Project Grant DESC0023907

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of ultra-high thermal conductivity magnetic electrical insulation and radiation resistant aluminum yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) cables through March 26, 2023. 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...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (Act), a small business manufacturer located in Boulder, Colorado. The grant, awarded on February 18, 2025, supports the development of CORC (Conductor on Round Core) cables for compact fusion reactors, high-field accelerator magnets, and lightweight high-power density superconducting power cables for...

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of high critical current density and low ac loss niobium-tin superconductors for 16-20 Tesla fusion magnets through March 26, 2023. 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...

Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (ACT) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop HYBRID ACCELERATOR MAGNETS BASED ON DOG BONE SHAPED CORC; WIRE INSERTS FOR OPERATION BEYOND 20 T. The period of performance for this award is from June 28, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). This program supports basic research to deliver scientific...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Infinity Physics, LLC $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on Advanced Superconducting Cables for High Fields for Fusion from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This project aims to develop...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $255,938 Project Grant to Metox International, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant aims to develop technology for the next generation of high-temperature superconducting wire production that will increase the throughput and quality of power transmission. The research focuses on improving the conversion efficiency of precursor material into high-temperature...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to High Temperature Superconductors, Inc. (HTSI) on April 15, 2024 under the ARPA-E program (CFDA 81.135). The funding will support HTSI's efforts to increase production speeds of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors by 5 to 10 times the current levels, while simultaneously reducing their cost by a factor of ten. This project aims to advance the...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (ENG), under the federal program titled "Engineering" (CFDA #47.041), provides $316,039 to Boston College to develop high-temperature superconducting photon detectors. Specifically, the grantee will investigate new methods for preparing template films for selective area growth of yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) films and explore using chemical vapor deposition graphene as a protective...

This $2.46 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund research into interconnected superconducting and color center qubits in silicon devices from September 2021 through August 2025. The University of California, Berkeley will lead efforts to design high kinetic inductance superconducting devices using disordered superconducting alloys for insensitivity to light fields and coupling microwave fields to mechanical modes....

The Accelerator Technology Corporation received a $199,743 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop an NB3SN SUPERCIC OUTSERT AND REBCO CONFORMAL INSERT for an 18 Tesla collider dipole. The project was completed on May 27, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The program supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance the nation's...