Project Grant DESC0017703

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Photonlab of Fairfield, CA for its "NOVEL POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR RARE DECAY AND RARE PARTICLE DETECTION" project. The one-year project period runs from February 14, 2022 to February 13, 2023. Under this award, Photonlab will develop novel position sensitive photosensor technology to support rare decay and rare particle detection, in alignment with the Office of Science Financial...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $1,218,284 Project Grant to Syracuse University under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to develop high-granularity timing modules for the upgrade of the LHCb calorimeter detector at the CERN LHC in Switzerland and future high-luminosity particle collider applications. The project aims to create sensor and electronics packages that provide precise spatial and timing information to enable advanced particle detection and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $399,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop a new generation of cost-effective, scalable, and stable radiation detectors with ultra-high detectivity. This is a joint effort between the University at Buffalo, University of Cambridge, and University of Oxford to address the challenge of engineering materials and manufacturing...

Advanced Hcmos Systems LLC was awarded a $398,258 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of nanosecond burst-mode HCMOS readout integrated circuits (ROICs) for high repetition-rate heterodyne detection laser polarimeter experiments. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. This...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $177,797.22 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 18, 2020 to develop HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SEGMENTED LIINSE2 DETECTORS. The funding supported the completion of this work by November 17, 2020 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The Office of Science Program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and...

This $572,067 National Science Foundation project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds the development of an event plane detector for the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Lehigh University is the primary awardee and will produce 15 calorimeter front-end modules, 8 transmitter modules, and 3 data collection modules to digitize and transmit signals from silicon photomultiplier detectors by July 2023. Columbia University serves as a...

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 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through its Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910), awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Colorado State University (CSU) on September 30, 2025. The award aims to develop a radiation detection technique that leverages advancements in monolithic 3D NAND technology. The proposed 3D NAND detector will enable high-resolution particle tracking, fluence measurement, and energy identification, as well as function as a...

Incom, Inc. was awarded a $199,057 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop LAPPDs for LHCB ECAL and other high rate, high radiation applications. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through June 27, 2022. Under this award, Incom, Inc. will develop large-area picosecond photodetector (LAPPD) technologies for use in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCB) experiment's electromagnetic...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science to develop organic glass scintillators for nuclear physics experiments from February 2021 through April 2024. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Radiation Monitoring Devices will...