Cooperative Agreement W911NF1620090

Impact Photonics LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible single photon avalanche diode. The SBIR program is intended to support scientific research and development that has the potential for commercialization. Under this Phase I award made on November 1, 2021 for a one-year period ending December 31, 2022, Impact Photonics...

The University of Virginia received a $425,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. The project focuses on developing advanced single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) utilizing a novel AlInAsSb material platform to achieve photon detection efficiencies exceeding 90%, ultimately approaching 99% at room temperature. This research addresses a critical capability gap in quantum...

The Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...

The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a three-year, $390,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems to support research exploring ultra-wide bandgap ambipolar transparent conducting semiconductors for deep ultraviolet optoelectronic devices. This research aligns with the NSF Directorate for Engineering's mission to foster innovation in engineering research and education. Specifically, the grant...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $430,000 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop scalable single photon detection systems. The 3-year project seeks to adapt existing perimeter gated single photon avalanche diode (PGSPAD) technology to other semiconductor platforms, create a scalable detection architecture with wireless integration, and test the new devices through fabrication and simulation....

This $479,925 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research into improving the performance and noise reduction of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) at the University of Virginia. The goal is to explore techniques to deterministically correlate the impact ionization events in APDs in order to reduce the inherent random noise that arises from the gain mechanism. The research will combine advanced material and transport...

The University of California Irvine was awarded a $636,981 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support research into extreme ultraviolet generation and spectroscopy using laser wakefield accelerators. The three-year award beginning June 1, 2023 will fund experiments at petawatt laser facilities to characterize plasma conditions and investigate the potential of laser wakefield acceleration as an extreme ultraviolet light source. The...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Aeluma, Inc. a $199,781 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop scalable and broad-spectrum photodetectors based on heterogeneous integration for visible and near-infrared applications. This 1-year grant, awarded in February 2024, supports Aeluma's research and development efforts in advanced semiconductor sensor and communications technologies at its facility in Goleta, California....

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Photonlab of Fairfield, CA for its "NOVEL POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR RARE DECAY AND RARE PARTICLE DETECTION" project. The one-year project period runs from February 14, 2022 to February 13, 2023. Under this award, Photonlab will develop novel position sensitive photosensor technology to support rare decay and rare particle detection, in alignment with the Office of Science Financial...

SUNSPOT Cooperative Agreement Summary The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the University of Arizona a $1.24 million Cooperative Agreement on June 27, 2025, under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to support the Sources for Ultraviolet Nuclear Spectroscopy of Thorium (SUNSPOT) project. The one-year performance period extends through June 26, 2026, with work conducted at the university's Phoenix, Arizona facility. This project represents...