Project Grant W911NF261A246
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded $705,139 to Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the project "Exploring Ultrafast Pulses and Ferro-Electrical Nonlinear Integrated Photonic Circuits." The five-year project, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, supports fundamental and applied scientific research in advanced photonic technologies designed to...
- This Project Grant award for $249,973.00 from the Department of the Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research and development in the area of metallurgy and materials at Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL), a Swiss educational institution, from Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2025. EPFL has a history of providing a range of R&D, scientific, and engineering services to the U.S. federal government across disciplines such as electrical, physics, quantum...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) was awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental research focused on mitigating metal-impurity-induced absorption losses in silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) photonic integrated circuits. This three-year research initiative...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration received a $180,000 project grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a defense agency, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for "Engineering Correlation-Driven Topological Quantum Phases." The award, dated February 9, 2026, supports a three-year performance period through February 8, 2029, and represents fundamental research into...
- This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $455,400.00, was issued by the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports research by Eidg. Technische Hochschule (Ethz), also known as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, to develop customized perovskite quantum dots and their assemblies towards novel quantum light sources. The research project, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to...
- The federal Project Grant award of $374,400.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidg. Technische Hochschule, or ETH Zurich) from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028. The award supports research on "Rapid Adaptive Task Learning Inspired by Hierarchical (Cortical) Networks", which aims to advance fundamental scientific understanding and technological...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) received a $199,966 project grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2027. The award supports research titled "Foundations Supporting Neuroprosthetic Management of Hypotensive Complications in Parkinson's Disease," addressing a critical neurological health challenge affecting...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Colorado received a $230,000 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), administered under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), to conduct fundamental research on vibrational quantum control of polyatomic molecules. The three-year award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, supports high-risk, high-payoff scientific investigation aligned with long-term Department of Defense national...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $250,000 project grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a defense agency of the U.S. Department of the Army, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, supports research on quantum information science, specifically focusing on fiber speckle modulator technology. This one-year project contributes to the Department of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a defense-oriented federal agency, effective March 1, 2026, through April 30, 2030. The award supports basic scientific research under CFDA 12.431 focused on "Quantum-Optical Associative Memories: Synaptic Plasticity and Dynamics." Research will be conducted at Stanford's Palo Alto, California facility and aims to...
Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), to support research on "Towards Doubly Efficient Verification of Quantum Computation." The project, awarded July 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2029, supports fundamental research in quantum information science aligned with long-term national security needs. EPFL, a Swiss research university registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov), will conduct this three-year research initiative at its Switzerland-based facility, leveraging its demonstrated expertise in quantum technologies, electrical engineering, and advanced research delivery to U.S. federal agencies. The award supports high-risk, high-payoff basic research in quantum computing within the Department of the Army's strategic research portfolio. EPFL's prior federal grant experience in quantum information science and its track record delivering complex scientific research through collaborations with prominent U.S. institutions and agencies including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) position the organization to advance verification methodologies for quantum computational systems. The three-year performance period aligns with the Basic Scientific Research program's preference for multiyear, severable research proposals designed to discover and innovate science and technology capabilities for strategic advantage.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $100.0k | 6/30/26 |