NSF engines: louisiana energy transition engine

Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action

Award ID
2315727
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$33,821,660

Award facts

Completion date 53% complete
Originally
Place of performance
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

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Abstract
This NSF engines award to the louisiana energy transition engine will advance our nation?s capacity for innovation in clean energy by driving research and commercialization efforts in carbon capture, hydrogen as an alternative fuel, carbon dioxide as a feedstock, sustainable water, sustainable manufacturing for clean energy, and economic and policy research to promote pathways to decarbonization in the state of louisiana. Clean energy technologies will surpass the current state of practice and our current capabilities because of the unique capacity of this NSF engine to leverage louisiana?s unique geology, its existing oil and gas production as well as downstream petrochemical operations, and its strong research and development infrastructure. This will have profound impacts on our national economy and security, and IT will increase the nation?s ability to compete on a global stage as the world races to find more sustainable energy solutions while also unlocking regional economic growth and creating opportunities for the entire state. In addition to the significant national impacts, the NSF engine has the potential to create new jobs and training opportunities in the clean energy sector particularly for historically underserved and/or rural communities within the region of service. If successful, the innovation ecosystem driven by the NSF engine will result in unprecedented advances ranging from carbon dioxide sequestration and carbon dioxide as a feedstock to hydrogen as an alternative fuel by creating new technologies and technology startups that solve industry needs, bringing with IT new jobs, opportunities, and economic prosperity for the state of louisiana. The NSF engine has a region of service that spans the entire state of louisiana. The NSF engine includes a large ecosystem of core partners with representation from the energy industry, universities (including historically black colleges and universities, public and private four-year institutions and two-year institutions), economic and workforce development organizations, non-profits, and investment firms that are essential to the NSF engine?s success. This diverse coalition of partners will be central to r & d, translation, and workforce development efforts. The NSF engine will focus on six topic areas related to decarbonization and the transition to clean energy. These topic areas are: (1) carbon sequestration; (2) hydrogen as an alternative fuel; (3) use of carbon dioxide to produce biofuels or bioproducts; (4) sustainable solutions to the energy industry?s high demand for water; (5) sustainable manufacturing practices for the clean energy industry; and (6) policy development to promote decarbonization of the energy sector. The NSF engine will assemble a cross-sector committee of core partners who will work together to prioritize research initiatives that are responsive to the energy industry?s needs in the transition to a sustainable, low carbon future. Specific research projects will be supported through seed funding competitions. The research and translation goals of the NSF engine are to: (1) leverage regional expertise to solve energy and hydrocarbon transition-related challenges aligned with the six identified topic areas; (2) launch and sustain an energy transition technology incubator that prioritizes historically underserved communities to grow and develop early-stage technology projects; and (3) generate and attract more substantial investments, technologies, intellectual property activity, startups, and commercial activities to accelerate energy transition by developing and growing research, partnerships, workforce training, and entrepreneurial efforts in louisiana. Collectively, these goals will enable louisiana to become a global leader in clean energy technology innovations and accelerate regional economic growth?creating career opportunities for the entire community. The coalition of partners bring deep expertise across all core functions of the NSF engine to ensure the NSF engine goals are met. This expertise includes chemical and clean energy engineering; technology commercialization, entrepreneurship, and small business management; establishment of accessible career pathways for louisiana residents; and development of sustainable partnerships across higher education, industry, community, and government. The NSF engine has engaged state and local chambers of commerce, economic and workforce development organizations, industry, and louisiana?s community and technical college system to build training and mentorship opportunities across the state. Specific activities include train-the-trainer programs to educate the next generation of stem educators, supporting k-12 educators link energy transition topics to foundational stem classes, and a grant program that will support new, equitable training opportunities that address new and existing workforce gaps in the clean-energy sector. Workforce development activities will prioritize rural and historically underserved communities within the region of service. The NSF engine has brought together a strong coalition of partners and identified strong alignment with regional assets and priorities. The NSF engine has identified critical r & d topic areas that must be advanced to drive clean-energy innovations and get closer to a net-zero carbon future. IT will support r & d and translational activities to cultivate an innovation ecosystem of tech companies that support the nation?s transition to clean energy, while also driving economic growth through job creation and training opportunities in the clean energy sector, particularly for historically underserved and/or rural communities, across the state of louisiana. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.- subawards are planned for this award.

