the Air Force's technological capabilities in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) a $1.5 million Project Grant on September 30, 2025, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct fundamental and applied research on data-driven and model-based foundations of control for soft robots. This five-year initiative, scheduled for completion on September 29, 2030, will be performed at MIT's Cambridge, Massachusetts location and...
The Trustees of Tufts College received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective March 1, 2026, with a completion date of February 28, 2029. The grant supports research and development efforts in multifidelity training for scientific machine learning, as detailed in the grantee's technical proposal dated June 16, 2025. This three-year initiative aligns with the Air Force's mission to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise through fundamental and applied scientific research in advanced computational methodologies. The project will be performed at Tufts College's primary campus in Medford, Massachusetts. The funding supports research activities intended to enhance the Department of the Air Force's mission capabilities through innovation in machine learning applications that combine multiple levels of modeling fidelity. As a research institution with extensive experience managing federal defense research awards, Tufts College will conduct the research activities in accordance with applicable federal requirements under 2 CFR 200 and Department of Defense Grants and Agreements Regulations.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $150.0k | 2/26/26 |