The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $254,863 Project Grant to Aerodyne Research Inc. on February 12, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). Aerodyne Research, an innovative small business in environmental monitoring, will use the funding to develop a formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide toxics monitor for environmental justice applications. Aerodyne has a proven track record of delivering specialized scientific instrumentation to...
This federal Project Grant award for $937,036.70, awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on September 1, 2024, aims to improve the understanding of aerosol mixing state and its connection to climate models. The primary awardee, the Regents of the University of Michigan, will lead research efforts to develop experimental tools to characterize the chemical composition, size, and morphology of individual aerosol particles. This work...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $630,914 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan on September 1, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports a research project titled "Understanding the Polar Cloud Longwave Feedback and its Confounding Factors through a Spectral Lens" to be performed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The goal of this fundamental scientific research...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to The Candide Group, LLC for the "PERSISTENT EEL DRONE FOR MARITIME MONITORING" project. The project aims to develop an innovative unmanned aerial system (UAS) for persistent maritime monitoring and surveillance. The award was made on July 22, 2024, with a planned completion date of July 21, 2025. The Candide Group, LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, will lead the...
The federal Project Grant award, with ID DESC0025090, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the development of an "Autonomous Radiation Sensing and Mapping System". The $199,999.00 award was granted to Evigia Systems LLC, a for-profit manufacturer located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a performance period from Jul 22, 2024 to Jul 21, 2025. The objective of this grant is to support fundamental scientific...
Element Aero, L.L.C. was awarded a $199,835 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support development of an Advanced Controls Framework Enabled Through Data Science. The grant period ran from February 22, 2021 through November 21, 2021 for work conducted in Calumet Park, Illinois. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Cloudsci LLC a $255,417 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low-cost, networkable fluorescence spectrometer for the automatic identification of pollen and other coarse mode aerosols found in urban environments. The award period runs from February 12, 2024 to November 11, 2024. The objective of this project is to enhance environmental monitoring and urban air quality understanding...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $249,997 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit research and development company in Andover, Massachusetts. The grant, titled "Automated Ceilometer for Ocean Meteorology (ACOMET)," supports the development of an advanced instrument system for ocean meteorology data collection. The project will run from February 2025 to November 2025, with...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded Aerosol Dynamics Inc., a small R&D company, a $248,592 Project Grant on February 12, 2024. The grant supports the development of innovative particle measurement techniques, specifically focused on "coupled aerodynamic and optical sizing for coarse particles." Aerosol Dynamics Inc. specializes in advanced aerosol measurement instruments and technologies, and has a history of...
Aerodyne Research Inc. was awarded a $206,394 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science's Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low-cost hydrogen monitor for continuous quantification of facility emissions. The grant has a project period from July 10, 2023 to April 9, 2024. As a manufacturer of advanced sensor and software products for atmospheric monitoring, Aerodyne Research Inc. will leverage its expertise in areas such as air quality monitoring,...