Project Grant 2408371
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $545,484 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division, to acquire a new campus-wide helium liquefaction plant. This award, funded under NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), will enable the university to replace its aging and unsupported helium liquefaction system. The new system will provide reliable...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $431,976 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to acquire helium recovery equipment for quantum materials research and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facilities. The equipment establishes a helium recycling system to recapture and recondense exhaust helium gas, ensuring the continuation of critical low-temperature research in physics, chemistry, and engineering at...
- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $185,156 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Oklahoma (OU) to acquire a helium recovery and liquefier system. This equipment will support the operation of five nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers used by eight tenure-track faculty and their research teams in the OU Chemistry and Biochemistry Department. The helium recovery system will collect and re-liquefy helium...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $287,576 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to acquire a helium recovery system for its magnetic resonance research facilities. The award will enable UCSB to mitigate the impacts of the global helium supply crisis on their state-of-the-art materials characterization capabilities, which support over 50 research groups across disciplines like chemistry, physics, materials science,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $399,999 to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop upgrades to the university's Central Helium Liquefier and Recovery Facility (CHLRF). The goal is to improve the operational efficiency and capacity of the CHLRF, which serves over 500 researchers across several dozen research groups. The project aims to increase the CHLRF's helium recovery rate...
- This $190,000 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports the acquisition and implementation of a helium recovery system at the University of Kansas. Dr. Justin Douglas and the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. will install manifolds to collect helium exhaust from nine scientific instruments across four buildings without disrupting operations. The collected gas will be compressed into high-pressure cylinders for...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports the acquisition and retrofitting of a helium recovery system at the University of Missouri System's Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) campus. The $255,443 grant will enable Missouri S&T, in collaboration with the University of Missouri Columbia and Washington University, to significantly upgrade their existing...
- This $298,422 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports Baylor University's acquisition of a helium recovery system for their NMR core research facility. The project enables Baylor to capture and reliquefy approximately 90% of the 1,000 liters of liquid helium used annually by their five NMR spectrometers, providing a sustainable and cost-effective supply of high-purity helium to support a wide range of...
- This $320,810 National Science Foundation project grant supports the acquisition of a helium recovery and liquefaction system by Indiana University Bloomington. Funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the system will capture helium gas evaporating from eight nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers in the university's NMR facility. By recycling this helium into liquid form for reuse, the facility expects to substantially reduce its annual purchases of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded a $271,925 Project Grant to Montana State University (MSU) to acquire a helium recovery system for their NMR core facility. This system will reduce MSU's consumption of liquid helium, which is required to operate the state-of-the-art NMR spectrometers. The helium recovery system will lower the facility's operational costs and carbon footprint, making the NMR core's activities more sustainable...
This Project Grant award of $322,355.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the acquisition of a liquid helium recovery (LHER) system for the University of Wyoming (UW). The LHER system will be used to recover and reuse helium gas across multiple low-temperature laboratories in the Physical Sciences Building, which houses the Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry. The system will have the capability to consistently produce 50 liters of liquid helium per day, recovering a targeted minimum of 80% of the helium used. This project will provide a sustainable liquid helium supply to support scientific research in quantum information science and condensed matter physics at UW, while also facilitating a parallel educational program in cryogenic engineering. The award has a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $322.4k | 8/18/25 |