Project Grant H235F200003

The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust (PRSTRT) was awarded a $889,783 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Deployment, Demonstration and Commercialization program (CFDA 81.010). The funding supports Project SWITCH, an energy innovation incubator led by PRSTRT that builds on the organization's successful Parallel18 accelerator program. The project aims to establish Puerto Rico as a premier hub of energy...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $479,069 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to support research on phase transition and plasticity in silicon nanostructures. Funded through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this Faculty Early Career Development award will advance fundamental understanding of how stress fields, grain boundaries, and plastic deformation impact phase transition at the atomic scale in nanostructured silicon. The principal...

React DC Inc. was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576). The REACT DC REACTWORKS AFGHAN ENTRANT CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM will provide specialized services to assist recently arrived Afghan entrants with career pathways and employment opportunities. React DC Inc. will leverage its expertise in refugee resettlement to build...

This $382,976 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) supports Transition Projects, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, in delivering comprehensive housing and supportive services to address homelessness in the local community. The grant funding enables Transition Projects to provide a range of eligible CoC Program activities, including permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, awarded to Illinois State University, provides $391,078 from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028 to investigate "dark molecular transitions" enabled by engineered nanostructures called metasurfaces. The research team, led by Professors Uttam Manna and Mahua Biswas, aims to use these metasurfaces to selectively excite and study the charge dynamics of otherwise...

This five-year, $597,821 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research into phase control during the synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide materials using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. Funded through the NSF Engineering Directorate's $47.041 million program, the grantee will develop real-time optical diagnostics to characterize and track the evolution of individual material phases during non-equilibrium growth conditions. Manipulating carrier...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA #93.433) provides $875,000 to the University of Massachusetts Medical School to advance career development and economic self-sufficiency among transition-age youth (TAY) with serious mental health conditions. Over the 5-year project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029, the key objectives are to conduct rigorous research, develop solutions to pressing problems,...

This $4 million EDA Project Grant supports the Appalachian Climate Technology (ACT NOW) Coalition led by the Coalfield Development Corporation to create clean energy and green economy jobs in 21 economically distressed counties in southern West Virginia. The Coalition will spur job growth through transitioning from coal to solar power, implementing sustainable reuse projects on abandoned mine sites, rejuvenating brownfield sites with new facilities, and developing entrepreneurial programs....

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $240,000 in funding to President and Fellows of Harvard College to develop a disruptive technology for high-performance optical switches based on active optical metamaterials. The goal is to improve the energy efficiency of data communication in large-scale data centers, which often limit overall computing performance due to communication overheads. The project will focus on...

This $8.4 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the Appalachian Climate Technology (ACT NOW) Coalition led by the Coalfield Development Corporation. The Coalition will spur job growth in 21 economically distressed, coal-impacted counties in southern West Virginia by creating a hub for clean energy and green economy jobs. This includes supporting the transition from coal to solar power, implementing sustainable reuse projects on...