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Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
University Of Louisiana At Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will assist with IP landscape assessments, market research, business model validation, and data collection for… $95,000
University Of New Orleans FUEL Innovation Ambassador, University of New Orleans 3/1/2026 - 2/28/2029 M. Tarr will serve as the Innovation Ambassador at the University of New Orleans.… $50,000
Activate Global Inc. FUEL will participate in Activate Global’s Bolstering Resources for Innovators from Developing and Growing Ecosystems (BRIDGE) initiative, a deep-tech… $450,000
Greater New Orleans Development Foundation Funds will be used in Year 3 for use of the building that will house Newlab in New Orleans, LA. The facility will provide four (4) industrial bays that… $4,500,000
Youthforce Nola Youthforce NOLA will support FUEL’s workforce mission by helping to connect high school students to future energy careers by exposing them energy and STEM… $387,500
Louisiana Community & Technical College System The Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) will facilitate the development and processing of credentials and certifications through… $600,000
Emergent Method, LLC FUEL’s Energy Awareness Campaign will establish a baseline understanding of awareness, perceptions, barriers, and engagement opportunities across Louisiana's… $100,000
Dillard University Under the Center for Graduate and Pre-Professional Education, Dr. Timothy Johnson will serve as the FUEL Faculty Ambassador and will lead program… $35,000
Biomedical Research Foundation Of Northwest Louisiana The Biomedical Research Foundation (BRF) of Northwest Louisiana’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) serves as the region’s startup accelerator and small… $50,000
Southern University And A & M College FUEL funding will support an Innovation Ambassador to promote FUEL efforts at Southern University. Funds will support a graduate student who will be responsible… $50,000
Nicholls State University Lacey Hoffpauir will serve as the Innovation Ambassador for Nicholls State University. She will oversee all institutional FUEL-related activities, coordinate… $50,000
Xavier University Of Louisiana Xavier University will use the funding to support an Innovation Ambassador and Co-Innovation Ambassador. These ambassadors will be the primary contacts for… $70,000
Grambling State University Grambling State University will promote faculty engagement in research and support as well as faculty-led mentoring activities aimed at cultivating the next… $40,000
The University Of Mississippi Dr. Sarah Mason, CERE Director, will oversee the external evaluation of FUEL activities, with primary responsibility for coordinating the entire evaluation… $80,000
Southern Univ And A&M College System Two FUEL co-ambassadors (Dr. Murty S. Kambhampati and Dr. Joe Omojola) will will manage the grant, including reconciliation of budget, recruitment of students… $50,000
Louisiana TECH University FUEL funding will support a Senior-Level FUEL Innovation Ambassador at Louisiana Tech Univeristy. The Ambassador will promote FUEL-related research,… $70,000
Southeastern Louisiana University Funds will be used to support a Hackathon program at Southeastern Louisiana University. Four-to-six faculty members will involved. Funds will also support… $50,000
The Administrators Of Tulane Educational Fund FUEL’s funding will support Dr. Daniel Shantz and Dr. Pierre Conner’s work at Tulane promoting FUEL’s goals. They will develop and implement curriculum,… $95,000
Empower Schools, Inc. The mission of this proposal is to develop a pipeline of West Baton Rouge-area students prepared for high-paying and high-demand careers in the energy sector by… $100,000
Callais Capital Management, LLC The development and start-up of the FUELr Fund is organized into three core phases and is projected to continue over about a one-year period. However, the… $302,723
Southern University And A & M College Gauging hydrogen embrittlcmcnt resistance of conventional and ML optimized MELD SS316L SUBR: Shizhong Yang and Dr. Starovoytov will work on the following… $40,000
The Administrators Of Tulane Educational Fund The conversion of CO2 to formate/formic acid via thermochemical pathways represents a promising approach for carbon utilization, yet remains challenging with… $161,205
One Acadiana Inc. Our mission is to equip educators with firsthand knowledge of Acadiana’s industries, ensuring students are better prepared for the region’s evolving job market.… $100,000
Southern Univ And A&M College System Duties of SUNO faculty members include, mentoring one STEM major each, participate in opening and closing ceremonies of summer program, participate virtually in… $42,564
