Project Grant N629092312037

This Project Grant award of $142,783.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports the organization and hosting of the NSF Spectrum Week 2024 conference in Arlington, Virginia from May 13-17, 2024. The event brings together three major programs funded through the NSF Spectrum Innovation Initiative (SWIFT, NRDZ, and SPECTRUMX) to hold collaborative meetings and social events. New elements for 2024 include co-location and coordination with the IEEE DySPAN 2024 conference, participation...

The U.S. Air Force awarded a $146,085 Project Grant to Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola Aktiebolag, a private university and non-profit research institution in Gothenburg, Sweden, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, supports research on "Efficient Octave-Spanning Microcombs" - an advanced scientific research project focused on developing cutting-edge microwave photonic...

The Department of the Air Force awarded a $114,100 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, a foreign government entity located in Sweden. The grant, which runs from April 15, 2025 to April 14, 2028, will fund research and development related to MIE-resonant metasurfaces for engineering optical resonances for MIR imaging applications. Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan has received multiple prime federal grants from the Department...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $300,000 in funding to William Marsh Rice University to develop a novel "Mixed Domain Design" (MD2) framework for designing next-generation wireless communication systems operating in the 7-24 GHz frequency range. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Developing a theoretical framework and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $280,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University for collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SWIFT: WIDEBAND SPECTRUM COEXISTENCE ENABLED BY PHOTONIC CIRCUITS: CROSS-LAYER DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION." The period of performance for this award is from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The goal of this research is to improve spectrum coexistence for wireless...

This $375,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under CFDA 47.049, the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "SWIFT: Facilitating Novel Modalities for Spectrum Sharing between Earth-Observing Microwave Radiometers and Commercial Users." The project aims to examine and develop new techniques to mitigate the effects of radio frequency...

This $274,999 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Texas Tech University and the State University of New York at Buffalo to study microwave-plasma interactions at solid interfaces using microstrip architectures. The goal is to provide a means of predictably changing plasma conditions in real-time for applications ranging from manufacturing to medicine to clean energy technologies. Over the two-year period from August 2022 to July 2025, the researchers will design...

This Project Grant award of $250,000 from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems provides funding for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SWIFT: SMALL: CONTINUOUS-TUNING MATRIX-BEAMFORMING MIMO ENABLED MULTI-MODE INJECTION-LOCKING PASSIVE WI-FI SENSING." The research is being conducted under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop new techniques for passive Wi-Fi sensing through small, low-cost devices. Florida A&M...

This $345,711 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund a collaborative four-year workshop series called "Spectrum Sizzle" to expand undergraduate expertise in electromagnetic spectrum science and engineering. The award supports the Baylor University-led effort, which involves partners Virginia Tech, New York Institute of Technology, and Colorado State University. Over Summer 2025, each...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate provides $290,000 to Rutgers, The State University from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The funding supports research and development of spectrum sharing techniques through prototyping and field testing within an FCC Innovation Zone in New York City. Specifically, the grant delivers collaborative research on developing a Zone Management System to automatically share spectrum...