The university will organize research efforts along three complementary and synergistic research tasks, each with fundamental scientific and engineering aims, culminating in two testbeds at long…

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency awarded the University of Washington $500,000 on December 15, 2025, under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction program (CFDA 12.351) to organize three complementary research tasks culminating in two testbeds at long wave infrared wavelength range hyperspectral imaging and chemical sensing.

The award runs through December 14, 2030, with place of performance at Seattle, Washington. The University of Washington Office of Sponsored Programs serves as the prime recipient.

Two sub-recipients deliver work under this award. William Marsh Rice University (sub-award HDTRA12610007-UWSC16915, awarded March 26, 2026) and the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (sub-award HDTRA12610007-UWSC16913, awarded March 23, 2026) both contribute to meta-optic surfaces and arrays for improved chemical standoff sensing (MOSAICSS).

The university will organize research efforts along three complementary and synergistic research tasks, each with fundamental scientific and engineering aims, culminating in two testbeds at long wave infrared wavelength range hyperspectral imaging and chemical sensing.