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This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $650,869 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The funding supports research and development of a seismic monitoring methodology for underground carbon dioxide storage reservoirs. Specifically, the awardee will develop a system combining time-lapse seismic imaging, physical...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Innovative Downhole Solutions LLC received a $2.5M cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award supports the design, construction, and demonstration of an ultrasonic measurement tool engineered to operate in extreme geothermal downhole environments at...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $205,499.00 to Sentek Instrument, LLC to develop an active sensing cable and interrogation system for subsurface magnetic field imaging. The award period runs from February 18, 2025 to November 17, 2025. Sentek Instrument, LLC is a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business located in Blacksburg, Virginia that specializes in advanced sensing technologies. The...

Bettergy Corp. received a $199,988 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a highly sensitive real-time subsurface sensor for carbon dioxide leakage monitoring. The project supports the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, with a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number of 81.049. This program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Colorado School of Mines $2,197,721 under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) federal grant program on May 5, 2023 to complete the project by May 4, 2026. The award will support integrating reservoir stimulation and sensing technology to enhance in-situ mining and carbon mineralization through disruptive electro-hydraulic fracturing and distributed fiber-optic sensing....

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $250,000.00 in funding to Terradac Technologies LLC to develop an "AUTOMATED FAST-MODULAR GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING NETWORK FOR CARBON STORAGE OPERATIONS." The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas such as environmental science and emerging...

This Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science provided $249,963 to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp. (Ifos) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a high-resolution fiber-optic sensing system. The system will enable 4D mapping, detection, and characterization of legacy wellbores for carbon storage. It will also assess the integrity of such wellbores. The Office of Science aims to advance energy and economic security through...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $400,000 over 3 years to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop a novel self-powered multimodal MEMS sensor system that can simultaneously detect pH, pressure, and temperature in marine environments. The researchers aim to create an innovative, highly sensitive, and energy-efficient sensor to support marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) efforts by providing uninterrupted,...

This $622,016 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the collaborative development of a novel self-powered, multimodal pH, pressure, and temperature MEMS sensor system for marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) monitoring. The project involves researchers from the University of North Texas, University of Michigan, and University of California San Diego working to design, fabricate, and test this innovative sensor array to provide...

This $249,924 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports the development of a long-lived, continuously operating seafloor geodesy reference station capable of operating in deep water. The grantee, Princeton University, will investigate using acoustic signals that only need to travel from the sea surface to the seafloor, removing the prior 3,000 meter depth limitation of existing seafloor geodesy techniques. This new approach involves...