Project Grant 1534063

Nanosonic Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop NANO-LAYERED ELECTROSPUN IN-LINE FILTERS FOR HEAVY DUTY HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS. The funding supported work conducted from June 2021 through March 2022 in Pembroke, Virginia to create advanced hydrogen fueling station filters using nanotechnology and electrospinning. The Office of Science program aims to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will develop a novel membrane separation technology to address the energy-efficient separation of small molecules from industrial process streams for a range of industries. The $275,000 award to Avanpore LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Woburn, MA, will run from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The project aims to create functionalized...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop novel, sustainable textile fibers and fabrics derived from seaweed biopolymers and nanomaterials. The project seeks to create a plastic-free, multifunctional textile material with enhanced properties such as fire resistance, UV protection, and heat shielding, which can serve as an alternative to fossil fuel-based textiles....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Awardee: Membranex, LLC (University of Connecticut) Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF) Federal Grant Program: NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Award Amount: $1,248,465 Award Period: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027 Membranex, LLC will develop and deliver customized electrospray-based 3D printed membranes designed to enable the reuse of cooling tower blowdown water (CTBW) in industrial applications. The project focuses...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $414,710 to the University of Miami to develop morphology-controlled carbon molecular sieve membranes for gas separation processes. The project aims to establish a controlled membrane fabrication process that can overcome limitations in industrial gas separations, including enabling operation at higher temperatures. The membranes incorporate polymer precursors and porous liquids to...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, CFDA 47.084, provides $550,000 to develop an advanced membrane-contact reactor system for fuel alcohol production from distributed biomass and natural gas resources. The awardee, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute of Covina, California, will design a highly efficient methanol production process using a sweep liquid-facilitated membrane contact reactor. This integrated reactor...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $260,002 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CROSSING THE PERCOLATION THRESHOLD FOR SELECTIVE GAS TRANSPORT USING INTERCONNECTED CRYSTALS OF METAL?ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS IN POLYMER-BASED HYBRID MEMBRANES" from July 2021 through June 2024. The grant funding will support MIT researchers in developing hybrid membrane materials...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Media and Process Technology Inc. a $400,000 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on Advanced Inorganic Membranes for Fuel Separation and Recycle in the Fusion Fuel Cycle. This project aims to develop advanced inorganic membrane technologies for separating and recycling tritium in the fusion fuel cycle, with work taking place in Blawnox, PA from June 2022 through March 2023. The...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Arizona State University a $452,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support research to develop scalable synthesis methods for producing ultrathin two-dimensional covalent organic framework membranes with sub-1 nm pores. These membranes show potential for molecular separations in industrial processes related to fuels,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $469,833 to the University of Florida to develop two-dimensional polymer membranes with precisely engineered gas-selective nanocavities. The goal is to create an energy-efficient, cost-competitive solution for separating gas molecules in industrial applications like carbon dioxide capture and petrochemical purification. The research will focus on designing macrocycle-based membranes that...