The U.S. Department of Defense, through its Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University on May 1, 2024. This grant supports foundational research into the properties and applications of exotic electromagnetic field phenomena, including topological fields, knots, and accelerating beams. Key objectives include developing analytical and computational frameworks to characterize these field structures, as well as...
The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $199,914 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force to conduct basic research under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The two-year award will support research characterizing equatorial and midlatitude ionospheric bubbles and their impact on navigation systems from June 2021 through June 2023. The grant aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority and prevent technological surprise by maintaining a strong...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $798,231 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense through the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant funds a research project titled "Separation Bubble Dynamics: A Comprehensive Investigation of Low- and High-Speed Flows Using Experiments, Simulations and Stability Theory" from May 15, 2023 to May 14, 2027. The grant supports fundamental research into fluid dynamics and...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $220,412.84 was provided by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security, with a focus on advancing fundamental knowledge in areas such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence,...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a $493,320 Project Grant to Florida International University under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will support basic, applied, or advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. Specifically, the funding will facilitate research with good long-term potential to contribute technologies for...
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $254,515 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to develop high-speed dual-magnification and focusing schlieren systems for studies of hypersonic turbulence. The award period is from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. This research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as fluid dynamics and aerodynamics related to hypersonic systems. The...
This federal Project Grant award for $567,245.00 was provided by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports a research project titled "VORTEX-SURFACE INTERACTIONS IN UNSTEADY AND GUSTING ENVIRONMENTS" to be conducted by Montana State University over the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. The research aims to advance fundamental knowledge and develop capabilities with potential military...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $113,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, dated July 28, 2025, supports research at the University of Michigan to conduct simultaneous measurement of Casimir forces and near-field energy transfer from heterostructured and 2D materials under equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions. This foundational research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York under the DoD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, awarded on January 21, 2025, will support research on "Electron-Magnon Interactions in Van der Waals Heterostructures" through January 20, 2029. This fundamental research effort aims to advance scientific knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing,...
This $110,000 Department of Defense (DoD) Project Grant, awarded under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), supports the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) in conducting research on sub-wavelength optical lattices in two-dimensional materials. The award, with a performance period from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2028, will enable UMD to advance fundamental knowledge and capabilities in areas such as quantum computing, materials science, and defense technologies that...