Project Grant DEAR0002004
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $340,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the Geothermal Resource Assessment of Department of Defense (DOD) Facilities in the US (GRADUS) initiative. The award, effective September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2026, funds fundamental research aimed at assessing geothermal energy...
- Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $4.03 million Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded on November 4, 2025, to develop enhanced geothermal energy extraction technologies through November 3, 2028. The primary deliverable is a high-temperature sliding sleeve system capable of operating at temperatures up to 225 degrees Celsius, designed to improve energy recovery rates in enhanced geothermal systems. The sleeve...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $875,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) effective August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2026. This award supports fundamental scientific research investigating how electric fields influence reactivity in thermochemical and electrochemical catalysis. The research will be conducted at UT Austin's Austin, Texas location and...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Texas at Austin a $500,000 project grant effective March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2030, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This CAREER award, titled "Advancing Autonomy of Power Grids in 3D—Decision Speed, Disruption Resilience, and Distributing Societal Benefits," supports fundamental research to advance distributed power...
- Summary of Federal Grant Award Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $595,000 Project Grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135, awarded November 14, 2025, with completion targeted for November 13, 2027. The grant supports research and development to enhance high-performance grid optimization algorithms under ARPA-E's Grid Optimization (GO) Competition Challenge 3. MIT will deepen understanding of and identify limitations in a computational...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $500,000 project grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2026. The grant supports research and development of reconfigurable and multiplexed photonic networks designed to enable distributed superconducting quantum information processing. This project advances fundamental scientific research in quantum information science, a key...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $645,000 Project Grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded on January 8, 2026, with a completion date of January 7, 2028. The award provides support grants for the university's participation in the ARPA-E Grid Optimization (GO) Competition Challenge 3, a program designed to advance high-potential, high-impact energy technologies in grid infrastructure and optimization that are too...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of North Texas received a Cooperative Agreement award of $1,246,076 from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under CFDA 81.135, with an award date of October 13, 2025, and a completion deadline of October 30, 2028. Under this award, the University will develop high-efficiency, resilient distribution transformers for next-generation power distribution systems. The project focuses on designing new magnetic materials that...
- The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). This 1-year award, effective July 1, 2024, will fund research and development of high-thermal conductivity metallic compounds for industrial heat decarbonization. The goal is to advance innovative energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies that can help...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $7.77 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award supports research on "Systems Biology and Adaptation in Switchgrass: Discovering Mechanisms Underlying Plant-Microbe-Soil Interactions and Abiotic Stress Tolerance." This fundamental research initiative falls within the Office of Science's core...
Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $115,000 Project Grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded on January 8, 2026, with a completion date of January 7, 2029. This award provides support grants for participation in the ARPA-E Grid Optimization (GO) Competition Challenge 3, a program designed to advance high-risk, high-reward energy technology innovations. The funding supports the university's involvement in this competitive challenge, which focuses on developing transformative solutions for grid reliability, resilience, and infrastructure management related to energy production, delivery, and storage. The deliverables under this grant center on the university's research and development contributions to the Grid Optimization Competition Challenge 3. As an eligible applicant within ARPA-E's merit review process, UT Austin is tasked with developing and demonstrating innovations aligned with the competition objectives. The project will be performed at the university's facilities in Austin, Texas, leveraging UT Austin's established research capabilities in advanced energy technologies, computational modeling, and engineering to contribute solutions that enhance U.S. energy security and technological competitiveness in grid optimization.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $115.0k | 1/8/26 |