Cooperative Agreement DESC0019793

This federal Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) aims to develop a novel, comprehensive Quality Assurance (QA) device called the Retriever™ to improve the allocation of scarce medical physics resources and increase access to advanced radiation therapy (RT) treatments in underserved regions. The $1,063,155 award to Wild Dog Physics LLC will fund the development and clinical testing of the Retriever...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC was awarded a $399,794 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) on June 27, 2022. The grant will fund the development of technologies for cleaning synchrotron radiation beamlines using rapid prototyping, machine vision and robotics. The Office of Science aims to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies through basic research, and this award supports Radiabeam's...

Vega Wave Systems Inc. received a $206,500 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a three-dimensional, ultra-radiation-hardened video system for nuclear power plant inspection. The project is being conducted in West Chicago, Illinois 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 economic competitiveness....

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC was awarded a $199,612 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a Variable Wedge Degrader for Rare Isotope Beams. The grant is part of 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 economic competitiveness. Under the award, Radiabeam Technologies will design and test a variable wedge degrader...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,722 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a compact radiofrequency chopper for high-energy heavy-ion beams. 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. Under this award, Radiabeam Technologies will design and test a compact RF chopper to...

Philips Research North America, a division of Koninklijke Philips Electronic, received a $399,883 Project Grant award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on May 17, 2021 to support research under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction federal grant program. The grant funds the MONITORING EXPOSURE THROUGH STANDOFF HEALTH (MESH) project, which will develop remote monitoring technologies to advance knowledge in detecting and assessing exposure risks from chemical,...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $998,592 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Florida to investigate the molecular markers for bone marrow dose-response to low-dose strontium exposure using an AI-driven mouse model and digital twins. The research aims to enhance computational tools for internal radionuclide dosimetry in laboratory mice, which will be made available to the low-dose radiation research community. As part of this project, the University of...

Vega Wave Systems Inc. was awarded a $206,500 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop radiation-hardened robotics for fuel inventory and inspections in nuclear reactor vessels. The grant will support Vega Wave Systems' work from June 2022 through March 2023 to create robots capable of withstanding high levels of radiation during operations to inventory used nuclear fuel and conduct safety...

This $294,543 Project Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) under CFDA 93.351 supports the development of an automated machine vision-guided robotic system for microinjecting Drosophila (fruit fly) embryos. The funding will allow Objective Biotechnology, Inc. to evaluate the efficacy and generalizability of this "autoinjector" technology for transgenesis across various Drosophila experimental conditions, as well...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), aims to develop an innovative radiation imaging tool to support the advancement of targeted alpha cancer therapies. The $811,503 award to Qscint Imaging Solutions LLC, located in Tucson, AZ, will fund the refinement of an algorithm for real-time isotopic spectroscopy...