Cooperative Agreement DEAR0000541

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Track L Project Grant, with a total funding of $650,000, aims to innovate and mature two miniature volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing technologies - colorimetric VOC sensor arrays and wearable VOC sensor patches. The project team, consisting of engineers, chemists, material scientists, biologists, and data scientists, will leverage machine learning and bio-inspired design to develop cost-effective, field-portable, and highly...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program provides $249,998 to The Johns Hopkins University to develop flexible electronic materials for mobile devices that can detect and identify gases, reporting results to users. The materials and circuits will allow the general population to monitor gases related to human health conditions precisely, taking greater control of their health status. The award reflects NSF's mission to advance...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program will support research by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) to develop a sustainable vertiport system and autonomous drone swarm for methane emission monitoring over orphaned oil and gas wells. The $149,999 grant will fund three technical objectives: (1) a low-cost, portable, and sustainable vertiport to enable precision...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $425,000 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop a chip-scale quantum spectroscopy solution for mid-infrared gas sensing. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: (a) Optimization of a silicon-carbide-on-aluminum-nitride integrated photonics platform for low-loss performance from visible to mid-infrared spectra; (b) Development of silicon carbide...

Bettergy Corp. received a $199,988 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a highly sensitive real-time subsurface sensor for carbon dioxide leakage monitoring. The project supports the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, with a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number of 81.049. This program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop optimized high surface area functionalized nanomaterials for parts per billion (PPB) gas sensing using machine learning models. The $274,991 award to Atmosense, Inc., a minority-owned small business located in San Diego, CA, will fund the research and development of advanced materials...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), provides $250,000.00 to Sensorcomm Technologies Inc., a for-profit organization, to develop an IoT-based multi-gas sensor to identify precursors used to predict flameout events. The award period runs from July 10, 2023 to January 9, 2024. The Department of Energy's Office of Science mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major...

This National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 Engineering) Project Grant award totaling $400,000 aims to develop a network of chemical sensors that can continuously monitor outdoor air for carcinogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, and xylene. The University of California, Davis will lead this 3-year effort to assemble a sensor network that can detect and quantify targeted VOC levels, with data relayed to a cloud platform for analysis. The team will first test...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of Michigan received a $506,693 Project Grant awarded November 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an ultrasensitive miniature gas sensor capable of detecting volatile chemical compounds at the single-molecule level. The primary deliverable is a miniature Avalanche Gas Ionization Detector (AGID) engineered using silicon-based complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)...

Grant Award Summary Colorado School of Mines received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) for the SCOPE CO2 project, awarded April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2028. This award supports the development of a novel detection system for impurities in concentrated gaseous and supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) used in pipeline transport, storage, and utilization applications. The project addresses a critical need for safe...