Project Grant DEAR0001488

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $980,360 Cooperative Agreement on April 1, 2025 under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Startle Innovation LLC in Davis, CA. The project aims to develop a commercial prototype for a rapid food biomass dehydration process that utilizes zeolite filters to retain food nutrient profiles. The prototype will include a new desiccant filter, drying chamber, and microwave chamber. Key project objectives are to test...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will fund research by Lyowave, Inc. to address the scale-up challenge for using high-frequency microwave heating in the manufacturing of freeze-dried medicines, diagnostics, and other sensitive materials. The $304,436 award aims to develop new experimental methods, physics-based models, and control strategies to enable the noninvasive retrofitting of...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Energy Concepts Company, LLC $175,000 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to develop an innovative refrigeration cycle for small-scale refrigeration. Energy Concepts will modify an existing propane-fired diffusion absorption chiller to enable operation using heat from renewable energy sources like solar thermal, geothermal, waste heat,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Helix Earth Technologies Inc. in the amount of $1,247,820.00. The objective of this 2-year project is to develop a high-efficiency retrofit dehumidification system that can significantly reduce the energy consumption of commercial air conditioning (AC) units by pre-dehumidifying incoming outside air. The technology utilizes a novel liquid desiccant...

Harvest Thermal, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a low-emissions heating and hot water system. The 24-month project will address technical risks to enable large-scale deployment of residential heating and hot water load shifting using highly efficient heat pump systems. Harvest Thermal will systematically test system performance, reliability, and failure modes to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), focuses on the development of retrofit dehumidification systems for air conditioning (AC) units. The $274,921 award to Helix Earth Technologies Inc. aims to enable greater than 50% energy savings for AC systems by eliminating latent loads through a novel liquid desiccant-based retrofit dehumidification...

This $978,431 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of an innovative two-phase cooling system using micro closed-loop pulsating heat pipes by Global Cooling Technology Group LLC, a small business specializing in advanced cooling technologies. The project aims to create a disruptive cooling solution that can enhance the performance of high-power density electronics,...

Global Cooling Technology Group LLC received a $296,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant supports research and development of innovative two-phase cooling technologies using micro closed loop pulsating heat pipes for applications in high power density electronics. The STTR program aims to stimulate technological innovation through cooperative...

Ultrasonic Technology Solutions, LLC received a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program. The award supports the development of a transformative direct contact ultrasonic drying process for roll-to-roll manufacturing. This technology aims to significantly reduce the cost, energy consumption, and emissions associated with industrial drying processes. The project period for this award is from January 1, 2024 to...

Media & Process Technology Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) to demonstrate the technical feasibility and energy savings potential of a non-evaporative substrate drying process using supercritical carbon dioxide extraction combined with ceramic membrane ultrafiltration. The two-year award, issued on September 9, 2022, will support development of a process to dewater wet substrates without...