Project Grant 2528149
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Trustees of Boston University. The grant aims to realize flexible artificial intelligence (AI) data centers that can integrate with emerging smart grid programs. The project will develop a data center control framework to regulate power consumption while providing performance guarantees to data center users, helping to stabilize the power grid...
- This $1,103,042 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to address fundamental knowledge gaps for realizing efficient 48V vertical power delivery to AI processors in data centers. The project will heterogeneously integrate wide-bandgap microelectronics, including gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, CMOS, and sensors, with PCB-integrated magnetics, power electronics circuitry, and advanced packaging. Key focus areas include developing...
- This Project Grant award of $305,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Gallox Semiconductors Inc. in Ithaca, NY aims to evaluate gallium oxide power devices for improving the efficiency of power conversion in data centers. The broader impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to address inefficiencies in power electronics, which are critical for modifying voltage to charge computers and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Beamfeed LLC aims to develop a highly efficient photovoltaic power converter for optical power beaming. The proposed innovation targets critical challenges in the unmanned aerial vehicle, wireless power transmission, and semiconductor industries by advancing laser power beaming capabilities to address remote energy provisioning needs. The project stands to contribute...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to develop innovative solutions to enable carbon-zero colocation data centers that support the booming artificial intelligence industry and digital economy. Specifically, the project proposes to: (1) create a computationally-efficient mechanism to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $599,276 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Sponsored Projects Services, from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The grant supports the development of novel application-layer models, algorithms, and tools to enable energy-efficient and high-performance data...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Infinion Technology, Inc. a $304,948 STTR Phase I project grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. This two-year project aims to develop an electronic partial discharge (PD) monitoring system to improve the reliability of the U.S. energy grid by predicting transformer failures. The technology will enable real-time, cost-effective PD monitoring of transformers, over two-thirds of which are at or past their...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Vellex Computing Inc. of San Luis Obispo, CA under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The project aims to develop an analog hardware accelerator to enhance the computational power and speed for simulating modern power systems. The primary objective is to advance a proven analog computing architecture from a circuit board...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,304 Project Grant to the University of Colorado (CU) for the "Scalable Wide-Area Control for Frequency & Voltage Stability in Inverter-Dominant Power Systems" project under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project, running from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, aims to develop computationally efficient methods for the analysis and control of power networks through a novel framework for voltage and frequency...
- This five-year $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at the University of California, San Diego to develop next-generation integrated hybrid DC-DC converters. The university will conduct engineering research from February 2021 through January 2026 to foster innovation in converter design for future power systems relying more heavily on direct current transmission. As the NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program Project Grant award of $305,000.00 to Palanquin Power Inc., located in Golden, CO, aims to develop novel power conversion systems and control schemes for an ultra-efficient rack-level data center power supply. The project will focus on two key thrusts: 1) Designing a highly efficient isolated three-phase AC power factor correction and rectification converter with current-mode control for legacy AC data center distribution systems; and 2) Integrating the differential power processing (DPP) architecture, which has been demonstrated at low-power in academia, into existing data center power distribution. Successful development of this technology could significantly reduce energy consumption in the $2.9 billion data center power supply market and enable the deployment of power-hungry AI technologies. The award period runs from October 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $305.0k | 9/5/25 |