Cooperative Agreement DEEE0007875

Corepower Magnetics Inc. received a $199,421 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to commercialize power dense nanocomposite based rare earth-free axial flux motors. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 81.049, aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This award...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the development of a level-set-based, multi-physics and multi-material topology optimization software for electric machine design. The $550,000 award, made under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, will support work at Stony Brook University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The software aims to improve electric generator and motor designs through parametric topology optimization of magnets. This will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $550,000 to develop electric motors that use electromagnetic forces to eliminate bearings. The project aims to transform the reliability, lifetime, efficiency, and utility of electric motors and generators across industries like transportation, manufacturing, and medical equipment. By creating a cost-effective solution that uses...

This Project Grant award of $255,963 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to develop an immersion-cooled, 3D-printed stator technology for high-specific-power electric motors, specifically an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor. The research will establish a performance baseline using traditional motor windings with oil immersion cooling, demonstrate improved cooling with additively manufactured windings, and validate long-term...

Corepower Magnetics Inc. received a $4.6 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to support development of a scaled inline processing facility for permeability engineered nanocrystalline magnetics. The three-year award running from March 2023 through March 2026 aims to advance Corepower's ability to produce enhanced magnetic materials through a streamlined manufacturing process. ARPA-E's Advanced Research Projects...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (Act), a small business manufacturer in Boulder, Colorado. The funding supports the development of high-temperature superconducting CORC (Conductor on Round Core) cables, which have applications in compact fusion reactors, particle accelerators, and electric aircraft technologies. Key objectives include...

Federal Project Grant Summary Perawatt Energy Inc. received a $305,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), with performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The project delivers research and development of a scalable soft magnetic composite material designed to improve efficiency in high-frequency power electronics operating in megahertz...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $575,292 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to conduct fundamental research on creating bulk nanocomposite permanent magnets without the use of rare-earth metals. The overarching goal is to design, fabricate, and investigate structure-property relationships in additively manufactured nanocomposite permanent magnets that can achieve energy products around 15 mega-gauss-oersted. To...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Fluxmagic, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company based in Portland, Oregon, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funding will support Fluxmagic's research and development of "MAGNETIC GEARS FOR OCEAN GENERATORS", focused on advancing magnetic gear and drivetrain technologies for offshore renewable energy applications, particularly in the ocean and wind...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to C-Crete Technologies LLC for the development of "Multifunctional Kraft Paper for Insulating Next Generation Transformers". The project aims to advance carbon-negative insulating materials for large power transformers, building on C-Crete's prior federally-funded research in carbon mineralization, novel concrete...