Project Grant DESC0020767

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of high critical current density and low ac loss niobium-tin superconductors for 16-20 Tesla fusion magnets through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered 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...

This $411,735 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop specialized germanium detectors and conduct experiments at the TRIUMF accelerator center in Canada. The goal is to search for a hypothesized boson particle in the decay of antimuons by focusing on low-energy signatures. The University of Chicago will receive the funding to build detectors with improved energy resolution of over three orders of magnitude compared to previous large scintillator calorimeters. These...

This $793,568 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will develop and implement a fast cooling pulsed magnet design for repetitive operation. The goal is to create pulsed magnets in the range of 30-50 Tesla that can greatly increase the throughput of high magnetic field research laboratories and be used at light source facilities like the Advanced Photon Source. This research will train students at the undergraduate,...

The Accelerator Technology Corporation received a $199,743 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop an NB3SN SUPERCIC OUTSERT AND REBCO CONFORMAL INSERT for an 18 Tesla collider dipole. The project was completed on May 27, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The program supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance the nation's...

Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (ACT) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop HYBRID ACCELERATOR MAGNETS BASED ON DOG BONE SHAPED CORC; WIRE INSERTS FOR OPERATION BEYOND 20 T. The period of performance for this award is from June 28, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). This program supports basic research to deliver scientific...

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 federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (Act), a small business manufacturer in Boulder, Colorado. The funding supports the development of high-temperature superconducting CORC (Conductor on Round Core) cables, which have applications in compact fusion reactors, particle accelerators, and electric aircraft technologies. Key objectives include...

This $199,995.00 project grant was awarded on July 10, 2023 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports the development of a 15 T superconducting magnet for 350 GHz, 1 MW class gyrotrons for commercial fusion reactors. The prime recipient, Bridge 12 Technologies, Inc., is a for-profit manufacturer of terahertz and microwave technology for applications in magnetic resonance, including gyrotrons...

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...

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $206,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a superconducting undulator capable of withstanding high heat loads. The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under the award, Hyper TECH Research will design...