The National Science Foundation awarded Sync, Inc. a $255,988 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from November 15, 2021 to April 30, 2022. The grant funds the development of a no-code electric grid analytics platform for predictive maintenance planning and emergency response. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation in engineering research and development. This award supports...
The National Science Foundation awarded Colorado State University a $249,989 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) on June 15, 2021. The grant supports the development of automated soil organic matter separation techniques to monitor carbon sequestration in soil through November 30, 2022. As part of its mission to promote innovation and excellence in engineering, the NSF Engineering program funds research projects like this one that aim to improve methods for...
The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded Caribou Biofuels Inc. a $255,879 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funded research from May 2021 through January 2022 to develop carbon sequestration and waste management technologies for college campuses and larger facilities. Specifically, the grant supported Caribou Biofuels' work to design systems using biomass and other organic materials to capture and store carbon emissions...
The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded North Carolina State University a $250,000 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from June 15, 2021 to May 31, 2023. The grant funds the development of a network of electronic noses to sense stress-induced chemical fingerprints emitted by plants. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research....
Biotech Naturale Inc. received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The grant funds the development of a simple, targeted, and flexible method for transferring value-added genes from wild relatives of crop plants. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $344,481 project grant to the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Contracts and Grants Division. The grant, titled "CAREER: In-Situ Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Hydrocarbons," will fund research to develop perovskite-based materials capable of efficiently capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and catalyzing its conversion to valuable hydrocarbon compounds like syngas, ethane, and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded a $255,253 Project Grant to Washington Foundry S.p.c. Inc. under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant supports the company's SBIR Phase I project "Capturing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) via Water Electrolysis" from December 15, 2021 through October 31, 2022. The project aims to develop a process for capturing CO2 from the atmosphere using water electrolysis, consistent with NSF's...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Vitidore, Inc. for $248,912 will fund the development of a machine learning-based software modeling system to quantify soil carbon sequestration and other agronomic metrics associated with a hybrid perennial grass cover crop used in specialty crop farming systems. The prototype software system aims to enable third-party verification of high-quality carbon offsets, provide feedback on important...
Earthshot Labs PBC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award period was from July 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022 to support the company's SBIR Phase I project titled "Climate Analysis at Scale through Mapping Biomass, Water Restoration, and Soil Carbon Sequestration." Under this award, Earthshot Labs developed technologies to analyze large-scale...
This $1,700,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research to develop a bioelectrochemical process to capture and recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) into high-value chemicals using microbes. The project aims to create a circular economy by transforming CO2 into acetic acid, which will then be used as a feedstock for engineered Escherichia coli strains to produce sustainable biomaterials. Key activities include developing...