Cooperative Agreement DEEE0005394

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will support the development of sustainable nonwoven fabrics from off-specification and recycled carbon fiber. Endeavor Composites, Inc. will receive $256,000 to establish processes for fabricating mats using off-spec materials, including trims and recycled fibers. They will optimize operations for mats made from different blended combinations of carbon fiber grades and develop models to predict dispersion conditions for optimal nonwoven...

This $1,249,998 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to develop an innovative mixer technology for cost-efficiently processing off-specification and recycled carbon fiber into high-value nonwoven fabric materials. The awardee, Endeavor Composites, Inc., plans to use this novel technique to produce a sustainable and cost-effective carbon fiber-based composite product suitable for automotive...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant to Graphenetx Inc. on May 15, 2025. The grant supports the development of a novel manufacturing process to extrude a patented polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based quad polymer into precursor fibers, which are then carbonized to produce high-strength carbon fibers. The broader commercial impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is the...

Z&S Tech, LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop green composites fabricated from bacteria retted bast fiber and polylactic acid for lightweight vehicle components. The grant period runs from June 27, 2022 through April 18, 2023 for Z&S Tech, LLC located in Corinth, TX to deliver products utilizing sustainable materials and technologies with applications...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $265,072 Project Grant to Perseus Materials, Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to establish the thermal and mechanical limits of novel, fiber-reinforced, plastic composite materials (FRPs) and pioneer a fast-manufacturing process for these FRPs. The project objectives are to enable widespread adoption of lightweight FRPs in...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $21,980,116 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Avcarb, LLC (dba Avcarb Material Solutions) to establish a domestic, vertically integrated wet-laid nonwoven production capability to manufacture at least 650,000 m2 per year of carbon veil substrates used in the production of gas diffusion media for electrochemical energy storage and conversion...

New Iridium, Inc. received a $1 million cooperative agreement award from the National Science Foundation under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop light-driven chemical processes for converting captured carbon dioxide into terephthalic acid. Specifically, the company will work to mature photocatalysis technology to activate carbon dioxide for production of the commodity chemical at bench and engineering scales. Through high-throughput experimentation and...

Material Answers, LLC received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop green polybenzoxazine/natural fiber composites for transportation applications. The award period runs from June 27, 2022 through March 26, 2023. The project aims to produce composite materials using polybenzoxazine resin reinforced with natural fibers as a more sustainable alternative to traditional...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Washington State University. The objective of the project is to research and develop a pilot-scale upcycling protocol for transforming carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) waste into recyclable structural automotive components. The project aims to establish an eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop a novel liquid crystal polymer (LCP) called Tullomer to address limitations in fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. The $275,000 grant, awarded to Z-Polymers, Inc., will fund the optimization of Tullomer's monomer ratios, integration of nucleation additives, and control of mesogenic state formation to enhance...