The Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) was awarded a $1,400,000 Project Grant (Federal Grant Award ID: 90ATTF0031) by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the ACL Assistive Technology (CFDA 93.464) Federal Grant Program. The grant funding will support the expansion of PATF's lending programs, the development of a financial education program, and the implementation of an AI system to enhance information and assistance delivery...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) provides $3,264,573.33 to Pennsylvania State University's University Park Airport to rehabilitate 6,600 feet of the existing paved Taxiway A. The project consists of the final construction phase of 380 feet, which will maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and extend its useful life. The award has an expected completion date...
This Project Grant award from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) provides $232,002.22 to Trustees of Purdue University to construct two new taxilanes at the West Lafayette airport. The first phase of the project, which is funded by this grant, consists of the design of a 1,200-foot Taxilane D2 and a 1,400-foot Taxilane D1. These new taxilanes will provide airfield access to a non-exclusive hangar development area, bringing the airport into...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) under CFDA Program 93.350, is focused on investigating the use of triacetin as a potential treatment for propionic acidemia (PA), a rare metabolic disorder. The total award amount is $184,617 and will be used to evaluate the efficacy of triacetin in rectifying metabolic abnormalities and cellular phenotypes in human PA cells, as well as assess the metabolic effects, therapeutic efficacy, and...
This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), will fund the City of Amarillo's project to update its existing Pavement Management Plan. The $132,852.22 grant will enable the city to conduct a Pavement Condition Index survey and make necessary updates to the comprehensive plan, which guides the maintenance and improvement of the airport's pavement infrastructure. This project aligns with the FAA's...
AA Plasma LLC received a $199,872.80 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program to integrate its existing gliding arc plasma deposition systems into a dual-plasmatron system for restoring road marking surfaces rapidly and cost-effectively. During the six-month project period ending March 2023, AA Plasma will demonstrate decontamination and pre-treatment of road surfaces, partial melting...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Purdue Applied Research Institute, LLC (PARI) on January 15, 2025. The grant supports the development of novel testing methods for measuring critical gas phase interactions in hypersonic ground test environments. The three-year project aims to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise in areas...
This $100,000 federal Project Grant award from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) program (CFDA 20.710) provides funding to the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (PBRPC) to deliver technical assistance related to pipeline safety in the Permian Basin region of West Texas. The award supports PBRPC's work to enhance public understanding and participation in pipeline safety operations through activities such as...
The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $7,771,475 cooperative agreement to Patua Acquisition Company, LLC from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (81.087) program. The award supports efforts to increase power generation at the Patua Nevada geothermal field through targeted and adaptive enhanced geothermal system techniques. Key products and services include reprocessing legacy geophysical data,...
This $2.2 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration will fund a noise compatibility plan study at A. B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam. Awarded on August 26, 2022 to the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, the grant will support conducting a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 150 noise compatibility plan study through the expected completion date of August 25, 2026. The study is intended to benefit noise compatibility planning...