Project Grant 1747029

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of Colorado Boulder received a $1.24 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (CFDA 81.135), effective August 13, 2025, through August 12, 2028. Under this award, the university will develop an ultra-high density AC-DC (alternating current-direct current) universal power converter, termed the POWERMOVE (Universal Ultra-High Density AC-DC Electrical Power Mover for the Future...

Federal Grant Award Summary Palanquin Power Inc. received a $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop ultra-efficient power conversion systems for data centers. The project, awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for March 31, 2027, focuses on creating novel rack-level power supply technologies utilizing differential power processing...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Universal Real Time Power Conversion LLC a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a real time simulation tool for predicting the performance of power electronics technology used in the electric grid. The tool will model and test power electronics under different operating conditions to evaluate performance for grid applications. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant award of $305,000 to Beamfeed LLC provides funding to develop a highly efficient photovoltaic power converter for optical power beaming applications. The innovation aims to address critical bottlenecks in the unmanned aerial vehicle, wireless power transmission, and semiconductor industries by advancing wireless power transfer capabilities. The...

Mission Power Corp. was awarded a $206,500 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low-cost, high frequency inverter for utility-scale photovoltaic systems. The grant will support Mission Power Corp.'s work to design and test a prototype inverter at its Potsdam, New York facility between June 2022 and March 2023. By funding this research and development effort, the DOE aims to advance...

This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop novel bidirectional high-power DC-DC onboard electric vehicle battery chargers with ultra-high power density and scalability operating over 1 megahertz. The research aims to address key gaps including designing and demonstrating 1.2 kilovolt gallium nitride field-effect transistors for high-frequency power converters operating over 800 volts and 1...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Fourth Power, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an energy storage technology that stores electricity as heat and converts it back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV). The goal is to create a low-cost battery system that can decouple power and energy, enabling discharge durations between 1-100 hours, which is not currently achievable with other...

Coolcad Electronics, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of low-cost hybrid SiC/GaN-based single-stage microinverters with integrated planar magnetics technology. The project aims to deliver this technology by March 26, 2023. The award is being made through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools...

This five-year $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at the University of California, San Diego to develop next-generation integrated hybrid DC-DC converters. The university will conduct engineering research from February 2021 through January 2026 to foster innovation in converter design for future power systems relying more heavily on direct current transmission. As the NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of...

Federal Project Grant Summary Perawatt Energy Inc. received a $305,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), with performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The project delivers research and development of a scalable soft magnetic composite material designed to improve efficiency in high-frequency power electronics operating in megahertz...