Project Grant DESC0023613

Quantum Advanced Detection LLC received a $199,754 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a time-of-flight electron energy analyzer for multimodal spectroscopy. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. The one-year project will support Quantum...

This $1,634,839 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to revolutionize live-cell imaging by developing nanodiamond quantum sensors with exceptional sensitivity. The research, titled "QUSEC-TAQS: Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing for Four-Dimensional Live-Cell Imaging", will integrate nanodiamond quantum sensors with advanced light-sheet microscopy to achieve high spatiotemporal resolution and low...

Gigajot Technology, Inc. received a $248,834 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) to develop an ultra-sensitive dual fluorescence and bright field imaging lensless microscopy system using a novel Quanta image sensor for bio-imaging. The six-month project period ran from February to August 2021. The system aimed to provide advanced bio-imaging capabilities without the need for traditional...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $305,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to Odmr Technologies, Inc. to develop a miniature diamond quantum sensor for magnetoencephalography (MEG). The key objectives are to: 1) Build a miniature flux-concentrator diamond sensor with infrared absorption detection, and 2) Demonstrate a sensitivity of ~10 femtotesla for 1 second...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $1,441,440.00 to the University of Arizona to conduct research on "QUANTUM-AIDED LABEL-FREE IN-SITU SUPER-RESOLUTION BIOIMAGING". The award period runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports fundamental scientific research across multiple disciplines to advance U.S. energy, economic, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program provides $375,000 in funding to Purdue University to investigate entangled states in organic molecules and explore methods for generating high-fidelity quantum states of light. The research aims to enhance photon collection efficiency and zero-phonon line in organic molecules integrated into nanophotonic cavities and waveguides. Additionally, the project will focus on bringing...

Hedgefog Research Inc. received a $249,997 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to support the development of quantum enabled non-destructive optical microscopy (QENOM) technologies. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Through this...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $1,630,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Idaho for the "ENTANGLEMENT-ENHANCED VISUAL METABOLOMICS: FROM SINGLE-CELLS TO POPULATIONS" project. This 1-year grant, running from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025, will fund research to explore the use of classical and quantum optical methodologies for developing an integrated optical imaging system for microscopy. The project aims...

This is a $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) to Vanderbilt University. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "CQIS: On-Chip Nanoscale Trap and Enhance Device (NOTED) for Quantum Photonics." The project aims to develop an integrated on-chip device that can rapidly assemble and enhance the rate of single photon production for advancing quantum technologies like secure data communication,...

This Project Grant award of $787,016 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program supports research at the Florida Institute of Technology, Inc. (Florida TECH) to investigate how quantum-level processes in cells, specifically involving radical pairs and reactive oxygen species, may influence cellular metabolism, signaling, and stress responses. The key goals are to: (1) manipulate quantum processes in an enzyme model to control reactive oxygen...