Cooperative Agreement DEEE0005387

Federal Grant Award Summary Spark Thermionics, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) on July 8, 2025, for "Thermionic Energy Conversion for Unattended Microreactor Operations," with a completion date of July 7, 2026. Under this award, the Berkeley, California-based small business will develop and advance thermionic energy conversion technologies specifically designed to enable reliable power generation for...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,250,214 Cooperative Agreement to Ricardo LLC on August 15, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The funding supports the development of an innovative 3-in-1 inverter/on-board charger/auxiliary DC converter for electrified vehicle applications. The goal is to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in the transportation sector,...

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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...

Federal Grant Award Summary Global Optimal Technology, Inc. received a $485,000 Project Grant award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on December 3, 2025, for participation in the GRID Optimization (GO) Competition Challenge 3. The award funds research and development of an innovative alternating current (AC) security-constrained resource commitment (SC-RC) methodology designed to optimize energy resource scheduling and allocation under AC power flow,...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,274,432 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Western Michigan University. The objective of this 26-month project is to develop a 150 kilowatt traction power charger-inverter system with galvanic isolation capability. The university will conduct research and development to advance this multi-input integrated smart charger-inverter system, which can...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Navistar Inc. a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The objective of this project is to build, deploy, and demonstrate the in-use performance of a Class 6/7, medium-duty zero-emission (ZE) salt/snowplow truck. This effort aims to enable the commercialization of this critical vehicle type for cold-weather regions across the...

The federal Project Grant award for $206,496.00, awarded on July 22, 2024 by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), is supporting the development of thermoelectric ocean energy harvesters for maritime sensors by Nanohmics Inc., a small for-profit technology company based in Austin, Texas. This project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in emerging technologies. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary GTI Energy (Institute of Gas Technology) received a $499,900 Project Grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded May 13, 2026, with completion targeted for May 12, 2028. The award supports the development of robust carbon-doped titanium oxide (CDTO) membranes with tunable nanopores designed to enable in situ catalyst retention and organic solvent recovery in Suzuki reactions. This research represents transformational...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) provides $11,552,157 to RG Resource Technologies, Inc. to deploy a new 120,000 units-per-year capacity manufacturing facility to support the production of the recipient's solar photovoltaic + thermal capture (PVT) system. The project aims to establish domestic manufacturing capabilities equivalent to an annual...