BASIC RESEARCH
To assemble a comprehensive research portfolio, we engage with other government agencies, industry and higher education.
INVENT THE FUTURE TODAY
Basic research is the foundation of all scientific and engineering discovery and progress. It is what leads to new inventions and concepts—many of which are revolutionary.
Success Stories
AEROMORPH
An AFRL University Center of Excellence (UCoE) that performs fundamental multidisciplinary research to endow future supersonic…
COGNITIVE & COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM
KEY FUNDING AREAS The Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR) Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience program…
FALCON NEURO
FIRST SPACE BASED NEUROMORPHIC CAMERA WHAT IS IT? Falcon Neuro is an experiment flying on the International Space Station…
BOLT II
BOLT II PROJECT ADVANCES HYPERSONICS RESEARCH The BOLT II flight experiment launched in March 2022 from the National…
Space University Research Initiative
The Space University Research Initiative (SURI) program is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)…
OMNISSA – CAMERA FOR SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
What is Space Situational Awareness? Space SituationalAwareness (SSA) is the all-encompassing term for the study, monitoring…
Origami Design for Engineering Innovation
Researchers are developing origami antennas deployable in space….all thanks to basic research! A small basic research…
