Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010597
- 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...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Tennessee received a $908,917 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on September 3, 2025, with completion targeted for September 2, 2028. The project aims to reduce beam trip occurrences—both long and short-duration events—in accelerator-driven systems (ADS) used for nuclear energy waste transmutation by an order of magnitude compared to current state-of-the-art performance....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Tennessee received a $1.0 million Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2027. The award supports fundamental scientific research titled "Deciphering Electrochemical Transformation Pathways on the Nanometer Scale: Advancing Fundamental Discovery for Material Innovation," to be conducted at the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Tennessee Technological University received a $290,477 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award supports collaborative research on mixed-pole, multiphase synchronous reluctance motor drives—a novel class of electric machines designed to eliminate dependence on rare-earth magnets while...
- The University of Tennessee received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems on March 1, 2021 to support research towards enhanced grid robustness through discrete controls on emerging power technologies. The award is part of the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to foster innovation in engineering research and education to improve quality of life and economic...
- The Department of Energy awarded the University of Tennessee a $3.2 million cooperative agreement from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121). The award will support research into innovative nuclear energy programs including the design and testing of new operator interfaces incorporating human factors for reliable hybrid plant operations. It will also fund the analysis of appropriate response procedures for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Tennessee received a $895,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) on August 15, 2025, with a completion date of February 14, 2027, to conduct fundamental research on unconventional superconductivity in strongly correlated triangular adatom lattices. The research will be performed at the University of Tennessee's Knoxville, Tennessee campus and represents the Office of Science's investment in basic...
- 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,...
- The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $1,248,451 Cooperative Agreement to the West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop and pilot a nationwide network of higher education and career technical institutions. The goal is to provide sustainable, standardized hybrid online/in-person training on electric vehicle maintenance for the current automotive technician workforce. This work is being conducted under the Conservation Research and...
- This $2,395,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on June 20, 2023 by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (CFDA 81.135) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop fundamentally disruptive electric vehicle (EV) battery technologies. The key objectives are to create cobalt- and nickel-free battery cathodes, fast-charging and all-weather electrolytes, and coal-derived fast-charging and high-capacity anodes in order to enable EVs with...
The University of Tennessee received a $6,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The objective of this 3-year project, with a completion date of August 31, 2027, is to develop and integrate an 800V/200kW GaN-based three-level high-power-density inverter and permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motor (PMSYNRM). The University of Tennessee is collaborating with several sub-awardees on this project, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which is receiving $241,240 to develop advanced thermal management solutions for the high-power density GaN-based traction inverter and characterize its performance. ABB Inc. is receiving $300,000 to work on EV drive system simulation, component selection, part design, inverter and motor building/testing, and full power integration and testing. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is receiving $200,000 to assist with tasks related to intelligent gate drive, protection design, and reliability analysis of the inverter.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 6/20/24 | ||
| Not listed | $5.0m | 5/8/24 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A241240S001S | Ut-Battelle LLC | Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010597 | $150.0k | 9/25/24 | |
A241240S003S | ABB Inc. | Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010597 | $499.5k | 9/13/24 | |
A241240S002S | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010597 | $218.2k | 6/18/24 |