Project Grant DESC0020529

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $1.4M Cooperative Agreement award dated April 7, 2026, from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program to develop and demonstrate superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities for high-power proton linear accelerators. The primary deliverable is the design, development, and validation of two types of niobium-tin (Nb₃Sn)...

This $397,005 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program supports the development, building, and commissioning of a modular, next-generation fast neutron detector array at Augustana College. The new detector, based on plastic scintillator and silicon photomultipliers, will significantly improve the precision of neutron detection and position measurement compared to current designs. This enhanced detector capability will enable more precise...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $1,079,989 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) funding opportunity. The award, issued on February 19, 2026, with a completion date of February 18, 2029, funds the development of a Niobium-Tin (Nb₃Sn) proton driver linear accelerator (linac) for accelerator-driven systems designed to...

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant will support a research project focused on advancing silicon carbide composite (SiCf-SiCm) cladding materials for nuclear applications. As a funded collaborator, General Atomics will provide sixteen SiCf-SiCm composite cladding tubes with varying surface morphologies and...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports research to develop a high-density, axially homogeneous helicon plasma source for the AWAKE (Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment) project at CERN. The research aims to qualify the helicon plasma generation technology for application in next-generation particle accelerator systems, which could significantly reduce the size and cost of future linear accelerators...

This $839,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development, construction, and commissioning of a modular fast neutron detector array based on plastic scintillator technology. The new detector system is intended to significantly improve the position resolution for measuring breakup products of neutron-rich atomic nuclei, enabling more precise nuclear structure studies at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000 to Adelphi Technology Inc. to develop a powder neutron diffractometer for testing irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials. The award period runs from July 22, 2024 to April 21, 2025. Adelphi Technology Inc. is a for-profit manufacturer of scientific instruments and technologies specializing in neutron generators, neutron optics, and advanced...

This $800,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) supports nuclear energy research activities at Clemson University. The funding will advance work over a 3-year period from October 2023 through September 2026. The project aims to develop and test new materials, such as two-dimensional carbides and carbo-chalcogenides, for applications in nuclear energy. Key work...

This $800,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121), will fund research, development, and demonstration activities at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The project aims to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental, and national security needs. Specific areas of focus include existing...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to James Madison University (JMU) will support the development, construction, and commissioning of a modular array based on plastic scintillator detectors for fast neutron detection. The $436,952 award will enable the research team to create an advanced neutron detector that significantly improves position resolution compared to current designs, advancing nuclear structure studies...