Cooperative Agreement DEAR0002086
- 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...
- Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,864 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to support work completing November 13, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and major scientific tools. Specifically, the funding will support Radiabeam Technologies' work on...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Shine Technologies, LLC received a $3.78M cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded September 15, 2025, for the REDUCE (Recover Elements - Destroy Undesirables - Create Energy) project. Under this three-year award, the company will design, simulate, and conduct laboratory testing of game-changing technologies focused on reducing the environmental impact of nuclear energy generation through the...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Tennessee received a $908,917 Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded September 3, 2025, with completion targeted for September 2, 2028. The primary objective is to reduce long- and short-duration beam trips in accelerator-driven systems (ADS) for nuclear energy waste transmutation applications by an order of magnitude compared to current state-of-the-art performance. A secondary...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois received a $1,025,404 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, effective September 3, 2025, through September 2, 2028. The award supports the "EINSTEIN: Enhanced Integrated Nuclear Systems for Transmutation and Efficient Isolation of Nuclides" project, which is conducted under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now...
- 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...
- Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,722 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a compact radiofrequency chopper for high-energy heavy-ion beams. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under this award, Radiabeam Technologies will design and test a compact RF chopper to...
- Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,815 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of a hybrid structure-wakefield accelerator with a plasma photocathode through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...
- 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...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $2.35M Cooperative Agreement to The Washington University (awarded July 21, 2025; completion January 21, 2028) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to develop phonon-mediated qubit sensors capable of detecting sub-electron volt (sub-eV) energy deposits from coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CENNS) interactions. The primary application focuses on reactor...
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 linear accelerators designed for accelerator-driven systems. The company will employ vapor diffusion manufacturing processes to produce compact, higher-performing cavities that significantly reduce the size, cost, and cooling requirements of current niobium-based superconducting accelerator technology. The project directly addresses the technical challenges of managing the approximately 90,000 metric tons of nuclear waste at U.S. operating plants by enabling the development of practical, economically viable accelerator systems capable of transmuting nuclear waste through high-energy proton beam interactions. The deliverables include miniaturized superconducting cavities that transition from current water-heater-sized dimensions to coffee-can-sized units, with corresponding reductions in cryomodule footprint and helium cooling requirements. Additionally, the Nb3Sn technology enables replacement of single-point-failure cryogenic plants with distributed, fault-tolerant cryocooling systems, substantially improving accelerator reliability and operational resilience. Work will be performed at Radiabeam's facility in Santa Monica, California.Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.1m | 2/19/26 |