Project Grant DESC0026163
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science provided a $1,153,926.38 Project Grant award under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on September 1, 2025. The grant will support studies of fusion pilot plant physics during the early experimental campaigns of the SPARC project and research related to achieving plasmas with a fusion energy gain factor (Q) greater than 1. MIT, a leading private research...
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $2,347,609.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on January 1, 2025. The award, titled "FIRE COLLABORATIVE: ADVANCED PROFILE PREDICTION FOR FUSION PILOT PLANT DESIGN (APP - FPP)", supports fundamental scientific research to advance the design of fusion energy technologies. The project aims to leverage MIT's expertise in...
- The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $3,288,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the "FIRE COLLABORATIVE: RAPID HIGH-FIDELITY BULK IRRADIATED MATERIALS DATA GENERATION TO ACCELERATE SOLUTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS" project. This award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports fundamental scientific research across various disciplines, including fusion...
- This federal Project Grant award, totaling $450,000.00, was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on August 15, 2025. The purpose of this grant is to support research on "Spin Polarized Tunneling in Symmetry-Breaking Antiferromagnets." MIT, as a premier private research university, will leverage its expertise in quantum computing, materials science, and advanced...
- This Project Grant award of $975,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports fundamental scientific research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2026. The research, titled "ROADMAP: RANDOMIZED OPTIMAL ACQUISITION OF HETEROGENEOUS DATA IN MISSPECIFIED PROBLEMS", will explore the frontiers of science by investigating the most fundamental questions...
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science to develop machine learning techniques for predicting the performance of tungsten alloy plasma facing components in fusion energy applications. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2022 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), with work to be completed by August 31, 2023. MIT will utilize the funding to assist the Office of...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,062,129.34 and provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop laboratory-driven, machine-learned constitutive models for fracture network evolution in the deep crust. The project aims to apply these models to the extraction of thermal and chemical resources. The award has a performance period from...
- The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $925,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant, effective August 1, 2024, supports comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology in the United States. The funding will enable MIT to conduct cutting-edge research focused on maintaining existing nuclear...
- This federal Project Grant award of $799,999.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The award supports a research project focused on advancing nuclear energy science and technology, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. Key areas of focus include maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities, developing advanced...
- This federal Project Grant award of $827,250.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports fundamental scientific research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on quantum measurement and control of milligram-scale masses for gravity experiments. The award has a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The research aims to advance the understanding of complex physical systems and develop...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) is for the "DESIGN OF CHARGED-PARTICLE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATING AT MODERATE REPETITION RATES TO ADVANCE DIRECT-DRIVE LASER FUSION ENERGY" project. The grant, awarded to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on September 1, 2025, supports fundamental scientific research aimed at developing advanced diagnostic tools to study charged particle behavior in direct-drive laser fusion systems. This work is expected to contribute to the scientific understanding and technological innovation required to advance laser fusion energy, a critical research area for the Department of Energy. The project will leverage MIT's expertise in areas such as plasma physics, instrumentation, and fusion energy to deliver the proposed products and services over the one-year performance period ending on August 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 9/25/25 |