Project Grant 2506381
- This $305,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a novel drop-on-demand liquid metal 3D printing technology by Fluent Metal Inc. This innovation aims to make high-quality metal additive manufacturing more accessible, compact, and safer than current systems, which are often restricted to major players due to high equipment costs and safety hazards. The project's primary...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project grant, awarded to Meteora3D, Inc., will develop a rapid lift-based peel separation masked inverted stereolithography 3D printing technology for urgent procedural planning. The $275,000 award, effective December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025, aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities of desktop inverted vat...
- Additive Manufacturing Innovations LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The award will support the development of a next-generation, computationally efficient software for simulating additive manufacturing processes of metals from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Directorate seeks to advance science,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $274,915 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to Alternative Energy Materials, LLC, a small for-profit limited liability company based in Pullman, Washington. The grant, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), supports the development of a novel dry powder pressing additive manufacturing technique for fabricating multifunctional ceramic monoliths with internal flow structures....
- This federal Project Grant award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING ULTRASONIC EFFECTS IN LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING VIA IN SITU SYNCHROTRON IMAGING AND DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS", is funded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The $133,000 award, with a performance period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, will be executed by the Colorado School of Mines. The project aims to utilize synchrotron imaging and diffraction analysis to observe...
- This $400,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research by Arizona State University (ASU) to fundamentally investigate powder dynamics during the pulsed laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing process. The goal is to uncover the underlying mechanisms driving powder ejection, known as "spatter", which can cause process instabilities and defects that compromise part quality. Through in-situ...
- This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $1,241,749 to Freescale LLC (doing business as Neuraink, Neurainc, Neuroinc, Neuroink, Brainc.) to scale a proprietary, multifunctional printing platform that deposits conductive, sensing, and non-volatile-memory nanocomposite inks onto rigid and flexible substrates with sub-micron features. The project aims to develop a compact,...
- This $305,000 SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to accelerate the discovery of novel superconducting materials using an AI-powered workflow. The goal is to develop high-performing, stable, and industrially manufacturable superconductors that can reduce the cost and complexity of applications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fusion energy. If successful, the technology...
- This $649,345 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Carnegie Mellon University to investigate an innovative power field control strategy to achieve prescribed thermal histories throughout a part in powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The research aims to address key obstacles in the qualification and certification workflow for the metal powder bed fusion market, which is projected to grow significantly in the...
- This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop a novel liquid crystal polymer (LCP) called Tullomer to address limitations in fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. The $275,000 grant, awarded to Z-Polymers, Inc., will fund the optimization of Tullomer's monomer ratios, integration of nucleation additives, and control of mesogenic state formation to enhance...
This SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $305,000 to Ultrasonium Inc. to investigate the feasibility of using ultrasonic phased arrays to control and solidify molten metals during additive manufacturing processes. The project aims to revolutionize metal 3D printing by developing innovative acoustic molding technology that addresses supply chain vulnerabilities and enables more accessible manufacturing capabilities compared to current laser-based metal 3D printing. The research seeks to demonstrate contactless acoustic manipulation of molten metals, enabling new multi-material printing capabilities. The technology is expected to provide competitive advantages through material recyclability, performance with reflective materials, and faster print speeds. The award period is from Oct 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $305.0k | 8/4/25 |