Project Grant DESC0026142

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant will support a research project focused on advancing silicon carbide composite (SiCf-SiCm) cladding materials for nuclear applications. As a funded collaborator, General Atomics will provide sixteen SiCf-SiCm composite cladding tubes with varying surface morphologies and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,804 Project Grant on Jul 22, 2024 to Ceramic Tubular Products LLC, a for-profit limited liability company in Lynchburg, Virginia. The grant supports the "Development of a High Thermal Conductivity SiC Cladding Using a Method for Predicting Tubular Thermal Properties" under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). This research aims to advance innovative ceramic and composite materials for...

Cerium Laboratories LLC was awarded a $206,400 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop silicon nitride protective coatings for accident tolerant fuels through April 28, 2023. The award is being administered 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. Cerium Laboratories will leverage its...

Free Form Fibers LLC received a $206,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop homogeneous joining of silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide matrix composites. The work will be performed in Saratoga Springs, New York through June 27, 2022. This award is provided through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform...

Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop structural components with corrosion resistant surface layers for advanced nuclear reactor systems. 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 security and economic competitiveness...

This $206,487 federal Project Grant was awarded on July 10, 2023 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science to Innovative Technologies International, Inc. (ITI), a for-profit small disadvantaged business organization doing business as Novatech. The grant funding supports the development of silicon carbide fuel rod cladding with improved impact resistance for nuclear reactor applications. ITI specializes in the design and fabrication of components for the nuclear, aerospace, defense, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $300,000 to Clemson University to advance the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies in developing radiation-tolerant single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAS). The research aims to generate new knowledge on SP-CSAS' radiation tolerance and their intrinsic compositions, structures, and defects through experimental and computational...

The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded $550,000 to the University of Southern California on August 1, 2026, to develop advanced manufacturing methods for silicon carbide (SiC) nanoporous membranes through plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) followed by in situ pyrolysis. The primary deliverable is the establishment of an efficient, cost-effective manufacturing process for creating asymmetric SiC membranes suitable for extreme temperature...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $299,938 to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, to support research on the integration and packaging of wide bandgap semiconductor chips and sensors for extreme high-temperature (up to 600°C) applications. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to investigate the integration of silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN),...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will support research at Iowa State University on the development, characterization, and performance evaluation of surface engineered additively manufactured parts for nuclear reactor applications. Specifically, the university will utilize a laser-based directed energy deposition process to fabricate metallic parts from Nitronic 60 stainless steel, a material used in nuclear reactor...