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The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) awarded a $2 million Cooperative Agreement to Free The Slaves, Inc. under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401). The project aims to empower persons with lived experience (PLE) of labor exploitation to actively collaborate with the government in addressing labor exploitation and improving labor conditions in the Philippines. The project focuses on organizing, training, and mobilizing PLE into networks to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Axpro Semi, a small business located in Sunnyvale, CA. The funding supports the development of a RISC-V and FPGA pipeline-coupled heterogeneous compute microprocessor architecture and emulation software tools. The goal is to dramatically improve CPU performance and enable more affordable, energy-efficient, and scalable computing...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) awarded a $5,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) to develop and pilot a standardized, legally robust, and technically feasible Alternative Compliance Pathway (ACP) framework for Building Performance Standards (BPS) and similar policies targeting existing commercial and...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) awarded a $978,220 Formula Grant under the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207) to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The purpose of this grant is to develop and disseminate essential state and local labor market information (LMI) to support decision-making by a range of customer groups, including job seekers, employers, workforce intermediaries, education...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), part of the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop the Innovative Disability Employment Advancement with Leading-Edge Technology (IDEAL) virtual toolkit and Promoting Accommodation Resource and Technology Needs and Rights (PARTNERS) AI conversational tool. This 5-year project aims to improve employment...

This $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on December 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401), aims to support labor reforms in Bangladesh aligned with International Labor Standards (ILS). The grant will be implemented by the International Labor Organization (ILO) to empower trade unions, strengthen labor inspection systems, and promote freedom of association and collective bargaining rights. This...

This Project Grant award of $109,935.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Pipeline Safety Program State Base Grant (CFDA 20.700) is intended to support the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) in conducting its pipeline safety program during the 2025 calendar year. The funding will cover the IURC's hazardous liquid pipeline costs for personnel, equipment, and activities reasonably required to carry out...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program provides $3,784,848 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to demonstrate a 5kW prototype system for renewable propane production using dynamic CO2 electrolysis. The multi-institutional collaboration also includes GTI Energy, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Propane Education and Research Council, and SHV Energy. The project aims to achieve 97%...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $275,000 awarded to Lumoniq Inc. supports research and development of a nanoscale hybrid optical interconnect platform to revolutionize internal computer chip connections. The project aims to commercialize a new approach called Coupled Hybrid Plasmonics (CHP) that uses the interaction of light and metals to enable high-bandwidth, low-power,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on July 1, 2024. The goal of this three-year project is to develop a prototype 1 kWh rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery (RSS-LAB) with a gravimetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/kg and a volumetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/L, as well as a 100-cycle life. The project also aims to produce a detailed design for a...