Formula Grant 2020VDBX0696

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Uviquity, Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports a one-year project to develop a breakthrough energy reduction technology for superior indoor air quality using a novel solid-state far-UVC light source. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $878,296 Cooperative Agreement to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Gainesville, FL, to develop a rapid, low-temperature plasma prototype for disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), medical devices, food products and other materials from pathogens like COVID-19. The project, funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to deliver a market-ready sterilization solution...

This $216,478 National Science Foundation project grant through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund research at New Mexico State University in collaboration with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the pathogenicity of bacteria surviving water disinfection processes. The two-year project beginning February 1, 2023 will explore the impact of chlorine water treatment on bacterial pathogens using advanced cellular assays and metatranscriptomics....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a 3-year, $300,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) to conduct fundamental research on the use of novel krypton chloride excimer lamps (KrCl* excilamps) emitting UV radiation at 222 nm for the degradation and mineralization of organic micropollutants in water and wastewater. The key objectives are to: 1) measure photolysis properties of...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $391,660.68 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) under the Water Desalination Research and Development program (CFDA 15.506). The goal of this 2-year project is to test a novel vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light-driven photochemical process for treating nitrate and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from inland desalination brine. The project will develop an innovative VUV system to overcome...

Biospherical Instruments, Inc. was awarded $299,996 under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop a new technology for reducing biofouling on radiometers measuring light in ocean waters. The project aims to install ultraviolet C light-emitting diodes inside radiometers to inhibit biofouling using germicidal UV-C radiation without interfering with radiometric measurements. Key objectives during the initial six-month phase include...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to significantly improve the efficiency of ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The objective is to develop a new class of flexible, lattice-engineered substrates that can address strain-related issues and enhance light extraction for UV emitters, resulting in up to a 10-fold efficiency improvement over current solutions. The $549,999 award to the University of Wisconsin...

Optical Waters, Inc. received a $255,492 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funded research and development of scaling and optimizing manufacturing methods for germicidal optical fibers to prevent disease-causing biofilms in tight channels. The goal is to advance technologies that inhibit biofilm formation using fiber optic delivery of ultraviolet light. Work will be conducted in Hadley, Massachusetts over an 11-month...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to North Dakota State University (NDSU) to conduct collaborative research on enhanced photolysis and advanced oxidation processes using novel krypton chloride (KrCl*) excimer lamps that emit ultraviolet (UV) light at 222 nm. The objective is to systematically investigate the use of KrCl* excilamps for photolysis and UV-based advanced oxidation...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Tennessee State University $453,358 under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) to develop mechanistic modelling and validation approaches to decontaminate positive-strand RNA viruses using ultraviolet technologies. Key products and services include collecting and generating ultraviolet susceptibility data for model RNA viruses; developing quantitative structure-activity relationships to predict...