Project Grant FA9550261B190
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The research project focuses on the development and advancement of multi-junction buried dielectric photonic crystal surface emitting laser diodes and arrays. This fundamental and applied research initiative aligns with the Air Force's mission to maintain technological superiority in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $300,000 project grant awarded on September 29, 2025, by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research on ultra-compact pulsed power conversion utilizing switched-capacitor converters and integrated gallium nitride (GaN) devices. The three-year project, concluding September 28, 2028, addresses fundamental and applied scientific research designed to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $175,000 Project Grant award dated August 15, 2025, from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the design of novel diagnostic models for studying radiation from unsteady hypersonic nonequilibrium flows. The three-year project, with an ultimate completion date of August 14, 2028, will be conducted at the University of Illinois in Illinois and focuses...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois has been awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. The award supports fundamental research titled "Accessing Quantum Properties Through Symmetry Analysis of Electron Ptychography," to be conducted at the institution's Urbana, Illinois campus. This research initiative aligns with the Air...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $482,741 project grant 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 support the development of a burst-mode wavelength-agile laser system for hypersonic research from August 15, 2021 to August 14, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The University of Illinois received a $126,124 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the project "Probing Surface Plasmon-Induced Chemical Reactions at the Angstrom Scale." The award, dated September 8, 2025, with a completion date of September 7, 2028, supports fundamental and applied scientific research designed to maintain technological superiority for the...
- This federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the U.S. Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports the University of Illinois' research on "COMPACT SOLID STATE PULSED POWER CONVERSION" over the period of Jul 15, 2025 to Jul 14, 2028. The Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program funds cutting-edge research across domains critical to national defense, including materials science, aerospace systems, and advanced electronics. This award enables the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $250,815 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The project, titled "Bioinspired Multispectral and Polarization Sensitive Cameras," supports fundamental and applied research to advance technological capabilities relevant to Air Force and Space Force missions. This award funds...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the period of April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. This award supports fundamental scientific research on millimeter-wave bandwidth measurements and modeling applied to microcavity laser and detector technologies. The research will be conducted at the University of Illinois'...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for research in quantum paraelectric electro-optics. The award, effective September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2028, supports fundamental and applied scientific research designed to maintain technological superiority for the United States Air Force and Space Force. The research will be conducted at the...
The University of Illinois received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on June 15, 2026, with a performance period extending through June 14, 2029. The award supports research and development of efficient high-power megawatt to terawatt (MW-TW) gas lasers utilizing hybrid pumping processes or free-free optical transitions. This fundamental and applied research initiative is designed to advance Department of the Air Force technological capabilities in directed energy and advanced materials technologies, contributing to the Air Force's strategic objectives of maintaining technological superiority and preventing technological surprise. As a major research institution with extensive experience executing federal defense research contracts and grants, the University of Illinois will conduct the research at its facilities in Illinois. The project aligns with the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program's core mission of supporting peer-reviewed competitive research across critical defense-related scientific domains. Upon completion in June 2029, the research outcomes are anticipated to deliver technical advances in high-power laser systems with applications relevant to Department of the Air Force mission requirements.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $350.0k | 6/10/26 |