Project Grant N660011214264

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,368,459 Cooperative Agreement to Hight-Tech, Inc. on December 9, 2024 under CFDA 81.135 for the project "Rapid Surface Graphitization of Carbon Anode for In Situ Regeneration of Batteries." The project aims to develop a simple approach to generate a stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) amenable to in-situ regeneration by coupling the modification of the surface of graphite powders using...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,482.00 to Epir, Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, to optimize the gain layer design for radiation-hard Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode (LGAD) based silicon detectors over a 1-year performance period from July 10, 2023, to July 9, 2024. The funding supports Epir's research and development of alternate gain layer LGAD...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Colorado State University received a $250,000 cooperative agreement from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office, under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) effective September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2027. Under this award, the university will develop an innovative radiation detection technique that leverages advancements in monolithic 3D NAND (Not-AND) memory...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $300,000 to Clemson University to advance the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies in developing radiation-tolerant single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAS). The research aims to generate new knowledge on SP-CSAS' radiation tolerance and their intrinsic compositions, structures, and defects through experimental and computational...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science to develop organic glass scintillators for nuclear physics experiments from February 2021 through April 2024. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Radiation Monitoring Devices will...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $177,797.22 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 18, 2020 to develop HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SEGMENTED LIINSE2 DETECTORS. The funding supported the completion of this work by November 17, 2020 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The Office of Science Program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and...

Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Under a Cooperative Agreement award of $527,210, Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs Division will develop a next-generation software framework to modernize the airborne Doppler radar data pipeline for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459). The project, funded from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2027, will enhance three essential components of the data pipeline...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. a $381,779 cooperative agreement from the Weather and Air Quality Research program under the Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459). Under this two-year award ending July 2023, Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. will enhance the RTE+RRTMGP radiation code to support NOAA's operational weather forecasts. As part of...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $399,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop a new generation of cost-effective, scalable, and stable radiation detectors with ultra-high detectivity. This is a joint effort between the University at Buffalo, University of Cambridge, and University of Oxford to address the challenge of engineering materials and manufacturing...

The University of Kentucky Research Foundation was awarded a $1,802,500.00 Cooperative Agreement on December 11, 2024 by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) to develop a tungsten-ceramic composite material that meets specific performance requirements for use as a plasma-facing component (PFC) material in fusion energy applications. The key objectives of this project are to: Develop a tungsten-ceramic composite that has high fracture toughness...