Cooperative Agreement DEAR0000813

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $274,310 Project Grant to Falcon Fuel Cells Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to evaluate the maximum concentration of impurities in reformed ammonia and syngas fuels that will allow their high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cell technology to remain technically and commercially viable. This research aims to contribute to the displacement of fossil fuel combustion technologies,...

This $299,977 Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to explore the use of liquid ammonia as an electrolyte in ammonia fuel cells. The goal of the project is to elucidate the technical feasibility, as well as the economic, social, and environmental sustainability, of employing liquid ammonia as both the fuel and electrolyte medium in...

This $274,127 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of an innovative ammonia-based hydrogen storage and conversion system by Amhytech Inc., a Detroit-based manufacturer. The project aims to create a solvent-free ammonia electrolyzer that can efficiently convert transported ammonia to hydrogen under ambient conditions, addressing key challenges in hydrogen storage and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $299,999 to Rutgers, The State University to develop a novel non-equilibrium electrochemical plasma catalysis (NE-EPC) system for efficient, distributed, and electrified ammonia synthesis. The project aims to create a reactor that can produce "green" ammonia from water, nitrogen, and renewable electricity, providing a potential solution for decarbonizing chemical...

This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...

This $458,552 CAREER project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Northeastern University to computationally characterize the reaction mechanisms and catalytic microenvironments involved in a sustainable, electrochemical approach to ammonia production. The project focuses on leveraging first-principles calculations and artificial intelligence to identify key steps...

Energy 18H LLC received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop a direct fuel cell for the perhydrodibenzyltoluene/dibenzyltoluene fuel pair. The project aims to deliver a new fuel cell as part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports scientific research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through basic research. The...

Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. received a $2.5M competitive cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded on August 12, 2025, to develop and demonstrate the world's first low-pressure, fully electric photoreactor system for green ammonia (NH3) production at pilot scale. Under the project titled "Electrified Low-Pressure Green Ammonia for Carbon-Free Energy Future," the awardee will deliver a Renewable-to-Ammonia (RTA) system that...

Celadyne Technologies, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support research and development activities concluding on June 30, 2022. The award is being used by Celadyne Technologies to fund work on NANOCOATING FOR INCREASED NAFION MEMBRANE DURABILITY AND EFFICIENCY. Specifically, the company is developing nanocoating technologies aimed at improving the durability and efficiency of Nafion polymer membranes for use in fuel...

Federal Grant Award Summary Funding Agency and Program: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded this project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). Award Details and Deliverables: The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received $377,828 in funding for a three-year research initiative (August 1, 2025–July 31, 2028) focused on electrochemical combustion control. The project will develop...