Liquid Ion Solutions LLC received a $253,865 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop third generation, high performance water-lean solvents for carbon capture. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This award supports the development of new solvent technologies that could enable more efficient and cost-effective carbon capture from power plant flue gases, with the goal of accelerating large-scale deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage solutions.