Project Grant DESC0015890

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708), will establish a "Vacuum Vapor Degreasing Validation and Demonstration Hub" to promote the use of a trichloroethylene (TCE)-free cleaning process for metal degreasing operations. The $349,899 award will enable the University of Massachusetts Lowell to engage with over 250 companies, primarily small businesses in New England, to eliminate the use...

Liquid Ion Solutions LLC received a $253,865 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop third generation, high performance water-lean solvents for carbon capture. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of...

Liquid Ion Solutions LLC received a $254,749 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to fund the "QUANTIFICATION OF ANCILLARY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL WATER-LEAN SOLVENT TECHNOLOGY" project through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...

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...

This $262,158 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) will fund research at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to develop advanced oxidation processes for controlling the formation of iodinated disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) in drinking water treatment. The key objectives are to: 1) investigate the use of advanced oxidation processes like ferrate, ozone, and UV to optimize the...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded Chemfinity Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in Brooklyn, NY, a $138,738 project grant under the NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances Basic Research and Education program (CFDA 93.143). The goal of the project is to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of Chemfinity's patented membrane-based ion-capture electrodialysis (IC-ED) technology for the remediation of acid mine drainage (AMD)...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $249,998 Project Grant to Mainstream Engineering Corp. to conduct research and development on "REMOVING CHLORINE FROM PLASTIC USING THERMOCHEMICAL PRETREATMENT". This grant is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and transformative energy and manufacturing innovations. Mainstream Engineering Corp. is a for-profit manufacturer that has previously...

This $350,000 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will fund the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's (UNC-CH) Environmental Finance Center to provide technical assistance to businesses. The goal is to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices, also known as pollution prevention (P2), to reduce the use of hazardous cleaning chemicals, wastewater, water usage, and harmful air emissions....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project led by Emily Marron at the University of Utah and Daniel McCurry at the University of Southern California. The $280,194 award, effective from December 15, 2024 to January 31, 2027, will investigate the kinetics, mechanism, and relevance of the overlooked oxidation of aqueous alcohols by chlorine during wastewater treatment. The...

This $1,064,157 EPA Pollution Prevention Grant, awarded on October 1, 2025, will provide technical assistance, information, training, and tools to businesses in Louisiana to help them develop and implement source reduction practices (also known as pollution prevention or P2). The project, led by Delgado Community College on behalf of the Louisiana Community & Technical College System, aims to expand the state's E4 program by connecting regional minority-serving communities and higher...