The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (UCF) was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) by the U.S. Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command. The grant, with a performance period from June 15, 2025 to June 14, 2028, will support high-risk, high-payoff basic research to expand scientific knowledge and capabilities in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (UCF) was awarded a $298,591 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Army's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) for the "CORACLE: COMPONENTS FOR RAMAN AIR-CLAD LASER EMITTERS" project. The award, which runs from Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026, supports fundamental research to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as materials science, optics, and photonics....
The University of Central Florida's Board of Trustees received a $289,067 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on February 15, 2024. The grant will fund a 2-year research project to develop "Tunable RF Generation with GHz Bursts of High-Intensity USPLs". UCF, a leading public research university, will leverage its expertise in engineering, optics, and photonics to advance scientific knowledge...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF, was awarded a $799,999 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to support basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering through May 31, 2027. The award supports the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), which funds research and technology with potential to contribute to Department of Defense missions....
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $617,397 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, is for a 3-year project to explore the imaging physics of photonic lanterns, which have applications in areas critical to national defense such as advanced electronics and aerospace systems. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $196,429 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 exploration of new laser-plasma domains from August 15, 2022 to August 14, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $180,106 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop an "IR-TO-UV OPTOELECTRONIC SYNAPSE FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION." The funding supports basic, applied, or advanced research in science and engineering fields with potential to contribute to Department of Defense technology, as outlined in the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF) was awarded a $800,000 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). Under this four-year award ending May 2027, UCF will conduct basic, applied, or advanced research in areas with good long-term potential to contribute to Department of Defense technology missions. As one of the largest public...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF) was awarded a four-year, $800,000 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). Through this funding, UCF will support the Office of the Secretary of Defense's goal of advancing technology for its missions by conducting basic, applied, or advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering,...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Office of the Secretary of Defense, under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), provides $800,000.00 to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF, to develop an ultra-high-speed burst-mode laser for use in hypersonics and space detonation research. The award period runs from September 3, 2024 to September 2, 2025....