The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $249,886 Project Grant to Microbeam Technologies Incorporated of Grand Forks, North Dakota under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funded the development of a sorting algorithm for critical mineral-rich coal resource feedstocks to be used in full-stream analyzers from June 28, 2021 through June 27, 2022. A sub-award was provided to perform prompt gamma neutron activation analysis to support the project...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $199,994 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Altex Technologies Corporation. The grant will fund the development of a novel metal organic framework with selective adsorption capabilities for critical materials recovery from produced water. Altex will utilize the metal organic framework in a process to treat oilfield produced wastewater from June 2022 through March 2023, capturing rare earth...
Greenpath Systems LLC was awarded a $199,948 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a multi-stage nanofiltration process for extracting value-added minerals from produced water. The project is being conducted under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Specifically, Greenpath Systems will...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $256,494 Project Grant to Semplastics EHC LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop high-value products from produced water mineralized via reaction with anthropogenic CO2. This award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security. Semplastics previously received over $8 million in prime...
This $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will fund research on non-optical in-situ measurement of phosphorous in marine environments. TDA Research, Inc. of Wheat Ridge, CO will deliver the key products and services for this award from February 14, 2022 through November 13, 2022. The Office of Science's mission includes transforming understanding of nature and advancing U.S. energy and...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $248,978 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Optimabiome LLC, a minority-owned small business located in Rockville, Maryland. The grant, with a performance period from July 2024 to April 2025, supports the development of a "Composite Solid Sorbent Solvent Matrix for Capture of CO2 from Mobile Systems." This research project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $702,901 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma to support a research project titled "BIO-INSPIRED MEMBRANES FOR THE RECOVERY OF CRITICAL MATERIALS FROM COMPLEX MIXTURES BASED ON METALLOPEPTOIDS". The project will be conducted from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which funds innovative, hypothesis-driven research across scientific disciplines to...
This $250,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 10, 2023 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Media And Process Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturer. The funding supports the company's research and development of reactive carbon capture processes to produce on-site green chemicals, through absorbent recycling. Specific efforts include bench-scale testing of ceramic membranes, modules,...
Massachusetts Materials Technologies LLC was awarded a $199,991 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on June 27, 2022. The grant will support work developing non-invasive micromechanical testing techniques for measuring tensile and fracture properties of metallic alloys through June 26, 2023. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...
Advanced Energy Materials LLC received a $199,999 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funded development of a plasma catalysis modular process for ammonia production to be performed in Louisville, KY between June 2021 and March 2022. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economy through scientific discoveries and tools....