Project Grant 2553375
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $500,007 awarded to the University of Maryland Baltimore County supports research and education activities focused on flexible thermoelectric materials and devices. Specifically, the awardee will conduct research under the Engineering (47.041) program to develop additive printing methods for independently controlling the electrical and thermal properties of thermoelectric composite films through interfacial engineering. This work aims to enable...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. The grant funds fundamental scientific research focused on materials design and detection of topological crystalline superconductors, conducted at Notre Dame's research facilities in Notre Dame, Indiana. This award supports hypothesis-driven...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $475,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for April 30, 2027. The research project, titled "Interrogation of Charge Transport in Electrolytes Containing Charge-Transfer Complexes," will be conducted at Notre Dame's campus in Notre Dame, Indiana. This award supports fundamental scientific research aligned with the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $480,000 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) awarded on August 1, 2026, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. The award funds research into high-performance and flexible organic thermoelectric devices designed for personal cooling and energy harvesting applications. This research initiative aligns with ONR's mission to discover and deliver...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $656,000 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. The grant funds fundamental scientific research investigating the structure-function relationship of ternary solubilities in ionic liquid-water-ion solutions, conducted at the university's Notre Dame Research facility...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $540,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This award funds research and development of tunable and reconfigurable terahertz (THz) filter architectures utilizing integrated optical control mechanisms as an alternative to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $120,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative addresses critical thermal management challenges in three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous computing systems designed for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The research team will develop an...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Heat2Power Inc. received a $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) under CFDA 47.084, effective July 1, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2027. The project is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and focuses on developing air-bridge thermophotovoltaic modules that convert high-temperature thermal energy directly into electricity using...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The award funds the development of a Machine Learning-Enabled Screening Life Cycle Assessment (M-SLCA) Method and Tool—a chatbot-based solution designed to make environmental impact...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) to develop advanced thermal management technology for high-power computing devices. The award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, funds research into engineered thin hydrogel coatings designed to achieve evaporative heat removal exceeding 1,000 watts per square centimeter. This technology addresses...
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) awarded the University of Notre Dame $1.2 million through the Translation to Practice (TTP) program on September 15, 2026, to develop high-performance, low-cost thermoelectric devices via high-throughput printing technology. The project, which runs through August 31, 2029, focuses on translating recent research breakthroughs into commercially viable cooling and heat-to-electricity conversion devices that eliminate the need for harmful refrigerants while harvesting waste heat for energy efficiency applications. The innovative ink-based printing methodology aims to reduce production costs and increase device performance by up to ten times compared to existing thermoelectric technologies, making sustainable energy solutions accessible for cooling in electronics, data centers, automobiles, and buildings. The research team will address key technical challenges through multi-physics design and modeling frameworks to optimize thermoelectric material composition, property distributions, and device form factors. The project employs high-throughput printing and sintering processes for large-scale manufacturing, coupled with metal contact processing to achieve low contact resistances and strong bonding strength. These deliverables position the technology for broad commercial deployment and societal impact by improving energy resilience and quality of life across multiple industrial and infrastructure sectors.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.2m | 4/30/26 |