Cooperative Agreement AIDOAAA1500071

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant award of $274,996 to Fenix Space, Inc. will support the development of a novel reusable launch platform and two-body separation system under unique aerodynamic circumstances. The goals of the Phase I project are to build a prototype separation system and validate it through sub-orbital flight testing. This innovative top-carry air-launch concept aims to demonstrate improved separation system design that can...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Launch Alaska received a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2026. The award funds development of the Water and Alaska Vital Energy Systems (WAVES) program to address barriers to water power technology deployment in Alaska. Phase I...

This $3.2 million Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration project grant funds the Lab to Life program at Colorado State University Research Foundation. The program will establish partnerships between Colorado State University and the Colorado State Research Foundation to commercialize research-based clean technologies and sustainability startups. Specifically, the Lab to Life program will support transforming intellectual property into 3 to 5 startup companies annually over...

This $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will support Stoke Space Technologies, Inc. to develop reusable upper stages for space launch vehicles. Specifically, the small business will build a full-scale prototype heat shield and test it under simulated ascent and atmospheric reentry conditions. Testing will occur in phases of increasing complexity, with data from each phase used to...

General Atomics was awarded a $102,432 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop electromagnetic launch capabilities for resource exploitation on the moon. The one-year grant running from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 will support General Atomics' research efforts to design and test electromagnetic launch systems that can be deployed on the lunar surface to...

This $3 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program funds the Blue Angels Upswell Project. The project will deliver capacity building for angel investors and bluetech startups through 2025. Key services include recruiting diverse angel investors, increasing investors' scientific and market knowledge of bluetech through showcases and e-learning, and educating investors on angel investment strategies and...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an advanced propellant-less propulsion system for small satellites by Field Propulsion Technologies Inc., a small business based in Aurora, Colorado. The project aims to create a prototype propulsion device utilizing a specialized metamaterial based on graphene composite that can generate thrust through unresolved...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,299,988 Project Grant under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Space Balloon Technologies Corp, doing business as Spaceloon. The grant supports the development of Spaceloon's novel Controlled Altitude Ballooning (CAB) platform, which can perform bi-directional sampling across atmospheric layers from the troposphere to the mesosphere. The CAB technology involves a hardware and software combination that...

Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC received a $255,993 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a liquid oxygen-methane engine for small satellite launch vehicles. Funded under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this 12-month award will support the design and testing of an engine using liquid oxygen and methane propellants. The Engineering program seeks to improve engineering research and education to foster innovation and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program provides $298,468 to Indiana University to develop the Exosphere open-source software platform. Exosphere is a web-based interface that aims to increase researchers' productivity and reduce time to scientific discoveries by providing user-friendly access to non-proprietary cloud computing infrastructure and research tools. Key activities supported by this award include...