The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $256,500 Project Grant to Cloudsci LLC, a small business based in Fort Collins, Colorado, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports the development of a Single Aerosol Particle Spectrometer (SAPS) for in situ measurement of chemical composition. This advanced scientific instrumentation project aims to enhance the understanding of atmospheric and environmental conditions through innovative...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Cloudsci LLC a $255,417 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low-cost, networkable fluorescence spectrometer for the automatic identification of pollen and other coarse mode aerosols found in urban environments. The award period runs from February 12, 2024 to November 11, 2024. The objective of this project is to enhance environmental monitoring and urban air quality understanding...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Aerosol Dynamics Inc., a small research and development company, a $242,869 Project Grant to measure atmospheric sulfuric acid concentration using a water-based condensation particle counter. The grant was awarded on February 12, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which funds fundamental research and development projects to advance scientific understanding and technologies aligned with DOE's...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Aerodyne Research Inc. a $249,999 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the TOTAL REACTIVE NITROGEN FLUX MONITOR project from February 14, 2022 to November 13, 2022. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This award will allow Aerodyne Research to...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded Aerosol Dynamics Inc., a small R&D company, a $248,592 Project Grant on February 12, 2024. The grant supports the development of innovative particle measurement techniques, specifically focused on "coupled aerodynamic and optical sizing for coarse particles." Aerosol Dynamics Inc. specializes in advanced aerosol measurement instruments and technologies, and has a history of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support fundamental research on atmospheric particle nucleation and growth under conditions found in the free troposphere. The $356,844 award to Carnegie Mellon University will investigate the interactions between oxidized organic compounds and inorganic acids leading to new-particle formation in the cold upper troposphere, as well as the low-temperature growth of particles through the...
Handix Scientific Inc. received a $256,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop the Small-Angle Light Scattering Spectral Analyzer (SALSSA) probe. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) to support projects that deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the grant funded Handix...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $944,973 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant, titled "Pristine Southern Ocean Aerosol and Cloud Processes: Coupling Single-Particle Measurements and Modeling During CAPE-K," aims to advance scientific understanding of aerosol composition, size distributions, marine organics, cloud condensation nuclei, and ice nucleating...
This three-year, $454,659 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports the continued membership of three universities in the Cloud Consortium at CERN. The Consortium will study the chemistry and physics that drive new particle formation and growth in Earth's atmosphere using a 26 cubic meter stainless steel chamber. Over the grant period, research will focus on chemical mechanisms generating extremely low volatility organic compounds that can...
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...