Project Grant DESC0026355
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) a $300,000 Project Grant effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award supports the design of charged-particle diagnostics operating at moderate repetition rates to advance direct-drive laser fusion energy research. This project contributes to the Department of Energy's...
- This Project Grant award for $850,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The award was granted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), a private research university located in Troy, New York, to conduct comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The funding will support RPI's efforts to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $1.15 million Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. This award supports studies of fusion pilot plant physics in the SPARC early campaigns and achievement of Q (fusion gain factor) greater than 1 plasmas. The research will be conducted at MIT's Cambridge, Massachusetts facility and contributes to the Office of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $490,272 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), focuses on developing advanced computational and...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs Division received a $298,553 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The project, titled "Nonlinear Effects in High-Intensity Laser Focusing in a Simulated Fusion Reactor Environment," represents fundamental scientific research in fusion energy sciences, a core research area supported through the Office of Science...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $299,990 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This Project Grant funds research into the Linked Ensemble Aggregation Procedure (LEAP), a novel optimization algorithm designed to address the computational challenges inherent in optimizing chaotic dynamical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $220,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The award funds the development of optimal O(N) Helmholtz and eigenvalue solvers for multi-domain problems. The project will deliver new fast algorithms for solving computationally challenging...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the project "EXPLORATION OF RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR SEEDING MECHANISMS IN LASER- AND PULSED-POWER-DRIVEN INERTIAL FUSION PLATFORMS" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance energy technologies...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $927,891 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The award supports research investigating hydrogen isotope retention in additively manufactured first-wall and structural materials through elevated-temperature 14 megaelectronvolt (MeV) neutron irradiations. This research addresses fundamental scientific questions regarding...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $875,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2026. The award supports research on "Structure-Preserving Data Reduction and Processing for Particle Representations," to be conducted at the institution's Atlanta, Georgia facility. This project falls within the Office of Science's portfolio of fundamental...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $788,474 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded June 1, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2026. The project, titled "Quasi-Differential Experiments for Validation of Neutron Scattering Evaluations for Materials Used in Fusion Systems," supports fundamental scientific research in fusion energy sciences. The award funds the development and execution of quasi-differential experimental methodologies designed to validate and improve neutron scattering evaluation data for materials critical to fusion energy system development and performance. This research directly supports the Office of Science's mission as the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences. The project deliverables encompass experimental validation work, scientific data analysis, and technical evaluation outputs that advance understanding of neutron scattering behavior in fusion-relevant materials. These products contribute to the broader scientific knowledge base necessary for advancing fusion energy technology and supporting the Department of Energy's fundamental research portfolio in fusion energy sciences conducted across universities and national laboratories.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $788.5k | 9/26/25 |