Emergent Method, LLC Emergent Method has worked closely with FUEL since inception, developing foundational branding, outreach, and communications. Building on our understanding of… $300,000
Youthforce Nola YouthForce NOLA requests $100,000 in Fuel Scale funds to partner with the energy industry and integrate the energy industry into all of its career exposure… $100,000
Waste 2 Energy Systems, L.L.C. Phase 1: Literature Review and Analysis Task 1.1: Conduct a literature review on current hydrogen extraction techniques from producer gas. Task 1.2: Analyze the… $200,000
Eray Geophysical LLC Subtask 1 Simulation of the diffraction wave regarding fracture zone parameters in 30 space: The seismic modeling in this proposal will use 9-points finite… $197,769
Renovigo Incorporated The scope of work involves developing and validating our innovative CO2-to-propylene/acrylonitrile conversion system. We've completed preliminary stoichiometric… $194,675
Novaspark Energy Corporation Scope of work, milestones and outcome that will be achieved within budget Will focus on refining, testing, and preparing for commercialization of the mobile… $200,000
Westfield Fluid Controls Inc. The scope of work involves six tasks, with associated milestones, listed below. 1) Design and Solid Modeling of Valve's Internal Mechanism and Components:… $197,675
Louisiana Chamber Of Commerce Foundation, Inc. Mission: The Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation (LCCF} is committed to fostering economic growth by supporting small businesses, entrepreneurs, and… $112,200
University Of Louisiana At Lafayette Hypothesis The air exiting wastewater treatment plants {used at cities and industries) contains high CO2 levels that are generated from the aerobic bacteria… $213,408
Xavier University Of Louisiana Building FUEL-Related Research Capacities at Xavier University of Louisiana The proposed activities at Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) aim to address a… $174,000
Nicholls State University The main goal of our research is to demonstrate the production of hydrogen and methane from the anaerobic digestion of sugarcane bagasse is potentially a viable… $146,797
Louisiana TECH University Hypothesis (1) Direct breakdown of H2S to H2 and S using the lithium-cycling strategy is effective at room temperature and has higher H2 yield than other H2S… $149,918
Louisiana TECH University The work plan comprises four primary tasks aimed at demonstrating technical feasibility and preparing for scaling the technology for larger operations.… $125,409
Louisiana TECH University Hypothesis The core idea of this project is to develop an integrated system involving robotic agents (e.g., drones or ground mobile robots) and stationary… $124,799
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Hypothesis We hypothesize that a microwave-generated high temperature plasma reactor can be successfully used for conversion of CO2 into higher value products… $207,833
Louisiana Technology Park, L.l.c Louisiana Technology Park, LLC will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees. As the grant progresses, the team at… $114,265
University Of Louisiana At Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of… $244,486
Dillard University Dillard University will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of commitment and in the… $69,212
Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership The Baton Rouge Area Chamber will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board subcommittees as described in its letter of commitment and in… $190,906
Louisiana Community & Technical College System The Louisiana Community and Technical College System will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its… $159,480
Greater New Orleans Development Foundation Greater New Orleans Development Foundation will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of… $73,382
University Of New Orleans The University of New Orleans will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of commitment and… $235,048
Xavier University Of Louisiana Xavier University will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of commitment and in the FUEL… $178,937
One Acadiana Inc. One Acadiana Inc. will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of commitment and in the FUEL… $100,000
The University Of Mississippi The University of Mississippi will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of commitment and… $159,944
Nicholls State University Nicholls State University will participate in the FUEL Governance Board and/or Governance Board Subcommittees as described in its letter of commitment and in… $113,948
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2315727 was awarded to Louisiana State University by National Science Foundation on March 1, 2024.

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$33,821,660 has been obligated on 2315727.

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