Project Grant 2514731
- This $350,000 federal Project Grant award under the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable Northeastern Junior College in Colorado to integrate renewable energy technologies and skills across its industrial automation and wind technology programs. The key objectives are to: Prepare students for jobs integrating solar power generation and energy storage with wind power technology, addressing gaps identified by industry partners. This will involve updating...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $653,397 Project Grant under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The grant, awarded on October 15, 2025, aims to prepare a skilled engineering workforce capable of advancing U.S. energy independence, infrastructure innovation, and rural energy resilience. The project will develop interdisciplinary, experiential learning opportunities for engineering students, including week-long...
- This federal Project Grant award of $555,000 from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports a collaborative research program hosted by Montana State University, in partnership with Purdue University. The program provides a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) opportunity focused on energy and engineering education for elementary school teachers from rural and American Indian reservation communities in Montana. Over a three-year period, at least two dozen teachers...
- This $600,000 Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance (CFDA 10.674) program, supports the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Montana Innovation Corridor Gateway Mass Timber Showcase and Timber Technology" project. The grant recipient, the Montana Technology Enterprise Center doing business as Accelerate Montana, is a non-profit organization focused on entrepreneurship and small business...
- This $1.69 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support scholarships for 105 low-income students pursuing STEM degrees over six years at four Montana institutions. The University of Montana leads this collaboration with Salish Kootenai College, Blackfeet Community College, and Montana Technological University. The project aims to increase STEM retention and graduation rates through individual mentoring, peer support networks,...
- This Project Grant award of $2,941,672.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research initiative led by Louisiana State University (LSU) and the LSU AgCenter. The project aims to develop methods for converting agricultural residues into liquid transportation fuels using electricity-driven thermochemical conversion and electrocatalytic upgrading. Key objectives include: Advancing biomass-derived fuel technologies...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $999,942 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Clemson University to address the education and workforce needs of the evolving lithium battery manufacturing and recycling industry. The project, which runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, aims to build a strong talent pipeline by equipping career and technical education (CTE) learners, two-year college students, and incumbent...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will provide $1,091,396 in funding over six years to support scholarships for 105 students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees at four Montana institutions of higher education. The official federal grant program is the STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which aims to improve STEM education and ensure the vitality of the U.S. STEM workforce. Under the award,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $210,000 Project Grant to the University of Southern California (USC) under the NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to conduct research on the development of environmentally sustainable anode materials for electrochemical energy storage. The project aims to repurpose toxic particulate matter waste from fossil fuel combustion as a valuable charge-storage material for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. Over the 3-year award period from May 2024 to...
- This $420,887 federal Project Grant was awarded on April 15, 2025 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Missouri System (UEI: SZPJL5ZRCLF4) to develop biomaterials for the rapid and sustainable degradation of plant biomass. The project aims to immobilize a series of enzymes within a metal-organic material scaffold to efficiently break down the complex components of plant cell walls, including cellulose,...
This $7,500,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will establish a Center for Energy Technologies at Montana Technological University. The center's mission is to develop technologies to repurpose forest biomass from wildfires for electricity generation and storage applications. Key goals include producing biofuels, generating electricity from syngas, creating nanostructured carbon web electrodes, and developing cold-weather batteries. Methods will include electrospinning, in-situ electrochemical/optical analysis, and machine learning. Expected outcomes include scalable biomass conversion techniques, advanced electricity conversion and storage materials, and improved process control technologies. The project will also develop a student cohort to address local energy needs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $7.5m | 7/25/25 |