The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to support basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). Specifically, the four-year award will fund research and development of novel nanoparticles for high-precision levitated optomechanical sensors from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027. As a...
The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $799,298 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense on May 15, 2023 to complete work by May 14, 2027. The grant supports UNM's project entitled "Multifunctional High Performance Smart Thin Films for Microsystem Applications" under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). This program aims to support basic, applied, or advanced research with good...
The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $605,933 project grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will fund the development of a reactive co-sputtering tool for depositing complex multifunctional ternary and quaternary thin film materials. This research project aims to advance materials science capabilities with potential...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded the University of New Mexico (UNM) a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to "GROW THE QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ECOSYSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO". The 3-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, with a completion date of July 31, 2026, will support UNM's research and development efforts in quantum information science and engineering. As a leading research institution,...
The University of New Mexico received a $580,433 Project Grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense on August 1, 2022 to develop a high-speed flow characterization system under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will support the University's research efforts to design and build an instrumentation platform to characterize fluid flows at high speeds, with the goal of contributing technology for Department...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under CFDA Program 12.431 (Basic Scientific Research) provides $141,067.00 in funding to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to conduct foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security. The award period is from Sep 30, 2024 to Sep 29, 2025. As a highly capable research university and...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $232,320 Project Grant by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports "NANOSCOPIC INFRARED IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY OF MATERIALS AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES" research to be conducted from August 2, 2023 to July 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific...
This federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of Defense (DoD) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) provides $600,000.00 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to conduct research on building intelligent systems using fruit fly navigational neural networks. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. Through this research grant, UNM will investigate foundational and applied research to advance scientific knowledge in areas such as artificial intelligence,...
The University of New Mexico received a $360,150 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research into photon processes, channel dynamics, instabilities, and nonequilibrium surface plasmas under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant period runs from March 15, 2023 through March 14, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program, identified by CFDA #12.800, aims to maintain Air Force technological...
The University of New Mexico received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to develop a pulsed power electron beam driver for long pulse high power microwave studies. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. This research aims to advance scientific knowledge and potentially enhance naval capabilities in areas such as materials science, electronics, and electromagnetic...