Project Grant DESC0023627

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Aerosol Dynamics Inc., a small research and development company, a $242,869 Project Grant to measure atmospheric sulfuric acid concentration using a water-based condensation particle counter. The grant was awarded on February 12, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which funds fundamental research and development projects to advance scientific understanding and technologies aligned with DOE's...

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...

This $788,406 project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), will fund the development of a sensitive, direct reading bioaerosol detection platform to quantify airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2. Aerosol Devices Inc. will integrate their gentle condensation-growth capture sampler, which concentrates intact, viable virus particles into a small liquid volume...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $297,176 supports the initial development of the Molecular Isomer Resolving Aerosol Collector and Analyzer (MIRACA) by the Desert Research Institute from April 2023 through March 2025. The MIRACA aims to improve measurement of the chemical composition of ambient organic aerosols with time resolution of 10 minutes to one hour. It will collect and analyze both particulate and gaseous components of organic aerosol without thermal decomposition...

This $199,558 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, supports the development of an integratable nano-optical particle sizer for measuring ultrafine airborne particles less than 100 nanometers at Lawrence Technological University from February 2022 through January 2024. The proposed research aims to advance optical particle sensing capabilities to the ultrafine range by investigating optical responses of nano-optical structures to airborne...

This federal Project Grant award of $229,454 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) supports the development of a fluorescence-based experimental apparatus capable of in situ measurements of the phase state, viscosity, and pH of size-resolved fine and ultrafine respiratory and drug aerosol particles. The goals of this 2-year project are to: 1) develop the fluorescence apparatus and establish the basis for...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $533,566 Project Grant to the University of Miami under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support the acquisition of an Aerosol Characterization System. The System will be operated at the University's Ragged Point site in Barbados and is expected to open new research avenues related to the transport of African dust to the Americas, the impact of ocean-derived organic aerosols in the marine boundary layer, wildfire smoke, and cloud and radiation...

This $12.1 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the establishment of the Atmospheric Science and Chemistry Measurement Network (ASCENT) through September 2024. ASCENT aims to advance atmospheric science, climate, and air quality research by establishing a network of 12 ground-based monitoring sites across the U.S. Each site will be equipped with advanced instrumentation for real-time measurement of aerosol chemical...

An airborne, miniaturized cloud condensation nuclei counter was developed under a $256,500 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science awarded to Handix Scientific Inc. of Boulder, Colorado. The grant was awarded on February 22, 2021 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to complete the project by November 21, 2021. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of...

This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports experimental and theoretical research to improve understanding of the dry deposition velocity of particles in the atmosphere. The $432,369.00 award to North Carolina State University will fund the following key activities over a 3-year period from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026: Conduct chamber measurements to assess the effects...