Project Grant FA9550261B157
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division received a $351,117 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the period of May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027. The project, titled "Lasers and Spatial Light Modulators for Ultrafast Automatic Event Recognition Using Multiphoton Atomic Transitions," represents a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $150,000 project grant from the U.S. Air Force (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for research titled "Operando Insights into the Mechanistic Significance of Vibrational Excited States in Plasmolytic Chemistry." The three-year award, effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029, will be performed at Northwestern's Chicago, Illinois location. This project supports...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,264,645.00 and awarded on February 28, 2025, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research at Northwestern University to develop, characterize, and evaluate the properties of functional synthetic materials. Key focus areas include advanced materials, semiconducting paramagnetic covalent organic frameworks for organic electronics and spintronics,...
- Northwestern University received a $141,375 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated March 15, 2021 through March 14, 2022. The funding supports research and development in the area of physics for equipment purchase under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent...
- This federal Project Grant award of $795,638.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory was provided under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support Northwestern University's research on symbolic supercomputing for artificial intelligence software collaborators. The award was made on April 15, 2025 with a targeted completion date of April 16, 2026. This grant is part of the Air Force's broader efforts to maintain technological superiority through fundamental and...
- Northwestern University received a $395,980 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated September 15, 2022 through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope for structural and mechanical characterization of bio-, meta- and low dimensional materials. This equipment will allow Northwestern researchers to analyze material properties at the nano- and...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $672,344 Project Grant to Northwestern University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to acquire a GLEEBLE system for the physical and mechanical characterization of structural materials under extreme conditions. This award, effective from Sep 30, 2023 to Sep 29, 2024, will enable Northwestern to enhance its research capabilities in materials science, including studies on aerospace engineering, nanoelectronics,...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $390,393.00 to Northwestern University to conduct research on the "Discovery and Characterization of Functional Soft Materials." This research aims to advance scientific knowledge and develop new capabilities in materials science, with a focus on areas relevant to the Air Force. The award, with a performance period from February...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $549,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. The project, titled "Runtime Physics-Informed AI Agent for Next-Gen Efficient and Reliable Microelectronics," develops intelligent chip management solutions that integrate physics-informed machine learning techniques with energy-efficient artificial...
- Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division received a $286,534 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2029. The award supports fundamental research investigating animal cognition and behavioral prediction, specifically examining whether and how animals can imagine or anticipate the actions of their adversaries. This research aligns with the Air Force Defense Research Sciences...
Northwestern University received a $151,854 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for research on "Nonvolatile Computing and Communications in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Electro-Optics." The three-year project, awarded June 15, 2026, with completion targeted for June 14, 2029, supports fundamental and applied research designed to advance Department of the Air Force technological capabilities in quantum information sciences and advanced materials development. This research initiative leverages Northwestern's established expertise in quantum technologies, materials science, and precision measurement systems to develop innovative electro-optic solutions that enhance Air Force mission capabilities while maintaining U.S. technological superiority. The award supports research activities conducted at Northwestern University's Evanston, Illinois campus as part of the Air Force's competitive, peer-reviewed grant program that funds accredited educational institutions and research organizations across diverse scientific and engineering domains relevant to national defense needs.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $151.9k | 5/26/26 |