Project Grant 1819766

This STTR Phase I project from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) aims to develop an innovative approach for cost-efficient, renewable hydrogen generation using anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWE). The $301,578 award to H2C Energy Inc. will fund research to discover advanced catalysts and electrolyzer components that are exceptionally efficient and durable, without relying on critical minerals like...

This $269,334 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant was awarded to Hplus Inc., a small disadvantaged business located in Santa Barbara, CA. The funding supports the development of an advanced porous transport layer (PTL) design for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers to produce low-cost, energy-efficient green hydrogen. Key objectives include: (1) developing a numerical model to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $180,000 Project Grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEW ANODIC CATALYSTS FOR WATER OXYGEN EVOLUTION USING HYBRID SOLID-STATE MATERIALS" to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This 3-year grant, effective August 1, 2023, will fund research to develop new carbon-supported catalytic materials for efficient electrochemical water oxidation. The goal...

This $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Professor Shannon Boettcher of the University of Oregon to develop a fundamental understanding of advanced alkaline water oxidation catalysts for green hydrogen production. The key objectives are to: (1) study the structure and properties of Fe-based active sites that drive high catalytic activity; (2) derive chemical descriptors to explain...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Hydropore Technologies LLC on October 1, 2025. The project aims to develop a compact, portable device that generates clean hydrogen fuel using energy from sunlight or wind. The innovation addresses the limitation of conventional water electrolyzers, which require high-purity water and cannot produce hydrogen off-grid. Hydropore Technologies'...

This $750,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports research at Oregon State University toward developing a circular economy model for mining green hydrogen and critical materials from seawater. The award period is from December 15, 2022 through November 30, 2023. Oregon State University will lead a consortium including Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Mempro USA LTD, and Espiku LLC to converge...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $1,248,396 in funding to Evoloh, Inc. to develop advanced anodes for anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers. The project aims to create a novel, scalable "unified" anode that can dramatically reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of hydrogen production through water electrolysis. The key innovations include an anode...

This $614,548 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop a precise synthetic method for fabricating alloy-based electrocatalysts with controlled surface compositions and facets. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three-year award running from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025 will enable researchers at Georgia Tech to apply first-principles calculations and data science to identify optimal alloy compositions for electrocatalytic hydrogen...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $187,074 supports research at Cornell University from July 2022 to February 2023 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award will fund development of transition metal dichalcogenide materials for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. Specifically, the grantee will explore the fundamental electronic transport properties and interfacial effects that impact the reaction rate of these materials for generating hydrogen from water....

Through a $198,753 Project Grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science's Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), P H Matter LLC is conducting research and development on advanced alkaline electrolysis methods for producing hydrogen from impure water sources. As a small disadvantaged business, P H Matter leverages its expertise in areas like nanomaterials, electrochemistry, and clean energy systems to support the DOE's mission of delivering scientific discoveries and...