Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001423

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) awarded a $1,619,426 Cooperative Agreement to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to advance the technology readiness level of an electrochemically activated oxygen sorbent and reactor system. The project aims to develop a scalable, efficient, and durable electrochemical oxygen separation technology to enable high-quality syngas production and carbon capture for hydrogen production...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,847 project grant to Reliacoat Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business in Bohemia, New York, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant is for the development of "Multifunctional Thermal-Environmental Barrier Coatings for High Temperature Composites", with a project period from July 22, 2024, to April 21, 2025. Reliacoat Technologies, LLC specializes in thermal spray coatings...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $970,748 in funding to Advanced Technology International (ATI) and its subrecipients to demonstrate chemical processes for powder production of novel, advanced refractory metal alloys and refractory complex concentrated alloys. The goal is to enable energy-efficient powder production processes for inherently less expensive alloy compositions, as...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, provides $2,130,000.00 in funding to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY) to investigate first wall materials for magnetic (MFE) and inertial confinement fusion (ICF) systems. The project, titled "Composited Low-Activation UHTC Materials for First Wall Applications", will focus on developing high-conductivity, tough, radiation and...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant on July 22, 2024 to Solution Spray Technologies LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Storrs, Connecticut. The grant, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the development of high-performance coatings for turbomachinery used in supercritical CO2 cycles for concentrated solar power plants. Solution Spray Technologies specializes in advanced ceramic...

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) awarded a $7,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Elinor Coatings, LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Fargo, North Dakota, under the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, titled "Coatings and Materials for Extreme Weather Applications," supports high-risk, high-payoff fundamental research to develop innovative coating technologies for strategic land power applications....

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, is under the DARPA Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910). The $11,200,000 award to Missouri State University will fund the development of cost-effective solutions to improve the reliability of communication systems. The work will involve designing, optimizing, and testing four separate coating processes with dedicated hardware and application-specific tooling to maximize the commercial viability and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation will support Environmental Protective Coatings LLC's development of durable, omniphobic coatings through Scops Coating Technologies LLC. Funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the $1,013,950 award aims to validate pilot-scale production and enhance weatherability of fluorine-free, self-cleaning coating materials. Key objectives include pilot-scale production to enable...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Dmag USA LLC to develop a nickel-boron-tungsten-carbon fullerene coating with superior performance for aerospace applications. The key products or services to be delivered include: A novel coating formulation that incorporates boron, nickel, tungsten, carbon fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and nano diamond to withstand...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Starfire Industries LLC to conduct research on "IN-LINE METROLOGY FOR REAL-TIME MANUFACTURING OF THIN-FILM PVD ATF COATINGS USING IMPULSE HIPIMS + POSITIVE KICK". The project aims to develop advanced in-line metrology techniques for the real-time manufacturing of thin-film physical vapor deposition (PVD) advanced technology fuel (ATF) coatings using impulse high-power impulse magnetron...