Project Grant 2035963
Award Date
3/15/21
Completion Date
1/31/23
Dollars Obligated
$256K
Federal Agency
National Science Foundation
Federal Grant Program
47.084
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Boulder, CO, USA
Similar Awards
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award of $956,313, granted under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, funds the development of compact, stable, and accurate optical frequency standards using chip-scale iodine vapor cells. The research aims to produce fundamentally accurate and stable optical frequencies in the form of laser light for applications in telecommunications, aerospace, semiconductor inspection, and chemical measurement...
The National Science Foundation awarded Ionicscale LLC $256,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to develop low-cost, portable mass spectrometers based on a chip-scale ion trap mass analyzer. The award aims to advance the company's technology for ubiquitous, high-specificity chemical analysis through a novel ion trap geometry that can be microfabricated at lower costs. This has the potential to bring mass spectrometry capabilities, which are currently...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $257,367.33 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (R&D) program (CFDA 11.042) to Vapor Cell Technologies LLC, a small business in Boulder, Colorado. The purpose of this award is for Vapor Cell Technologies to construct novel displacement measurement tools that are traceable to the SI meter, based on high technology and manufacturing readiness level technologies. The goal is to enable more precise,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development of a novel, miniaturized ion trap mass spectrometer technology by Ionicscale LLC, a small technology company. The $1,000,000 project aims to create an ultra-compact, remotely programmable chemical analyzer that can greatly expand the accessibility and affordability of mass spectrometry-based chemical detection and...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $255,261 awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of optimized extraction and projection optics for ion point sources. Steam Instruments Inc. will demonstrate technology advances in imaging mass spectrometry through this Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project. Specifically, the company aims to markedly improve mass resolving power to separate key mass...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $256,000 will fund the development of an optimized ion mobility spectrometry system for distributed chemical sensing without the use of radioactive ionization sources. The awardee, Sensit Ventures Inc. of Davis, California, will establish an experimental and theoretical framework to miniaturize differential mobility spectrometry technology for analytical-quality chemical...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Atomnaut Inc. in the amount of $305,000 aims to develop a new microscope sample vessel technology that can provide routine in situ vitrification and imaging. The project investigates the feasibility of a novel microscope sample vessel that can physically and chemically suppress ice nucleation, eliminating the need for ex situ vitrification techniques like plunge freezing that...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 aims to transition the Ti:Sapphire-on-Insulator (Ti:SaOI) integrated photonic platform from an academic demonstration to a wafer-scale, CMOS-foundry compatible process. The project, awarded to Brightlight Photonics, Inc., a small disadvantaged business in Cambridge, MA, seeks to enable the scalable production of integrated Ti:Sapphire lasers and amplifiers in the 700-1000...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to The Pennsylvania State University under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program to develop a platform for manufacturing miniature atomic vapor cells compatible with CMOS and integrated photonic elements. Over the one-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, Penn State researchers will develop a novel microfabrication process to encapsulate atomic vapors inside...
This $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop a novel, non-destructive, in-line inspection technology to improve the quality and efficiency of semiconductor manufacturing. The project focuses on building and testing an advanced inspection tool that leverages quantum sensing techniques to quickly and accurately identify hidden...