This federal Project Grant award of $193,709.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant supports fundamental research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as quantum information, materials science, engineering, and artificial intelligence. The research seeks to generate innovative scientific discoveries and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $431,482.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research to characterize the size and structure of polymeric building blocks used for the preparation of nanostructured materials. This fundamental research aims to advance scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as quantum computing, materials science, and advanced...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Office, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), provides $113,000.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on "SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF CASIMIR FORCES AND NEAR-FIELD ENERGY TRANSFER FROM HETEROSTRUCTURED AND 2D MATERIALS UNDER EQUILIBRIUM AND NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS". The research, to be performed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, aims to expand fundamental...
This Project Grant award for $378,828.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. Specifically, the award funds a project titled "Driven-Dissipative Quantum Systems Under a Microscope" to be conducted by the University of California, Berkeley. The research...
This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 was made by the Department of the Army under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support fundamental research with potential military applications. The grant was awarded to Watch Bird AS, a for-profit limited liability company in Norway, with a period of performance from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025. The research funded under this award will advance key capabilities such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, robotics,...
This federal Project Grant award of $136,009.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the University of New Mexico. The purpose of this 3-year award, which commenced on February 1, 2025, is to conduct research on "Quantifiable Topological Protection for Quantum Materials". This fundamental research aims to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports the development of epitaxial topological thin films for high-speed infrared photodetectors. The award was made to the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and 1862 Land Grant College, with a performance period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028. The research aims to expand fundamental...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command, through its Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), awarded a $774,074.20 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on June 15, 2025. The grant supports fundamental research on precision laser spectroscopy of the thorium nuclear isomer transition, a high-risk, high-payoff basic research effort aimed at expanding scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security. The research, to be conducted...
This Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) supports fundamental research conducted by Universidad Carlos III De Madrid in Spain. The research project, titled "The Effects of Events on Faultlines and Adaptation in Multi-Team Systems," aims to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as computational modeling, advanced algorithmic...
This federal Project Grant award of $160,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports fundamental research at Arizona State University (ASU) to develop quaternary 2D bismuth oxychalcogenides for ultrasensitive broadband phototransistors. The award duration is from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2028. The Basic Scientific Research Program funds high-risk, high-payoff basic...