Cooperative Agreement 70NANB26H297
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $359,576.14 cooperative agreement to Theiss Research on October 1, 2025, to develop and apply pulsed-gas resonant inelastic X-ray scattering methodology for measuring molecular-scale behavior of catalysts used in energy-intensive chemical production. The work, funded under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609), builds a framework for catalyst characterization that includes CO chemisorption studies...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to Theiss Research on February 1, 2027, to develop and validate autonomous decision-making methods that select both the next materials experiment and the appropriate measurement modality under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609). Theiss Research will develop a non-myopic, measurement-modality-aware active-learning framework that combines multi-fidelity active...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Theiss Research received a $128,221.02 cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports fundamental research investigating surfactant-mediated electrochemical metal deposition mechanisms at the nanoscale, with emphasis on copper, rhodium, and iridium materials for...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Theiss Research a $115,335.60 cooperative agreement under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609) to conduct precision wavelength dispersive measurements of rare earth L transitions. The project will provide scientific research and technology transfer for measurement and standards from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. Specifically, the funding supports Theiss Research in performing...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Theiss Research a Cooperative Agreement totaling $144,342.63 under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program, effective April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027. The award funds the development of advanced methodology, algorithms, and software tools for determining local and nanoscale atomic and magnetic order in technological materials using X-ray and neutron...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $126,313.42 cooperative agreement to Theiss Research on April 1, 2026, under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609) to develop a comprehensive understanding of electrodeposition mechanisms and nanoscale feature-filling processes relevant to advanced semiconductor interconnects. The recipient will employ shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) to conduct operando...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $120,457.91 cooperative agreement to Theiss Research of La Jolla, California under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program. The agreement will support research from August 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 to develop a magnetic field sensor based on the magneto-electroluminescence response of organic light emitting diodes. The Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program aims to provide...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $411,365 Cooperative Agreement (70NANB25H091) to Theiss Research on October 1, 2025, under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609). The award funds development of techniques to improve the manufacturability of superconducting quantum circuits. Theiss Research will provide innovative tools to fabricate superconducting circuits with fewer errors, detect errors during fabrication, correct errors before...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Theiss Research received a $244,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The award funds computational research to elucidate anomalous dielectric properties in solvent mixtures through computational dielectric spectroscopy. The primary deliverables include development of...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $122,360 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program to Theiss Research, a non-profit research organization in La Jolla, California. The purpose of this 1-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, is to develop physical models of aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN)/gallium nitride (GaN)-based high-electron-mobility...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $105,457.68 Cooperative Agreement to Theiss Research on August 15, 2026, under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609). The award funds characterization of ultra-uniform gold nanoparticle candidate reference materials designed for calibrating single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SPICP-MS). Theiss Research will validate this characterization using complementary particle tracking analysis to establish comparability and metrological traceability. The recipient will also systematically evaluate ionic and gold nanoparticle transport under varied experimental variables to develop a cohesive nanoparticle and aerosol transport model. The project will deliver improved reference materials and related measurements, validated measurement protocols, and a transport model addressing discrepancies commonly reported in literature. Technical findings will support active ballots and initiatives within ASTM Committee E56 and ISO Technical Committee 229. Work is performed in La Jolla, California, with a period of performance running from the award date through August 14, 2027. The funding addresses critical gaps in nanoparticle metrology calibration to enable highly accurate particle size and number concentration measurements for industrial and regulatory communities across advanced manufacturing, nanomedicine, nanoelectronics, semiconductors, food packaging, nutrient delivery, and environmental or industrial analysis laboratories.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $105.5k | 8/11/26 |