The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Aeluma, Inc. a $199,974 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on February 18, 2025. This grant supports the development of scalable and broad-spectrum photodetectors based on heterogeneous integration for visible and near-infrared applications. The project aims to advance semiconductor sensor and communications technologies through the creation of high-sensitivity, energy-efficient, and low-cost...
Lumarray, Inc. received a $197,654 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to support research and development activities concluding on August 13, 2022. 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 security and economic competitiveness through basic research. Specifically, the funding...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Photonlab of Fairfield, CA for its "NOVEL POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR RARE DECAY AND RARE PARTICLE DETECTION" project. The one-year project period runs from February 14, 2022 to February 13, 2023. Under this award, Photonlab will develop novel position sensitive photosensor technology to support rare decay and rare particle detection, in alignment with the Office of Science Financial...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Pixelexx Systems, Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The funding supports the development of a "Dynamically Controlled Mie Photo Sensor Focal Plane Arrays" from July 2024 to July 2025. This research project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas such as quantum information...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000.00 to Iris Light Technologies Inc., a small business in Chicago, Illinois, to develop broadband shortwave infrared (SWIR) photodetector arrays enabled by nanomaterial semiconductor inks. The award, which runs from February 18, 2025 to November 17, 2025, will fund research and development of advanced photonic technologies, including silicon photonic...
The Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...
Advalue Photonics Inc. received a $198,880 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a compact, high-power, fiber-based laser system at 257.5nm and 1030nm wavelengths. The project supports 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. Under this one-year award concluding on...
The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Aimilight Sensors And Intelligent Systems Inc. The grant is for the development of "DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTICAL SENSORS TECHNOLOGY FOR IN-SITU MONITORING OF CABLE INSULATION". The project will run from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025 and aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,482.00 to Epir, Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, to optimize the gain layer design for radiation-hard Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode (LGAD) based silicon detectors over a 1-year performance period from July 10, 2023, to July 9, 2024. The funding supports Epir's research and development of alternate gain layer LGAD...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Raytum Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business located in Sterling, Virginia. The grant supports the development of a highly sensitive slope sensor for surface metrology using an external cavity laser. This research project aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in the fields of optics, laser systems,...