Project Grant DESC0004707

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of high critical current density and low ac loss niobium-tin superconductors for 16-20 Tesla fusion magnets through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (ACT) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop HYBRID ACCELERATOR MAGNETS BASED ON DOG BONE SHAPED CORC; WIRE INSERTS FOR OPERATION BEYOND 20 T. The period of performance for this award is from June 28, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). This program supports basic research to deliver scientific...

The Accelerator Technology Corporation received a $199,743 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop an NB3SN SUPERCIC OUTSERT AND REBCO CONFORMAL INSERT for an 18 Tesla collider dipole. The project was completed on May 27, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The program supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance the nation's...

Quantum Formatics Corp. received a $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The project delivers AI-accelerated discovery and development of next-generation superconducting materials engineered for simplified manufacturing and higher operating temperatures than current commercial alternatives. The core...

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of ultra-high thermal conductivity magnetic electrical insulation and radiation resistant aluminum yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) cables through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to...

This $179,038 National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research Project Grant supports research into the high-pressure synthesis of missing pnictide superconductors. The awardee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will engage in a theory-inspired search for new superconductors that could provide fundamental insights into the mechanism of superconductivity. The research team will use high-pressure synthesis techniques to access new compounds that have eluded chemists. They will...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (Act), a small business manufacturer in Boulder, Colorado. The funding supports the development of high-temperature superconducting CORC (Conductor on Round Core) cables, which have applications in compact fusion reactors, particle accelerators, and electric aircraft technologies. Key objectives include...

This $411,735 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop specialized germanium detectors and conduct experiments at the TRIUMF accelerator center in Canada. The goal is to search for a hypothesized boson particle in the decay of antimuons by focusing on low-energy signatures. The University of Chicago will receive the funding to build detectors with improved energy resolution of over three orders of magnitude compared to previous large scintillator calorimeters. These...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $255,938 Project Grant to Metox International, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant aims to develop technology for the next generation of high-temperature superconducting wire production that will increase the throughput and quality of power transmission. The research focuses on improving the conversion efficiency of precursor material into high-temperature...

This $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research and education to examine superconductivity in the strong coupling regime. The principal investigator and graduate students will focus on several fundamental issues related to quantum-critical metals, including understanding the competition between fermionic incoherence and Cooper pairing, the emergence of dynamical vortices, and the...