Project Grant DESC0018585

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 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,482.00 to Epir, Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, to optimize the gain layer design for radiation-hard Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode (LGAD) based silicon detectors over a 1-year performance period from July 10, 2023, to July 9, 2024. The funding supports Epir's research and development of alternate gain layer LGAD...

Impact Photonics LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible single photon avalanche diode. The SBIR program is intended to support scientific research and development that has the potential for commercialization. Under this Phase I award made on November 1, 2021 for a one-year period ending December 31, 2022, Impact Photonics...

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 Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $283,393.88 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned for-profit manufacturer of advanced cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. The award supports the development of an ultra-compact, ultra-low vibration cryogenic system optimized for time-resolved imaging applications, such as time-resolved emission microscopy....

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...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $199,817 Project Grant to Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (RMD) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on "Doping and Contact Engineering of CsPbBr3 for Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy." The grant period runs from July 10, 2023 to April 9, 2024. RMD is a leading provider of radiation detection and nuclear instrumentation technologies, with an extensive track record of federal...

Adroit Materials, Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop KV-class gallium nitride-based junction barrier Schottky diodes using ion implantation. The two-year award, issued on June 18, 2021 with a completion date of June 17, 2023, will support Adroit Materials' efforts to advance ARPA-E's objectives of supporting innovative energy technologies. Under the SBIR/STTR program, the company will work on...

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...