Project Grant 1831206

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 $199,998 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will support the development of a regenerable, low-cost cellulose nanofiber membrane system for point-of-use water purification cartridges. The goals of the project are to optimize functionalization of cellulose nanofibers to create novel materials for incorporation into residential water purification cartridges similar to commercially...

Cascade Biocatalysts Inc. received a $1.25M Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), awarded on September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. Under this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award, the company will develop and scale enzyme immobilization technology using proprietary polymer brush polymerization techniques to stabilize enzymes for industrial chemical...

Mespilus Inc. received a $274,995 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2022 to further develop a capacitive deionization technology for water purification under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The one-year project aims to optimize third generation capacitive deionization electrodes through surface functionalization with ionic groups to improve charge efficiency, energy usage, water recovery, lifetime, and the ability...

This two-year, $194,025 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund the development of a low-cost, mass-scale sorbent for removing toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water. Montclair State University will design a fluorinated block copolymer sorbent that leverages self-assembly at solid-liquid interfaces to facilitate PFAS elimination. The porous polymer will be synthesized...

Spherofill LLC received a $275,391 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop Porous Walled Hollow Glass Microspheres as a novel sustained drug delivery platform. The one-year award running from June 2021 to May 2022 will support Phase I of Small Business Technology Transfer research into PWHGMs, a flexible platform capable of customized drug release profiles. As part of its mission to promote innovation, the NSF Directorate for Engineering...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award Details: Osmopure Technologies, Inc. received a $1.53 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, to scale up pressure-driven distillation membrane technology for ultrapure water production. Products and Services: The awardee will develop and commercialize a novel pressure-driven distillation...

This $255,982 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of sustainable, cost-effective viral clearance membranes by Filtravate, Inc. to enable efficient monoclonal antibody processing. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program seeks technologies leading to breakthrough solutions for national challenges. Specifically, Filtravate will develop a virus filtration membrane using a synthesis process that is more sustainable and affordable than conventional...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Engineering Directorate provides $419,999 to Rice University from October 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The funding supports research to develop synthetic membranes for filtering per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water to below 70 parts-per-trillion, as well as education and training. Specifically, the awardee will design recognition sites for anionic...

This $902,504 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a scalable downstream purification process for gene therapy vectors by Isolere Bio, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina. The non-chromatographic method seeks to address current inefficiencies that lead to single digit yields by utilizing a polypeptide-based reagent combining affinity capture with phase separation and...