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This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $1,200,000 to the University of California, San Diego from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2026. The award supports research into developing new coding techniques to enable DNA-based data storage. Specific objectives include establishing theoretical limits on DNA storage capacity and efficiency,...

This three-year, $299,937 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at San Diego State University and collaborating institutions on energy-efficient terahertz communications technologies for beyond fifth-generation wireless systems. The award funds four interconnected research thrusts: 1) channel estimation, performance analysis, and hardware design for doubly massive MIMO systems using...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a total funding of $180,000.00, supports the development of a user-friendly, high-performance, and portable GPU-accelerated data reduction cyberinfrastructure called Scientific GPU Compression Cyberinfrastructure (SGCC). The project aims to mitigate data challenges on GPU-equipped supercomputing systems, improve data analysis efficiency, and accelerate...

Anadyne, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop a particle detector front-end readout integrated circuit optimized for high speed timing resolution measurements. The circuit will be designed under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. The one-year...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a total funding of $240,000, supports the development of a user-friendly, high-performance, and portable GPU-accelerated data reduction cyberinfrastructure, named "SGCC," for scientific data analysis workflows. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: (1) enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of SGCC in practical...

This $233,625 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund the acquisition of an automated photonic alignment/probe station with a high brightness photon-pair source and dual channel ultra-low-noise photon counter. This state-of-the-art characterization station will enable unique optical and electronic measurement capabilities for faculty, researchers, and students at the City College of New York (CCNY). The station...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID DESC0025764, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Hypres Inc., a for-profit technology company located in Elmsford, New York. The $200,000.00 award, dated February 18, 2025, will support the development of a superconductor time-to-digital converter (TDC) for a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) array readout with 2.5 ps time-of-arrival resolution. This research...

Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $206,380 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a diamond detector system for ion-beam diagnostics. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of an innovative diamond-based detector that can be used to characterize the properties of ion beams with unprecedented resolution. This detector system aligns with the Office of Science's mission...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $304,900 to Magnolia Electronics Inc. supports the development of a machine learning-enabled analog-to-digital converter (ADC) prototype. The project aims to demonstrate a new ADC approach that can capture higher density signals compared to traditional ADCs, enabling faster data center and internet connections. The prototype will implement a serializer/deserializer receiver...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Project Grant, awarded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $250,000 in funding to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The project aims to develop novel transceiver architectures, circuit blocks, design techniques, and communication strategies to enable energy-efficient millimeter wave wireless networks. The research effort...