Formula Grant 2502CACILP

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project will develop a programmable processor-in-memory (PIM) accelerator for data-intensive and deep learning applications. The $304,988 award to Dhichips Inc. aims to create a flexible PIM that can perform few-shot learning using AI methods, requiring only a few training samples. The target application is improving the efficiency of real-time data...

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...

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207) provides $978,103 to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) to develop and disseminate essential state and local labor market information (LMI). The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Populating and maintaining a Workforce Information Database (WID)...

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...

This $584,090 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) supports the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station located at an existing BP retail fueling station in Westchester, Illinois. The project consists of BP Pulse supplying NEVI-compliant charging infrastructure, with each charger having 400kW of power and dual ports to serve light duty...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $398,500.00 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) to develop new principles for the ultrafast and energy-efficient operation of lasers and optical interconnects. The research aims to take advantage of the faster changes in the polarization of emitted light, rather than relying on conventional intensity-based information transfer, to enable...

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 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...