GVD corporation new igniite 2025 award control number: 3477-1638 title: laser furnace for reduction of iron ORE to iron metal this competitive cooperative agreement for a research and development…

The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded GVD Corp $499,926 on March 26, 2026, for development of high-stability PFAS-free membranes using chemical vapor deposition technology under the ARPA-E IGNIITE 2025 competitive cooperative agreement (CFDA 81.135, FOA DE-FOA-0003477, Control 3477-1638).

GVD Corp, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based small business specializing in advanced materials research and coating technologies, will develop PFAS-free membranes using chemical vapor deposition to advance flow applications. The award obligates $499,926 for the period of performance from March 26, 2026, through March 25, 2028, with work performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The ARPA-E program advances high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment by supporting development of entirely new ways to generate, store, and use energy.

GVD corporation new igniite 2025 award control number: 3477-1638 title: laser furnace for reduction of iron ORE to iron metal this competitive cooperative agreement for a research and development project entitled, "laser furnace for reduction of iron ORE to iron metal" is awarded GVD corporation under arpa-e FOA number DE-FOA-0003477 (igniite 2025) and control 3477-1638. The purpose of this award is to develop a laser furnace to convert iron ORE into iron metal without emitting carbon dioxide, at lower cost than the blast furnace. Our mission is to replace fossil fuels traditionally used in ironmaking with lasers powered by clean electricity. At the core of limelight steel's process are semiconductor laser diodes, which enable new temperature and pressure ranges to reduce high and low-grade iron ORE fines into molten iron metal.