NSF Support
- $450k per year for 5 years
- Covers all management and administrative costs
- Distributed among the three universities annually
Center Memberships
Full Membership
- $123k annual fee: membership and 2 votes for project selection
- $61,500 annual fee: membership and 1 vote for project selection
- No overhead costs
- Participation in all Industry Advisory Board meetings (two annually)
- Collaboration and insight into all projects of the center
Affiliate Membership
- In-kind contributions: equipment/instruments/software
- IAB participation (two annually)
- Collaboration on projects
- Elite Affiliate (>$250k/yr.) with added access to closed door IAB meetings
Full Members
- BAE Systems
- Ciena Corporation
- Critical Frequency Design
- GlobalFoundries
- L3Harris Technologies
- Lockheed Martin
- Raytheon Technologies
- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
- Teradyne
Elite Affiliates
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Keysight Technologies
- Rohde & Schwarz USA
- Synopsys
- Tower Semiconductor
Affiliates
- Luna Innovations
- Thorlabs
- Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
- Optical Fiber Cable and Connectivity Solutions (OFS)
- Tektronix
Synergistic Support
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research – Defense University Research Instrumentation Program
- Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- NSF/ EMIT Technologies
- NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
