This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under CFDA 12.431 Basic Scientific Research provides $250,000.00 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, to conduct research aimed at enabling Distributed Feedback Quantum Cascade Lasers (DFB QCLs) for ranging applications and free-space optical communication in the mid-infrared. The award period runs from August 15, 2024...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,300,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431). The funding will support the acquisition of a metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactor at Morgan State University to conduct research on ultrawide bandgap III-nitride materials for power, RF, and optoelectronics applications. This research aims to advance fundamental...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $169,850 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant will fund research on "Geometry and Topology in Superlattice Materials" from Sep 30, 2024 to Sep 29, 2028. This research aims to advance scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as quantum...
This $220,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports fundamental research by the University of Maryland, College Park into sub-wavelength optical lattices in two-dimensional materials. The research aims to expand scientific knowledge and generate innovative discoveries and technological capabilities that could address long-term national security challenges and enhance military capabilities in areas such as...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $331,715.68 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook University) to conduct airborne and ground-based compact Raman lidar and Doppler lidar measurements and analysis to support the MAGPIE program. The award period runs from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027. Stony Brook University, a prominent...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded New York University a $212,063 Project Grant under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support optical characterization of inverse diamond photonic crystals from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The grant will fund research at New York University in New York, NY to characterize inverse diamond photonic crystals and advance the Army's basic scientific research efforts. The...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) provides $120,000.00 to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees to acquire an optical spectrum analyzer operating in the mid-infrared spectral region. This instrumentation will enable the university to pursue research on mid-infrared optoelectronics, such as gas-filled fiber lasers. The award was granted on March 15, 2025 with a planned...
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 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 $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...