This $178,971 Project Grant awarded 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) is funding the development of an "Amplified Ultrashort Pulse Laser System for Investigating Petahertz Electronics in Wide-Gap Semiconductors" at the Regents of the University of Michigan. The research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national...
The Department of Defense awarded a $199,900 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on February 18, 2025. The three-year grant will support the University's research into "LIGHT CONTROLLED ARTIFICIAL TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS", with a final completion date of February 17, 2028. This foundational research project aims to advance knowledge in materials science, optics, and related scientific domains that have...
This federal Project Grant award of $175,542 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research into "Quantum Photonic Elements Built from Cooperative Atomic Arrays" at the University of Michigan. The 3-year award, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund cutting-edge research to develop innovative quantum photonic technologies with potential applications in national defense...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), provides $615,291.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to explore the versatility of ytterbium's 3P2 metastable state for quantum computing applications. The research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in quantum computing, a key focus area for national security. The award, with a performance...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,067,730 from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) supports research and development on CMOS-compatible, defect-free growth of III-N and III-V multilayer heterostructures on silicon. The prime awardee, the Regents of the University of Michigan, will leverage its expertise in advanced materials and semiconductor technology to conduct this innovative research. The work...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (Army RDECOM) under the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), supports the upgrade of the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system at Stony Brook University for the development of novel mid-infrared semiconductor photonic devices. The $124,965.57 award, effective from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2026, will enable Stony Brook...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command, under the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), provides $160,000.00 to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct research on "QUATERNARY 2D BISMUTH OXYCHALCOGENIDES FOR ULTRASENSITIVE BROADBAND PHOTOTRANSISTORS." The three-year award, running from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2028, will support ASU's research efforts to...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the University of Michigan under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) from January 15, 2021 to January 14, 2024. The grant aims to advance understanding of light-induced biological processes through computational and experimental studies of parameter sensitivity and system-environment interactions in vision and photosynthesis systems. Researchers will examine these...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) provides $110,000.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on "Sub-Wavelength Optical Lattices in Two-Dimensional Materials". The research will take place from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2028 and aims to advance fundamental knowledge in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, materials science, and defense technologies....
The federal Project Grant award of $572,398.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) will fund upgrades to the molecular beam epitaxy capabilities at Georgia Tech Research Corp to enable the development of revolutionary extreme bandgap semiconductor technologies. The award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, will support the acquisition and integration of new epitaxy system components to advance the...