The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $73,184,563.61 Project Grant under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) to John Mezzalingua Associates LLC (JMA Wireless) to further develop the company's American, Ruggedized, Modular, O-RAN, Radio (ARMOR) platform. The 18-month grant aims to advance the ARMOR platform's open radio unit (O-RU) variants from Technology Readiness Level 5 to 7 and Manufacturing Readiness Level...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $349,948 Project Grant to Aquarealtime, Inc. under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021). The grant supports the development of the OceanAlgaeTracker (OAT), a low-cost ($3,000), lightweight (10 lbs) sensor buoy system designed to independently measure levels of five major algae groups using fluorescence technology. The OAT system aims to detect harmful algal blooms (HABs) earlier and more...
This $2,159,268 Project Grant awarded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) supports Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) in developing a new neural network-based methodology to optimize testing and performance evaluation for Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) systems. The key activities include: Analyzing the statistical relationships between...
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This $20,295,327 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program supports Antora Energy, Inc. in scaling up its manufacturing of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells and solid-state heat engine (SSHE) technology to a 10 MW/year pre-commercial pilot level. The goal is to enable Antora to unlock the investment needed for full commercial-scale production of its combined heat and power (CHP) thermal battery system, which can...
AA Plasma LLC received a $199,872.80 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program to integrate its existing gliding arc plasma deposition systems into a dual-plasmatron system for restoring road marking surfaces rapidly and cost-effectively. During the six-month project period ending March 2023, AA Plasma will demonstrate decontamination and pre-treatment of road surfaces, partial melting...
This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory will fund basic research on material and device engineering of gallium oxide (Ga2O3) for radio frequency electronics. The research is part of the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to maintain Air Force technological superiority in relevant scientific areas and prevent technological surprise. Under the award effective September 24, 2021 through September 23, 2022,...
Adelphi Technology Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a portable analyzer for ultra-sensitive detection and quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in shellfish. The funding was provided through the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program under Assistance Listing 11.021, which seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector and strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting...
Outreach Aid To The Americas Inc. was awarded a $397,196 Project Grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development on September 30, 2022 to support emergency food assistance programs in Honduras through March 30, 2024. The grant funding will support the Food for Peace Emergency Program (CFDA #98.008), which aims to improve access, availability and utilization of food in food insecure environments abroad through emergency response programs. Specifically, Outreach Aid To The Americas Inc....
This $405,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports Panorama Research Incorporated's development of a novel antibody-based immunotherapy to enhance ovarian tumor responses to treatment. The project aims to create a switchable split superantigen fused with antibodies targeting binary tumor-specific receptors, with the goal of boosting the effectiveness of immunotherapy for ovarian cancer patients. As a...