Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001760

Impact Cooling Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a novel high-density data center cooling solution. The two-year award, made under Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001954 on September 30, 2022, will support Impact Cooling's proposed use of jet impingement cooling technology to achieve dramatically improved heat transfer efficiency using only air. If successful, this technology could...

This $978,431 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of an innovative two-phase cooling system using micro closed-loop pulsating heat pipes by Global Cooling Technology Group LLC, a small business specializing in advanced cooling technologies. The project aims to create a disruptive cooling solution that can enhance the performance of high-power density electronics,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Taumat LLC received a $1.21 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The company will develop an innovative solid-state phase change cooling system designed to enhance central processing unit (CPU) performance by treating chips as dynamic thermal systems rather than relying on conventional...

This Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the "Engineering" program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The $100,000 award, effective September 1, 2023, will fund a collaborative research project focused on developing an efficient and stable cooling solution for high power-density electronic devices through the use of partial flow-boiling processes with microstructured surfaces and ultrasonics. The key products and...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $199,992 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (Act) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a "Thermally Enhanced Obstructed Flow Board for Hot Spot Mitigation". The project aims to design and produce advanced thermal management solutions such as heat pipes, cold plates, and cooling systems for aerospace, defense, and energy applications. Act, a for-profit manufacturer of...

Global Cooling Technology Group LLC received a $296,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant supports research and development of innovative two-phase cooling technologies using micro closed loop pulsating heat pipes for applications in high power density electronics. The STTR program aims to stimulate technological innovation through cooperative...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,997 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer based in Neffsville, Pennsylvania. The grant, awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will fund a research project to extend the lifetime and reliability of distribution transformers through passive thermal management technologies. The project aims to develop innovative cooling solutions that can improve...

The National Science Foundation awarded $275,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Kazadi Enterprises LTD to develop a Hydrologic Open Cooling System. The project aims to create a renewable, closed container cooling system incorporating rechargeable vacuum insulation and a novel two-stage heat pump. The system is designed to maintain cooling chamber temperatures between 1.5-5 degrees Celsius using 10% or less of the electrical power of...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253), supports the establishment of a domestic production capacity of at least 10,000 cold climate air-to-air heat pumps, 5,000 geothermal water-to-air heat pumps, and 100 high-capacity cold climate air-to-water heat pumps annually. These products are designed to provide an efficiency increase of 25-75% compared to...

This Project Grant award, granted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $550,000 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University for the development of high-performance, nanostructured thermal pads to enhance heat dissipation in electronics. The key products or services to be delivered under this award include scalable and cost-effective manufacturing strategies to mass produce the nanostructured thermal pads,...