Project Grant 2136392
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to TPL LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to develop and test a novel reactor for fast iron carbonylation. This process aims to extract and purify iron, nickel, and other critical metals from mixed-material industrial wastes and ores more efficiently than current methods. The project will demonstrate the ability of the fast carbonylation reactor to...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Reegen Inc. for $275,000 will support the development of a clean, biological system for extracting and purifying rare earth elements (REEs) from various waste and end-of-life sources. The project aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts of REE production and decrease U.S. dependence on imported REEs, which are critical for manufacturing modern electronics and sustainable energy...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,525,915 Cooperative Agreement under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Osmopure Technologies, Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in Boulder, Colorado. The funding will support a 3-year project to develop a novel pressure-driven distillation membrane technology that can efficiently remove difficult-to-filter contaminants from water, reducing the need for extensive chemical pretreatment and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $650,000 over 4 years to the University of Illinois for research on developing sustainable strategies for separating and recovering rare-earth elements (REEs) and platinum group metals (PGMs) from waste streams. The project aims to create new electrically-driven separation systems using conductive polymer and carbon nanotube-based electrode materials that can selectively and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Triangle Environmental Health Initiative LLC (Tri-Ehi) aims to develop a selective ion separation and recovery technology for wastewater treatment. The project focuses on optimizing technical design for maximum solute selectivity and concentration, evaluating separation performance with representative wastewaters, and scaling up the system for future...
- This $999,940 Cooperative Agreement awarded on March 15, 2024 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development and field deployment of Purafide, LLC's plasma-based water treatment technology to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. The project aims to pilot the innovative plasma reactor technology at high-priority PFAS remediation and landfill sites in Michigan, with the goal of achieving PFAS...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,112,040 Cooperative Agreement under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Reegen Inc., a biotechnology company located in Ithaca, New York. The project aims to develop an innovative biological solution for improving the U.S. rare earth element (REE) supply chain by recovering REEs from various waste sources. Reegen's three-step process utilizes engineered bacteria to extract, recover, and purify REEs from...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under CFDA 47.041 - Engineering aims to develop an innovative and integrated bio- and physico-chemical process to effectively recover critical metals from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill leachates. The $915,128 award to Purdue University, with a project period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028, will fund research to: 1) characterize critical metal content in existing US landfill leachates, 2) examine the use of in-situ biofilms for...
- This $275,999 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of an environmentally friendly rare earth element extraction process from recycled fluorescent light bulb powder. The awardee, IM Technologies LLC, will engineer a prototype reactor system that uses precision ultra-high temperature heating to evaporate and subsequently condense targeted rare earth constituents from light bulb waste. Research tasks include optimizing thermal energy applications to efficiently extract...
- 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...
Precient Technologies LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a membrane biofilm reactor technology for recovering valuable metals from wastewaters. The one-year project aims to quantify reduction and precipitation kinetics using hydrogen-delivering biofilms to recover up to 99% of precious metals like platinum group metals and rare earth elements in solid nanoparticle form. The company will characterize recovered metals and minerals by composition, purity and size for industrial applications. If successful, the technology could generate over six times return on investment for customers by mitigating material shortage risks and moderating costs as demand increases for uses in batteries, semiconductors and other industries.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 10/20/22 | ||
| Not listed | $256.0k | 9/7/22 |