Project Grant DESC0017933

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) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $1,482,618 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a next-generation charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor optimized for astronomical spectroscopy. The project aims to demonstrate the ability to readout a 4096x4096 pixel CCD image in a few minutes instead of hours, which will significantly improve the...

Epir, Inc. received a $199,991 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work completing June 27, 2022. The grant was awarded 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 and economic security. Specifically, the funding supports Epir's "WAFER-SCALE INTEGRATION OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS BY...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $430,000 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop scalable single photon detection systems. The 3-year project seeks to adapt existing perimeter gated single photon avalanche diode (PGSPAD) technology to other semiconductor platforms, create a scalable detection architecture with wireless integration, and test the new devices through fabrication and simulation....

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...

Epir, Inc. was awarded a $206,493 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop AC-LGAD silicon detectors with alternate gain layer for improved reliability. The grant supports research and development of advanced silicon detectors with an alternate gain layer intended to improve reliability compared to conventional designs. The project will be performed in Bolingbrook, Illinois over a one year...

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...

Chemelectronics LLC was awarded a $199,061 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop engineering of polycrystalline perovskite for low-cost pixelated x-ray imager. The project aims to deliver products and services focused on engineering polycrystalline perovskite materials for use in pixelated x-ray imaging detectors through February 13, 2023. This award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC was awarded a $205,478 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work on "RADIATION TOLERANT DIAMOND GAIN STRUCTURES FOR PHOTON DETECTION" through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the grant funding will...

This $380,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under CFDA Program 47.041 (Engineering) will fund the development of new types of on-chip "topological photodetectors" that can detect and differentiate between different modes and properties of light, such as its phase, polarization, and orbital angular momentum. These novel photodetectors, based on emerging quantum materials like Weyl semimetals,...