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The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded Adaptive Surface Technologies, Inc. (AST) a $433,992 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to redesign anti-fouling and fouling release coatings for optically clear and/or transparent befouling control coatings on underwater surfaces. The two-year award beginning in April 2021 will support AST's R&D efforts to improve naval operations by developing new anti-fouling coating technologies...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation will support Environmental Protective Coatings LLC's development of durable, omniphobic coatings through Scops Coating Technologies LLC. Funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the $1,013,950 award aims to validate pilot-scale production and enhance weatherability of fluorine-free, self-cleaning coating materials. Key objectives include pilot-scale production to enable...

Through a $249,997 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, researchers at the University of New Haven are developing a novel enzyme-responsive polyolefin material as a programmable antifouling coating. The research aims to understand how the properties of these polyolefin surfaces, such as hydrophobicity and texture, impact their ability to prevent and remove microbial adhesion from bacteria and algae commonly...

This $157,688 National Science Foundation Integrative Activities award will support the development of bioactive surfaces through non-covalent protein-polymer conjugation strategies at the University of Southern Mississippi from June 2023 through May 2025. The goal of the project is to create regenerative protein-decorated surfaces with ease of removal and reapplication of active recombinant proteins for applications such as self-cleaning, antibacterial, and therapeutic surfaces. The Principal...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $575,000 Project Grant on January 1, 2025 under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to George Washington University to develop high-performance antifouling coatings. The project aims to synthesize and characterize aromatic polyamide brushes with functionalized side chains to prevent the adhesion of organic matter, proteins, and biological organisms on submerged surfaces. The research will explore the fundamental mechanisms behind the...

The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $170,000 project grant to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) on June 1, 2024 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) program. The grant supports DTU's research and development of "TRANSPARENT, BIOCIDE-BASED ANTIFOULING COATINGS FOR SOLAR CELLS AND SENSORS (TBAC): PART II, LIFETIME EXTENSION AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION" with a final completion date of March 31, 2025. This project builds on...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $992,014 to Mfns TECH Inc. to develop an innovative nanocomposite coating with oleophilic and hydrophobic properties. The coating can be applied to porous materials like sponge or foam to efficiently capture and recover oil from contaminated water. The project aims to scale up the synthesis of this multifunctional nanocomposite and...

Acatechol, Inc. was awarded a $274,982 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to develop an innovative anti-infective coating for Foley catheters. The project aims to create a hybrid coating that combines biofilm-repellent and antimicrobial properties to provide prolonged resistance against pathogen colonization and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). This work is being conducted under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Dmag USA LLC to develop a nickel-boron-tungsten-carbon fullerene coating with superior performance for aerospace applications. The key products or services to be delivered include: A novel coating formulation that incorporates boron, nickel, tungsten, carbon fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and nano diamond to withstand...

Optical Waters, Inc. received a $255,492 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funded research and development of scaling and optimizing manufacturing methods for germicidal optical fibers to prevent disease-causing biofilms in tight channels. The goal is to advance technologies that inhibit biofilm formation using fiber optic delivery of ultraviolet light. Work will be conducted in Hadley, Massachusetts over an 11-month...