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Opportunity Summary:

This opportunity is a competitive Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) solicitation to stand up a single university-based Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on electromagnetic interference (EMI) in extreme electromagnetic environments. The center is described as a joint effort between AFOSR and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate, with the expectation that the work will be fundamental, unclassified basic research and submitted without proprietary information. The broader intent is to expand AFRL research capacity while also developing and training a pipeline of US scientists and engineers who can tackle Air Force basic research needs in electromagnetics and electronics resilience.

The technical emphasis is on building a deep, physics-based understanding of how intense EMI environments affect electronic systems, and then turning that understanding into predictive modeling capability. The Air Force is explicitly looking for research that moves the field away from primarily empirical EMI/EMC practices and toward a more scientific, first-principles approach. A central deliverable theme is the development of predictive models that can explain and forecast system behavior under severe electromagnetic stress, including interactions with complex, nonlinear electronic systems. The scope includes both today’s mainstream CMOS-based electronics and “evolving future technologies,” signaling interest in forward-looking device architectures and materials as they begin to influence next-generation military electronics.

A major research thrust is modeling and simulation at scale. The announcement highlights the need to discover and apply new methods that can predict how extreme electromagnetic environments couple into and disrupt electronic systems, and it points to implementation on emerging petascale supercomputers. In practical terms, this suggests the center should be capable of bridging multiple levels of abstraction: underlying interference physics, device and circuit-level nonlinear response, and system-level electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance in harsh environments. The Air Force is looking for a capability that can help it anticipate vulnerabilities, evaluate design trades, and ultimately guide the development of more robust electronic systems without relying solely on trial-and-error testing.

From an administrative standpoint, the funding opportunity number is BAA AFOSR 2014 0002 under CFDA 12.800 (Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program). The instrument type allows for a cooperative agreement, grant, or procurement contract, and it is categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development. Only one award is expected. The estimated total funding is listed at $4.5 million, with an anticipated award range from $3.0 million (floor) to $6.0 million (ceiling). No cost sharing or matching is required. Eligible applicants are US public/state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education, which aligns with the “University Center of Excellence” framing.

Key dates in the posting show it was posted May 29, 2014, with an original and current closing date of June 30, 2014, and an archive date of July 30, 2014. The announcement also provides points of contact for questions: a business contact, Katherine Walston (Procurement Analyst) via afosr.baa@us.af.mil, and a technical contact, Dr. Timothy Clarke, via timothy.clarke@us.af.mil, phone (505) 846-9107.

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