Project Grant DESC0021796

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,482.00 to Epir, Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, to optimize the gain layer design for radiation-hard Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode (LGAD) based silicon detectors over a 1-year performance period from July 10, 2023, to July 9, 2024. The funding supports Epir's research and development of alternate gain layer LGAD...

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...

Epir, Inc. was awarded a $206,493 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop AC-LGAD silicon detectors with alternate gain layer for improved reliability. The grant supports research and development of advanced silicon detectors with an alternate gain layer intended to improve reliability compared to conventional designs. The project will be performed in Bolingbrook, Illinois over a one year...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $430,000 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop scalable single photon detection systems. The 3-year project seeks to adapt existing perimeter gated single photon avalanche diode (PGSPAD) technology to other semiconductor platforms, create a scalable detection architecture with wireless integration, and test the new devices through fabrication and simulation....

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...

Impact Photonics LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible single photon avalanche diode. The SBIR program is intended to support scientific research and development that has the potential for commercialization. Under this Phase I award made on November 1, 2021 for a one-year period ending December 31, 2022, Impact Photonics...

Incom, Inc. was awarded a $199,057 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop LAPPDs for LHCB ECAL and other high rate, high radiation applications. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through June 27, 2022. Under this award, Incom, Inc. will develop large-area picosecond photodetector (LAPPD) technologies for use in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCB) experiment's electromagnetic...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC was awarded a $205,478 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work on "RADIATION TOLERANT DIAMOND GAIN STRUCTURES FOR PHOTON DETECTION" through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the grant funding will...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $177,797.22 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 18, 2020 to develop HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SEGMENTED LIINSE2 DETECTORS. The funding supported the completion of this work by November 17, 2020 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The Office of Science Program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and...

Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $206,380 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a diamond detector system for ion-beam diagnostics. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of an innovative diamond-based detector that can be used to characterize the properties of ion beams with unprecedented resolution. This detector system aligns with the Office of Science's mission...