Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009123

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Dmag USA LLC to develop a nickel-boron-tungsten-carbon fullerene coating with superior performance for aerospace applications. The key products or services to be delivered include: A novel coating formulation that incorporates boron, nickel, tungsten, carbon fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and nano diamond to withstand...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation will support Environmental Protective Coatings LLC's development of durable, omniphobic coatings through Scops Coating Technologies LLC. Funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the $1,013,950 award aims to validate pilot-scale production and enhance weatherability of fluorine-free, self-cleaning coating materials. Key objectives include pilot-scale production to enable...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The objective is to address challenges in developing manufacturing processes for ultra-high temperature refractory metal alloys (RMAs) to enable increased energy efficiency through higher operating temperatures in turbine applications. The $2,633,573 award supports research to develop an environmental...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,059,162 Cooperative Agreement to PPG Industries Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The project aims to demonstrate PPG's platinum group metal (PGM)-free coating process as a viable means of producing porous transport layer (PTL) materials with high electrical conductivity, high corrosion resistance, and significant stack cost reductions for renewable energy...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded $200,000.00 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) to develop a low-cost, high-volume, and durable coating method for bipolar plates. The project aims to be completed by April 9, 2024. Additionally, ACT has subcontracted the University of South Carolina to provide characterization of the bipolar plate coating through...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $100,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant funds the development of an emerging surface coating technology to apply ceramic and composite coatings to metal parts. The goal is to improve mechanical properties like hardness and adhesion strength as well as tribological behaviors related to friction and wear resistance. The proposed coating method...

Nanocoatings Inc. (NCI) was awarded a $249,949 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop wire-arc additive manufacturing and wire-arc thermal spray methods to clad nuclear-reactor materials. The one-year project period runs from February 21, 2023 through February 20, 2024 and will be performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. Under this award, NCI will work to advance additive manufacturing and...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant on July 22, 2024 to Solution Spray Technologies LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Storrs, Connecticut. The grant, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the development of high-performance coatings for turbomachinery used in supercritical CO2 cycles for concentrated solar power plants. Solution Spray Technologies specializes in advanced ceramic...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,847 project grant to Reliacoat Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business in Bohemia, New York, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant is for the development of "Multifunctional Thermal-Environmental Barrier Coatings for High Temperature Composites", with a project period from July 22, 2024, to April 21, 2025. Reliacoat Technologies, LLC specializes in thermal spray coatings...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded LM Group Holdings Inc. $199,994 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop amorphous, corrosion-resistant coatings for storage canister. LM Group Holdings will provide products and services related to amorphous metal coatings and manufacturing of bulk metallic glass laminate composites and cladded surfaces using ultrasonic additive manufacturing. The period of performance is from June 28, 2021 to August 26,...