Project Grant N000142612014

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $650,000 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation from October 2022 to September 2025. The award will fund research into low-temperature embedded memory devices for near-memory and in-memory computing applications. Specifically, the grantee will characterize resistive random-access memory, ferroelectric field-effect transistors, and two-transistor gain-cell...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) provides $100,000.00 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on "High-Temperature Ferroelectric Memories Based on III-Nitrides for Extreme Environments." The research effort aims to expand fundamental scientific knowledge and develop innovative technological capabilities that could enhance national security and military technological superiority. The award has a...

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 of $360,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to revolutionize computer memory by developing new materials and devices for high-density magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). The project will address critical challenges in material development and device fabrication for wafer-scale epitaxial van der Waals spin heterostructures, which have the potential to surpass the limitations of conventional...

This $359,500 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of scalable three-terminal memory devices based on silicon-compatible antiferromagnetic materials at Northwestern University from June 2022 through May 2025. The university aims to design, fabricate, and characterize nonvolatile memory devices utilizing conductive antiferromagnetic materials like Mn3Sn, Mn3Ga, and IrMn3 that can be sputter deposited on silicon substrates. The project will demonstrate electrical read...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, totaling $951,218, will fund research at Carnegie Mellon University to develop new techniques for measuring temperature distribution in nanoscale electronic devices under an applied voltage. The university researchers will use scanning thermal microscopy and scanning Joule expansion microscopy to map temperature changes in resistive switching structures and identify the operating mechanisms...

This STTR Phase I Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $305,000 in funding to Sentec LLC to develop a high-temperature pressure sensor for industrial process monitoring applications. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Designing and fabricating a novel circular membrane-based pressure sensor utilizing wide bandgap semiconductor materials capable of operating at...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), is focused on developing a new type of energy-efficient 3D memory using advanced indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) transistors for next-generation AI chips. The $304,994 award to Atomos 3D LLC will fund the development of a novel 3-transistor (3T) memory cell architecture using vertical IGZO transistors fabricated via atomic layer...

This $370,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research on improving the durability and reliability of atomic memristor devices for applications in artificial intelligence and 6G communications. The research, led by the University of Texas at Austin, focuses on understanding the mechanisms causing performance degradation in these atomic-scale memory devices and developing strategies to enhance their endurance. The project...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to Taumat LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant aims to establish a new approach to high-performance central processing unit (CPU) thermal management by developing and applying innovative solid-state thermal energy storage (TES) materials and hardware. The project objectives are to: 1)...