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OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics OBJECTIVE: Design, fabricate, and demonstrate electrically small antennas with enhanced bandwidth going beyond the fundamental bounds dictated by Chu’s limit. The proposed electrically small antennas should involve dispersion engineered matching loads using tailored dispersive materials or circuits that will allow tailoring the bandwidth ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: Development of a foundry-compatible, direct growth in a Silicon on insulator (SOI) stack, second-order nonlinear material that can be that can be used for photon conversion and low loss waveguides. DESCRIPTION: Silicon on insulator (SOI) has been a growing standard platform for foundry-scale (300mm) integrated photonics. In that ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Sensing and Cyber; Integrated Network Systems-of-Systems OBJECTIVE: To develop techniques for efficient, reliable, and extensible routing of light from ambient conditions through optical fibers to quantum photonic integrated circuit waveguides at milli-Kelvin temperature. DESCRIPTION: Future quantum information networks will enable new capabilit ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Sensing and Cyber OBJECTIVE: Design and build an electrically thin electromagnetic (EM) skin to absorb, scatter, and change the polarization of undesirable radio frequency (RF) radiation providing spectrum camouflage for Army antennae and radar systems. The objective of this SBIR is to utilize novel EM skins by adding RF functionality to create a ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Space Technology OBJECTIVE: Design and demonstrate a combined materials-, device-, and module-based engineering approach to creating environmentally stable perovskite solar cell modules. DESCRIPTION: Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are an increasingly promising photovoltaic (PV) technology, as their power conversion efficiency has increased from less than 4% ...

In 2020, 40.3 million people aged 12 or older had substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year. Of those, 2.6 million people (6.4%) received any in-person treatment, while 2.2 million (5.4%) received virtual services for substance use treatment. Therefore, an estimated 35 million people did not receive any treatment. To receive treatment, individuals need to receive a diagnosis from a provider, ...

In 2020, 40.3 million people aged 12 or older had substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year. Of those, 2.6 million people (6.4%) received any in-person treatment, while 2.2 million (5.4%) received virtual services for substance use treatment. Therefore, an estimated 35 million people did not receive any treatment. To receive treatment, individuals need to receive a diagnosis from a provider, ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Biotechnology OBJECTIVE: Develop a multiplex detection system that can be used by an expeditionary force for the detection of pathogens in food and water using shelf-stable nanotechnology enabled assay DESCRIPTION: U.S. troops are deployed worldwide to places where commercial food sanitation standards may be inferior with poor enforcement. Survey data of ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: This project will demonstrate the operation of a single-axis gravity gradiometer with a noise floor below at approximately 10 Eotvos (or similar performance if already demonstrated) on a moving platform in environments where vibrations, accelerations, rotations, and temperature swings cannot be neglected. DESCRIPTION: Atomic grav ...

Purpose The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis by supporting the development of therapies and technologies directed at enhanced pain management through the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Specifically, this FOA is focused on applications directed at improving pain measurement ...