Project Grant DESC0024754

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...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,708 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a ferrite-free circulator for precise measurements of SRF cavities with high Q-factor. The work will be performed in Santa Monica, CA through November 13, 2022. This award supports the Office of Science's Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

The University of Houston received a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, to scale up its advanced metal organic chemical vapor deposition (A-MOCVD) process and manufacture 600-meter-long REBCO conductors. The project aims to develop low-cost, high-rate fabrication of high-performance, uniform REBCO conductors that demonstrate 5x the critical current of today's industry tapes. The project period is from January 16, 2024...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Metox International, Inc. a $3,000,000 cooperative agreement on May 1, 2024 to develop low-cost MOCVD HTS wire technology. This award supports Metox's efforts to dramatically lower the manufacturing costs of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire by improving equipment throughput, material efficiency, and wire performance. The goal is to ensure a large domestic supply of low-cost HTS wire that can enable...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $633,000 to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) to acquire a cryogen-free magnetometer. This high-sensitivity, high-throughput magnetometer will support research into a broad range of topics, including investigating new properties in magnetic and superconducting thin films and heterostructures, proximity coupling at interfaces, and applications of...

FBS Inc., doing business as Guidedwave, was awarded a $398,766 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research titled "Ultrasonic Imaging of Mechanical Degradation in Superconducting Magnets." The award will fund work through August 20, 2023 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The project aims to advance ultrasonic imaging techniques to detect mechanical degradation in superconducting magnets. The...

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's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Ampeers LLC, a minority-owned for-profit company, to support the development of flexible, compact, and flat REBCO (rare-earth barium copper oxide) superconductor cables for high-field accelerator magnets. This 1-year grant, awarded on February 18, 2025, with a completion date of February 17, 2026, is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, which funds innovative scientific...

The federal Project Grant award, valued at $200,000.00 and effective from February 18, 2025 to November 17, 2025, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (Act), a small business manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant supports Act's research and development of advanced superconducting wire, cable, and magnet technologies, with a focus on CORC (Conductor on Round Core) cables and...