Project Grant DESC0019471

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 Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $199,917 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Mainstream Engineering Corp in Rockledge, Florida on February 12, 2024. The grant supports the development of high-purity, ultra-low-radioactivity capacitors for use in cryogenic detectors for fundamental physics experiments, specifically the NEXO collaboration's search for neutrinoless double beta decay. The capacitors are required to operate the application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in...

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's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Star Cryoelectronics, LLC on July 10, 2023 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop aluminum-based superconducting tunnel junction radiation detectors for a sterile neutrino search. Star Cryoelectronics, a for-profit manufacturer of cryogenic solutions, will leverage specialized facilities and expertise at Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) to characterize the...

Anadyne, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop a particle detector front-end readout integrated circuit optimized for high speed timing resolution measurements. The circuit will be designed 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. The one-year...

Lismikro Inc. received a $410,476 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of ultra-low noise integrated photonic-electronic detectors with real-time calibration capabilities. Funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), the award will support Lismikro's efforts to advance high-efficiency quantum photodetectors through March 2023. The Office of Science program aims to deliver scientific...

This $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funded the development of hafnium-based superconducting tunnel junction radiation detectors by Star Cryoelectronics, LLC of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The detectors will be used for sterile neutrino searches by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, operating as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, through a $200,000 sub-award from Star...

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...

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...

Pacific Microchip Corp. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to fund development of a HIGH CHANNEL DENSITY DIGITAL ACQUISITION SYSTEM. The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under the award, Pacific Microchip Corp. will...