Project Grant 80NSSC24K1019

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $515,885 Project Grant under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado's Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The grant will support a 3-year research project to investigate the inward transport and energy-dependent penetration of energetic electrons (10s of keV to multi-MeV) from the Earth's outer radiation belt into the inner radiation belt. The research...

This Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totals $991,621 and runs from February 15, 2023 through January 31, 2025. It supports Stark Street Materials Company of Portland, Oregon in developing manufacturing feasibility for new radiation shielding fabrics using bismuth as a safer, non-toxic alternative to lead. Phase I demonstrated molding composite materials with over 85% bismuth particle filler to produce fabric with...

The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) has awarded a $324,438 project grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct collaborative research on the "Plasmapause Control of Outer Radiation Belt Electron Enhancements." This 3-year project (July 2025 - June 2028) will use multi-spacecraft observations from the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation to systematically evaluate how the plasmapause (the outer boundary of the Earth's...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award to Guardiansat LLC will develop methods for space-based detection of orbital debris to decrease risks of collisions in space. The $273,332 grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, aims to build a space-based debris awareness system that can identify, track, and model objects within spacecraft orbits in real-time. This technology could enable better predictive and reactive collision avoidance against...

This $294,660 project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, under the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training program (CFDA 93.142), will support Radiation Emergency Services LLC to develop a prototype simulation game and training platform. The RadTeamSim-ROUTE simulation aims to address gaps in hands-on radiological field survey training by blending radiological dose modeling with gaming software. This will create...

This federal Project Grant award of $206,456.00 was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., a subsidiary of Dynasil Corporation of America. The funding supports the development of "fast and dense glass for high energy physics" applications. This award, with a performance period from February 18, 2025 to November 17, 2025, is part of the Office of Science's broader efforts to advance...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Radiabeam Systems, LLC $399,110 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a Cold Plasma Cathode for High Resolution Condensed Matter Electron Spectroscopy. The project aims to deliver a new type of electron source for microscopy and spectroscopy that offers improved resolution over traditional thermionic electron sources. Work will be conducted between June 2022 through March 2023 in Santa Monica,...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), provides $155,857 to Signablok, Inc. to develop a novel medical countermeasure to mitigate potentially lethal acute radiation syndrome. The key objectives are to create a well-tolerable and effective first-in-class therapy designed for the mitigation and treatment of acute radiation syndrome, administered at least 24 hours post-radiation exposure to extend...

The New York Blood Center, Inc. (NYBC) was awarded a $170,800 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) by the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH). The 2-year grant, running from July 2025 to June 2027, aims to develop a novel radiation countermeasure that accounts for sex-dependent differences in radiation response. The research goals include understanding the mechanisms underlying these sex-specific effects and leveraging...

This $328,320 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) program will fund a comprehensive theoretical investigation by a research team at Princeton University on the impact of cosmic rays on the structure and evolution of galaxies. The project will systematically assess the role of cosmic rays in regulating the state of the interstellar medium and influencing galactic evolution across a variety of environments. The researchers...