Project Grant P031A220069

This federal Project Grant award of $850,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award supports the "Alma College Great Lakes Watershed Institute" located in Alma, MI, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The primary products and services to be delivered through this grant funding include environmental research,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), will fund the Borough of Alpha to construct a new 0.5 million gallon steel welded elevated water storage tank. The $4,150,701 award will support activities including the installation of a new tank foundation, steel structure, piping, valves, electrical and controls, and coatings and finishes. The existing Industrial Drive tank will also...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $147,126,520 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications (CFDA 81.253) program to Albemarle U.S., Inc. The objective of the project is to retrofit a domestic manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina to produce up to 50 metric tons per annum of lithium metal anode (LMA) for next-generation lithium-ion batteries supporting the light and non-light duty transportation sectors. This grant,...

The American Cast Iron Pipe Company (AMERICAN) was awarded a $75,000,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to retrofit its Birmingham, Alabama facility. The project will install four medium frequency coreless induction furnaces and three channel induction holding furnaces to replace the existing single cupola furnace, two channel induction holding furnaces, and six small superheating low-frequency coreless induction...

This $3 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program funds the Blue Angels Upswell Project. The project will deliver capacity building for angel investors and bluetech startups through 2025. Key services include recruiting diverse angel investors, increasing investors' scientific and market knowledge of bluetech through showcases and e-learning, and educating investors on angel investment strategies and...

This $8 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Oasis Accelerator: Inland Empire Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Project led by the Regents of the University of California at Riverside from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. The project will create an interconnected network of test beds and domain experts administered by the Oasis Accelerator to conduct research and demonstration projects...

This $615,500 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program will fund the Food and Beverage Investors Network project delivered by Battle Creek Unlimited Inc. The project aims to increase the capacity of the Next-Gen Battle Creek Food Reimagined Investors network to vet, validate, and make critical seed and angel investments in early-stage, high-growth food manufacturing companies in Western Michigan. Specific products...

The Department of Energy awarded a $207,197 Formula Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to The Aleut Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation, in July 2024. The objective of this project is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events through activities such as maintaining and upgrading critical generation facilities, enhancing transmission and distribution systems, and strengthening emergency preparedness. The grant...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE-EERE) awarded a $7,130,264 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Avium, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in advanced electrolyzer and catalyst technologies. The project aims to further develop Avium's catalyst technology to achieve 2 A/cm^2 at ≤1.7 V on a 100 cm^2 liquid alkaline (LA) electrolyzer. The key objectives are to: (1)...

This Project Grant award of $476,530 from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund will support Act! (Albany Community Together!), Inc. in delivering financial products, financial services, development services, loan loss reserves, and capital reserves to eligible markets and target populations as defined in 12 C.F.R. 1805. The funding will allow Act! (Albany Community Together!), Inc. to build its financial capacity to lend to low-income communities and...