Project Grant DESC0024923

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $1.4M cooperative agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program to develop and demonstrate two types of superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities utilizing a novel niobium-tin material. The project, which commenced April 7, 2026 and is scheduled for completion by April 6, 2029, aims to create SRF cavity...

This $397,005 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program supports the development, building, and commissioning of a modular, next-generation fast neutron detector array at Augustana College. The new detector, based on plastic scintillator and silicon photomultipliers, will significantly improve the precision of neutron detection and position measurement compared to current designs. This enhanced detector capability will enable more precise...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Awardee: Radiabeam Technologies, LLC Funding Agency: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) CFDA Program: 81.135 (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) Award Amount: $1,079,989 Award Date: February 19, 2026 Performance Period: February 19, 2026 – February 18, 2029 Place of Performance: Santa Monica, California Radiabeam Technologies will develop next-generation niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) superconducting cavities for proton driver linear...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112), aims to develop and implement innovative solution combustion synthesis (SCS) methods for preparing highly radioactive plutonium (Pu) and americium (Am) targets essential for nuclear science measurements. The $300,000 award to the University of Notre Dame, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028, will leverage the...

Radiabeam Systems, LLC received a $199,597 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support development of a tunable electronic brachytherapy system. 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 and economic security. The grant funded Radiabeam Systems to develop a brachytherapy device that...

This Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute totaling $1,170,174 was awarded to Trevarx Biomedical, Inc. on April 1, 2021 with a completion date of March 31, 2022. The grant supports development of an optimized synthesis platform for the radiotracer [18F]FTT under the Cancer Treatment Research program (CFDA 93.395). Specifically, the funding will allow Trevarx Biomedical and the University of Pennsylvania to determine the best method for synthesizing...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (47.083 CFDA) program provides $362,268 to Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion College) to develop a next-generation fast neutron detector for studying neutron-rich atomic nuclei. The new detector system will significantly improve the precision of neutron position measurements compared to current designs, enabling more advanced nuclear structure research at facilities like the Facility for Rare...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $19,800,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to the University of Missouri System to design and construct a 20-megawatt research reactor at the MU NextGen Precision Health Facility. This new reactor will be specifically designed to produce critical short-lived medical radioisotopes for use in diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. The 3-year project will develop the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $2.86 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA 81.135), effective September 8, 2025, through September 7, 2028. The award funds the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) project, which develops an innovative transmutation system designed to reduce the entire U.S....

This $839,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development, construction, and commissioning of a modular fast neutron detector array based on plastic scintillator technology. The new detector system is intended to significantly improve the position resolution for measuring breakup products of neutron-rich atomic nuclei, enabling more precise nuclear structure studies at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams...