Project Grant DESC0025793

Scintilex, LLC received a $199,976 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop high performance lutetium yttrium garnet (LuYAG) crystal scintillating fibers for nuclear physics experiments. The grant-funded project will run through January 13, 2023. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science to develop organic glass scintillators for nuclear physics experiments from February 2021 through April 2024. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Radiation Monitoring Devices will...

Blueshift Optics LLC received a $199,479 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop organic glass-based plastic scintillators for nuclear physics detectors. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research that delivers scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the company will work to...

Brimrose Technology Corporation was awarded a $199,905 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop novel doped Hg2Br2 as a new high-performance scintillator for nuclear physics research. The project is being conducted under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific...

Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $206,380 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a diamond detector system for ion-beam diagnostics. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of an innovative diamond-based detector that can be used to characterize the properties of ion beams with unprecedented resolution. This detector system aligns with the Office of Science's mission...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $399,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop a new generation of cost-effective, scalable, and stable radiation detectors with ultra-high detectivity. This is a joint effort between the University at Buffalo, University of Cambridge, and University of Oxford to address the challenge of engineering materials and manufacturing...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $177,797.22 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 18, 2020 to develop HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SEGMENTED LIINSE2 DETECTORS. The funding supported the completion of this work by November 17, 2020 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The Office of Science Program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and...

Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $205,245 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a fast, radiation tolerant detector for thermal neutrons. The grant supported Applied Diamond's work to deliver a new neutron detection technology with applications in basic energy research, including neutron scattering and nuclear physics. The project was completed between February 2021 and February 2022. The...

Capesym Inc., doing business as Cape Simulations, was awarded a $1,292,952 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a high performance scintillator for nuclear physics research. The grant is part of 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 national security. Under the award, Cape Simulations will...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC was awarded a $205,478 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work on "RADIATION TOLERANT DIAMOND GAIN STRUCTURES FOR PHOTON DETECTION" through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the grant funding will...