Project Grant 60NANB14D089

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $640,000 to the University of California, San Diego to conduct a joint research project focused on generating energetic electrons and gamma-rays through high-intensity laser-plasma interactions. The goal is to develop sources of gamma rays for applications in national security, nuclear waste analysis, medical isotope production, and fundamental studies...

Mesa Photonics LLC was awarded a $256,500 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support work on RESOLUTION-ENHANCED COHERENT NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY OF PLANT TISSUES. The grant will fund the development of new microscopy techniques using nonlinear optical and coherent imaging methods to image plant tissues with resolutions exceeding the classical diffraction limit. The work will leverage the...

This $199,987 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funds the development of chiral transient grating spectroscopy techniques. The primary awardee, Physical Sciences Inc., will modify an existing transient grating setup to conduct preliminary time-resolved circular dichroism experiments on well-characterized materials. Additionally, $TBD of the funding was awarded as a sub-grant to Santa Clara...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. on February 12, 2024 through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the development of high efficiency gyrotron technology. Calabazas Creek Research, a manufacturer of advanced radio frequency (RF) technologies, will perform research and development on high power RF generation and transmission devices, with a focus on improvements to high...

This federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) is funding research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to advance the evaluation of multiphase flow in large geometric configurations. The award, which commenced on January 31, 2025 and has a planned completion date of January 30, 2028, supports MIT's cutting-edge research and development activities in this critical...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $408,691 to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) aims to develop the first deterministic solid-state photonic quantum register capable of storing multiple optical photons. The project will utilize single germanium vacancy centers in diamond as quantum memory, leveraging the 10-dimensional qudit enabled by the nuclear spin of 73Ge to store multiple qubits of quantum information. Key objectives...

Advr, Inc. was awarded a $1,849,939 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the commercial production of low-loss quantum frequency conversion and electro-optical modulation devices enabled by wafer-level processing of reverse-proton-exchange lithium niobate waveguides. The Office of Science aims to deliver transformational scientific tools and discoveries to advance U.S. energy security and...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $230,000 to Q-Ctrl Federal LLC through its Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the project "Automated Calibration, Characterization and Optimization of Near Term Quantum Processors" from February 14, 2022 to February 13, 2023. Under this Project Grant, Q-Ctrl Federal LLC will provide services to automate calibration, characterization and optimization of near-term quantum processors. The Office of...

Raytum Photonics LLC received a $199,992 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to support work completing on November 13, 2022. The grant funds research to develop precise control of particle orbit in accelerators using machine learning technology. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...

This Project Grant award of $199,125, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports a collaborative research effort between Professor Yujie Sun of the University of Cincinnati and Professor Christopher Elles of the University of Kansas to develop advanced photocatalysts that can be activated by near-infrared (NIR) light. The researchers are focused...