Project Grant DESC0013922

This federal Project Grant award of $182,265 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a novel high-current conversion technology for distributed energy resources (DERs). The project, led by Lehigh University, aims to leverage wide bandgap semiconductor devices to create a modular, multiphase, interleaved high-current conversion system. This technology is expected to enable high-power demand response and support applications such as...

Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Research Foundation for The State University of New York at Binghamton received a $5.0 million cooperative agreement awarded February 1, 2026, under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. The primary deliverable is the design, development, and demonstration of a grid-scale energy storage system (ESS) called RESPECT (Resilient Energy...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a $135,956 project grant to South Dakota State University (SDSU) to develop a highly efficient, modular, and scalable power system that integrates photovoltaic, energy storage, and smart micro-inverter technologies. The goal is to create a novel power conversion system architecture and control capabilities to enable greater penetration of solar energy into the electric grid and support grid stability and resilience. The key...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Inlyte Energy, Inc. received a $5.87M Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) to design, develop, and install an iron-sodium long-duration energy storage (LDES) system at a critical facility in San Leandro, California. The project, which commenced January 9, 2026 and is scheduled for completion by January 9, 2029,...

Coolcad Electronics, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of low-cost hybrid SiC/GaN-based single-stage microinverters with integrated planar magnetics technology. The project aims to deliver this technology by March 26, 2023. The award is being made through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools...

Tagore Technology Inc. received a $978,087 cooperative agreement award from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robust, high-current high-power gallium nitride half-bridge integrated circuit and reference design for an on-board electric vehicle charger. The project aims to improve energy efficiency in power electronics through use of gallium nitride, train graduate students, and accelerate adoption of electric vehicles. Key deliverables...

Storagenergy Technologies Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work on FAST DIRECT RECYCLING OF EV BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIALS. The award was made 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 advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Specifically, the funding supported...

This $255,700 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of sodium-based solid-state batteries for stationary energy storage by Unigrid LLC. The company will advance a novel halide-based sodium solid-state electrolyte material with the goal of improving its ionic conductivity by one to two orders of magnitude. Additionally, the company will explore scalable room-temperature synthesis routes. This research aims to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy generation by...

This award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering CFDA program provides $1,499,996 to the University of Wisconsin System to conduct research on developing ultra-efficient, high-voltage monolithic bidirectional transistors (MBDTs) for use in power electronics applications. The key objectives are to: 1) demonstrate the first ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) based MBDTs; 2) enhance the performance and manufacturability of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Fourth Power, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an energy storage technology that stores electricity as heat and converts it back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV). The goal is to create a low-cost battery system that can decouple power and energy, enabling discharge durations between 1-100 hours, which is not currently achievable with other...