Project Grant DESC0025815

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Star Cryoelectronics, LLC on July 10, 2023 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop aluminum-based superconducting tunnel junction radiation detectors for a sterile neutrino search. Star Cryoelectronics, a for-profit manufacturer of cryogenic solutions, will leverage specialized facilities and expertise at Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) to characterize the...

Adelphi Technology Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a Universal Neutron Spin Flipper. The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and national security. Under the award, Adelphi Technology will deliver a neutron spin flipper to enable...

Adelphi Technology Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a POLARIZATION MANIPULATION AND CORRECTION DEVICE. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the program's mission of transforming understanding of nature and advancing U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. With this funding, Adelphi...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $206,477.50 project grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The grant, awarded on February 18, 2025, with a completion date of November 17, 2025, is for the "Fabrication of Mirror Surfaces for Polarizing Neutron Optics". ACT specializes in thermal management solutions for aerospace, defense, and energy applications, and has a history of federal...

American Physics And Technology LLC (Apt) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to support work on ULTRA-PRECISION SUBSTRATE FIGURING FOR COHERENCY-PRESERVING X-RAY MIRRORS through March 31, 2023. Under this award made through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), Apt will develop techniques for ultra-precision substrate figuring to enable the fabrication of coherency-preserving x-ray mirrors. The...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $350,000 to Michigan State University (MSU) to develop and test a laser-based detector capable of efficiently capturing and selectively identifying magnesium atoms produced from the Ne-22 + He-4 nuclear reaction. The primary goal is to demonstrate the feasibility of using optical single atom detection in cryogenic noble gas solids for detecting the atomic...

This Project Grant award of $683,990.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research on polarized electron physics and electron scattering dynamics. Key products and services to be delivered include: Experiments studying collisions between polarized electrons and chiral, or "handed", molecules to investigate the magnetic effects caused by electron spins and provide insights into the origins of...

Adelphi Technology Inc. was awarded a $206,500 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop a compact, portable single-crystal neutron diffractometer. The award 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 economic security. Under the grant, Adelphi Technology will work to create a smaller, more...

This $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funded the development of hafnium-based superconducting tunnel junction radiation detectors by Star Cryoelectronics, LLC of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The detectors will be used for sterile neutrino searches by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, operating as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, through a $200,000 sub-award from Star...