Cooperative Agreement DESC0022748

Xtallized Intelligence Inc. was awarded a $199,999 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop fast, dense, non-hygroscopic scintillators for particle detectors. The grant-funded project will be completed by March 26, 2023. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and...

This $385,588 National Science Foundation Integrative Activities Project Grant supports the development of lanthanide-doped metal halide perovskite nanocrystals for sensitive detection of short wavelength radiation by Oakwood University, Inc. from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. The award aims to investigate the feasibility of integrating lanthanide-doped perovskite nanoparticles that efficiently down-convert ultraviolet and x-ray photons to visible and near-infrared radiation with silicon...

Scintilex, LLC received a $199,976 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop high performance lutetium yttrium garnet (LuYAG) crystal scintillating fibers for nuclear physics experiments. The grant-funded project will run through January 13, 2023. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science to develop organic glass scintillators for nuclear physics experiments from February 2021 through April 2024. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Radiation Monitoring Devices will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $399,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop a new generation of cost-effective, scalable, and stable radiation detectors with ultra-high detectivity. This is a joint effort between the University at Buffalo, University of Cambridge, and University of Oxford to address the challenge of engineering materials and manufacturing...

Blueshift Optics LLC received a $199,479 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop organic glass-based plastic scintillators for nuclear physics detectors. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research that delivers scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the company will work to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $499,776 Project Grant titled "EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: 3D PRINTED RADIATION DETECTORS WITH PEROVSKITE-POLYMER COMPOSITES" to Florida A&M University (FAMU). The grant aims to develop new semiconductor-polymer composite materials as a replacement for conventional inorganic single crystal radiation detectors. The key goal is to enable large-area, low-cost, and high-resolution radiation detectors through...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,956 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (RMD), a subsidiary of Dynasil Corporation of America, to develop "Fast and Dense Glass for High Energy Physics". The funding supports RMD's research into advanced radiation detection and measurement technologies, focusing on specialized areas such as spin-polarized electron sources, dual-mode non-hygroscopic ceramic scintillators, low-cost lightweight doped...

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...

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...