Project Grant DESC0021914

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $1,000,000.00 to Wilo Networks Inc. to develop a cutting-edge sensor network platform designed to operate with exceptionally low power consumption. The core innovation involves integrating low-power wake-up radio technology with optimized network protocols, enabling always-on, low-latency communication without the traditional...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program awarded a $5,242,722 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to research, develop, test, and demonstrate a secure, standards-based, and interoperable private 4G LTE and 5G communications network designed to meet the unique needs of electric power systems. The project, titled "SECURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE FOR TRUSTED AND RESILIENT ELECTRIC...

This SBIR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) provides $275,000 to Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC to develop a metal foam-based neutron sensor for advanced nuclear reactor instrumentation. The project aims to create a sensor that can withstand the harsh, high-temperature and radiation-intensive environments of next-generation nuclear reactors. This novel sensor technology could have broader...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Sensible Photonics, Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business, to commercialize AI-enhanced distributed optical fiber sensing technology for real-time monitoring of dry cask storage systems. The funding will support the development of innovative monitoring and diagnostic solutions that leverage advanced optical fiber sensing and analytics to enhance the safety, reliability, and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $220,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from October 2021 to September 2024 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSF-AOF: CNS CORE: SMALL: SECURE WIRELESS POWERED BACKSCATTER COMMUNICATION FOR IOT." The research is being conducted under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which aims to advance computing, communications, and...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,949,450 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to Palo Alto Research Center LLC (PARC) on Sep 1, 2023. The primary goal of this 1-year project is to develop a distributed network of low-cost sensor arrays printed with functionalized carbon nanotubes for monitoring hydrogen gas (H2) emissions in outdoor applications. The detection system aims...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science, through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to X-Wave Innovations, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, to develop an ultrasonic multipoint waveguide temperature sensor for divertor diagnostics in fusion power plants. The one-year research project, with a completion date of February 17, 2026, aims to advance scientific understanding and U.S. energy security priorities by...

This $130,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support planning activities for a proposed national testbed facility focused on fiber-based ground motion and deformation sensing. The key objectives are to: Develop the technical framework and feasibility plan for an "Internet Sensor Network" (Internet-S) testbed that would leverage modifications to existing internet...

This $440,014 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support research at Wayne State University to develop theoretical foundations and systems for enabling industrial automation using low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs). Specifically, the university will conduct research to address challenges in adopting LPWAN technologies like LoRa for industrial...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award for $500,000 to Arizona State University provides funding to develop novel mathematical frameworks, techniques, and architectures for distributed multi-modal sensing-aided large-scale MIMO and high-frequency communication networks. The goal is to enable scalable and reliable next-generation wireless networks to support emerging applications in autonomous...