Project Grant N000142612167

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...

Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), through its Division of Emerging Frontiers, awarded $260,558 to Walla Walla University on September 1, 2025, for infrastructure improvements at the Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory (RBML). The primary deliverable is a comprehensive upgrade of the seawater system that will install new filtration and sterilization equipment for water entering and exiting the laboratory's marine organism...

Aquaculture System Technologies, L.L.C. (AST) received a $169,892 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop "start-up" beads for fixed film biological reactors. The beads are designed to eliminate losses during the acclimation period by stimulating heterotrophic bacterial growth for 3-4 weeks without rapidly increasing dissolved biodegradable concentrations....

Severn Marine Technologies LLC received a $136,900 project grant award from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to provide consulting services for the evaluation of biofouling technologies and the development of best practices for the biofouling protection of oceanographic equipment. The award period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). This program supports applied research with...

Biomilab LLC received a $567,730 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), awarded February 17, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2029. The awardee is developing an anti-dreissenid agent (ADA) designed to control invasive dreissenid mussels in North American waterways through engineered mussel cancer cells. The project builds on prior achievements in foreign genetic material expression in quagga mussel...

This $318,391 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will provide crucial resources to expand the research infrastructure of the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Marine Science Lab located within the Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex in Boca Raton, Florida. The award will enable the lab to add outdoor research tanks, flexible plumbing, secure fencing, backup power, and new educational displays. These enhancements will...

This $564,734 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of an integrated laboratory facility at Archbold Biological Station to improve research capacity. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award will allow Archbold to construct a new 93-square-meter core laboratory and upgrade equipment to expand capabilities for field sample processing, analytical work, and molecular research. These improvements will enhance Archbold's long-term...

The University of Essex received a $617,552 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. This five-year award supports research into marine biofouling control through mechanistic understanding of biological adhesion and adhesives. The research focuses on developing fundamental knowledge of how marine organisms adhere to surfaces, with potential applications to...

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...

Tridentis Advanced Marine Vehicles LLC and the Watershed Innovation Laboratory at Washington College will develop technology and monitoring solutions for near-shore aquaculture installations under a $149,865 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Specifically, the awardees will establish baseline water quality and shellfish testing for aquaculture farms, then develop an efficient and cost-effective material solution to continuously monitor environmental...