Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001741

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the Department of Energy, awarded a Cooperative Agreement to Omega Project Co. in the amount of $363,500 on March 27, 2026, with a completion date of September 26, 2027. This award supports research and development under the CURIE (Converting UNF Radioisotopes Into Energy) program (CFDA 81.135), which addresses transformative solutions for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel management while...

The NK Labs, LLC federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program is focused on advancing the development of active target technology for muon-catalyzed fusion energy. The $500,000 award, granted on Sep 22, 2023, aims to develop a design with further reduced beam energy per muon to strengthen the case for the feasibility of power production using muon-catalyzed fusion. This 2-year project supports ARPA-E's mission to...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Stony Brook University received a $2.13M Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded July 2, 2025, with completion targeted for July 1, 2028. The award supports research and development of composited low-activation ultra-high-temperature ceramic (UHTC) materials for first wall applications in fusion energy systems under the CHADWICK (Creating Hardened and Durable Fusion First Wall Incorporating...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC received a $1,060,833 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, effective August 18, 2025, with a completion date of August 17, 2027. Under this award, the company will develop Structured Plasma Cell Thermionic Energy Conversion (SPACE-TEC), a groundbreaking nuclear fuel technology utilizing metal foam fuels. SPACE-TEC will directly convert nuclear heat into...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) has awarded a $499,946 Cooperative Agreement to Exofusion, Inc. for the development of novel liquid metal plasma facing component (PFC) alloys. This project aims to create new materials that can optimize core confinement and divertor plasma performance, which is critical to improving the economic viability of fusion power plants. The two-year project, running from January 2025 to January 2027, will...

Cooperative Agreement Summary: Advanced Anodes for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers Evoloh, Inc. received a $1,248,396 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on September 15, 2025. The award supports the development and commercialization of advanced anode technology for anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMELs) designed to reduce hydrogen production costs. The...

This SBIR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) provides $275,000 to Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC to develop a metal foam-based neutron sensor for advanced nuclear reactor instrumentation. The project aims to create a sensor that can withstand the harsh, high-temperature and radiation-intensive environments of next-generation nuclear reactors. This novel sensor technology could have broader...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,000,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The overall objective is for the awardee, the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education (operating through the University of Nevada, Reno), to purchase and commission relevant equipment, train individual scientists in their operation, develop...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $1,079,989 cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded February 19, 2026, with completion targeted for February 18, 2029. Under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0003418), Radiabeam will develop and advance thin-film niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) superconducting radio-frequency cavities for use in proton driver...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded a $2.295 million Cooperative Agreement to Stony Brook University, effective September 19, 2025 through September 18, 2028. Under this Newton Program initiative, Stony Brook will conduct computational and experimental research to map technological needs and demonstrate pathways for implementing superconducting cyclotron technology in accelerator-driven systems (ADS). Leveraging prior...