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Microwave Techniques LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a MULTI-MEGAWATT RF VACUUM WINDOW FOR HIGH DUTY-FACTOR RF ACCELERATING CAVITIES. The grant aims to support the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness by funding research...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to investigate two novel phenomena involving the interaction between light and matter in oxide semiconductors. The primary focus is on understanding the mechanisms underlying persistent photoconductivity and photochromism in these materials, which could benefit technologies such as rewritable electronics and smart windows. The $165,217 award supports a...

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 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...

Sydor Instruments, LLC was awarded a $1,350,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop an ASIC-coupled microchannel plate for time resolved, single-photon soft x-ray detection. The grant is being used to deliver a scientific instrument that will enable new discoveries by allowing researchers to detect individual photons in the soft x-ray range of the electromagnetic spectrum with high temporal resolution. This work directly supports the...

Mesa Photonics LLC received a $256,500 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the development of adaptive sampling techniques for in situ cloud probes. The goal of the award is to advance cloud microphysics instrumentation through the delivery of a next-generation cloud probe capable of adapting its sampling strategy based on real-time measurements. By optimizing data collection, the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research provides $320,000 to support collaborative research on combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials at the University of Central Florida and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through August 2026. The award aims to develop a high-throughput synthesis and characterization approach for discovering and optimizing new multi-component phase change alloy compositions tailored for...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $554,853 to Wayne State University to investigate new chemical precursors and thin film growth processes for lanthanide metal and lanthanide-silicon thin films. The primary focus is on exploring the synthesis and properties of novel lanthanide molecules for use as thin film growth precursors, as well as utilizing these precursors in atomic layer deposition to...

Muons Inc. was awarded a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support work on rapid surface microanalysis using a low temperature plasma through March 26, 2023. 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 security and economic competitiveness. Through this funding, Muons Inc....

This Project Grant award of $199,998 from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports the development of a unipolar solid-state photomultiplier using a wide bandgap semiconductor for deep ultraviolet (DUV) detection. The award was granted to Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (RMD), a leading provider of advanced radiation detection and imaging technologies for government and commercial applications. The project aims to advance DUV...