Project Grant W911NF0710356

The U.S. Air Force, through its Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded a $149,939 cooperative agreement to Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom to develop novel ultra-short pulse laser techniques for near-infrared optics. The project will run from September 2024 to September 2027. This award supports the Air Force's objective to maintain technological superiority by advancing scientific understanding and preventing technological surprise in areas critical to national...

The Department of the Army Headquarters West Point Military Academy awarded Phaedrus LLC a $149,377 cooperative agreement under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to apply threatcasting methodologies to predict future vulnerabilities, threats, and risks associated with the adoption of 6G systems and technologies from December 15, 2022 to August 14, 2023. As a cooperative agreement, Phaedrus LLC is expected to collaborate with the Army on this research effort to support the...

This $1,375,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security. The primary awardee, President and Fellows of Harvard College, will conduct research focused on quantum nondemolitional detection of single- and few-photon states in the mid-IR. The project will involve theoretical and experimental work by...

The Gordon Research Conferences were awarded a $147,355 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 funded Gordon Research Conferences to organize scientific conferences from December 2021 through December 2022 focused on maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to prevent...

This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $1,599,998.00 to Georgia TECH Research Corp to conduct research on "ANALOG SIDE CHANNEL ATTACKS AND DEFENSES FOR SATELLITES". The research aims to develop innovative methods for protecting satellite systems from analog side channel attacks, which can compromise the security and integrity of critical space-based assets. The two-year project,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) provides $200,000.00 in funding to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to support basic research on the design and characterization of microstructured media for protection against extreme loadings. The award will fund foundational and applied research to develop advanced materials and computational modeling capabilities with potential military applications. The University...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Ghost Display Technologies, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The funding will support the development of an "ULTRALOW-COST SWIR SENSOR USING QD-BASED SWIR-TO-VISIBLE UP-CONVERSION OLED" over a one-year project period from February 18, 2025 to February 17, 2026. Ghost Display Technologies specializes in innovative...

The Department of Defense awarded a $540,268 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, titled "TIMEBASE - Modeling and Mapping Temporal Differences," aims to systematically examine how differences in temporal perceptions, strategies, and dynamics shape the behavior and decision-making of key actors like the United States, China, and Russia. The project will...

This $398,249 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports research by the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop robust and resilient artificial intelligence (AI) systems for national security applications. The key objectives are to create AI models that are resistant to adversarial attacks and can maintain functionality even if one model...

Technologies KI3 Photoniques Inc. was awarded a $449,999 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 research into Highly Entangled States of Light from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The research will be conducted at Technologies KI3 Photoniques Inc.'s facility located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program...