Project Grant P031S210017

The Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access awarded Ascendus, Inc. $200,000 through the Prime Technical Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #59.050) to provide training and capacity building services to microentrepreneurs from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2022. The Prime Technical Assistance program aims to increase the number and management capabilities of microbusinesses. Through this award, Ascendus will deliver services to enhance the start-up and growth of...

The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), awarded a $5,424,948 Cooperative Agreement to Ascend Elements, Inc. on October 1, 2023. The funding supports the development of low-cost cathode active materials (CAM) produced from purified and refined mixed hydroxide precipitate. This effort aims to strengthen domestic manufacturing and energy supply chains needed to modernize the nation's energy infrastructure, support the transition to a...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to the Ascend Studios Foundation, a non-profit organization, to fund the "LEAP WOMEN AFRICA" accelerator program. This program will train and mentor 50 startups running impact-driven tech and tech-enabled businesses in Nigeria. The participants will receive training and mentorship from executives of Nigerian and U.S. tech unicorns. The award...

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography received a $124,328 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to conduct collaborative research on constraining the role of the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC) on tracer exchange at the Antarctic margin. This 3-year project will utilize a hierarchy of observationally-constrained and validated physical and biogeochemical Southern Ocean models to investigate...

The Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access awarded Ascendus, Inc. DBA Accion East Inc a $200,000 Project Grant under the Prime Technical Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.050). The grant will support Accion East Inc in providing technical assistance services from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2023 to increase the number of microenterprises and enhance the management capabilities of microentrepreneurs in starting, expanding, and growing their businesses. Services...

The University of Utah has been awarded a $2,004,554 Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, to develop the SEASCAPE (Seafloor Self-Sustaining CO2 Assessment Probe EDGE) system. SEASCAPE is a fixed-point, self-powered, acoustically-tethered sensor network deployed at the ocean floor to measure (1) dissolved organic carbon accumulation in sediments, (2) dissolved inorganic carbon and pH in ocean water, and (3) marine snow deposition...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $108,026.95 Cooperative Agreement to the Ascend Studios Foundation, a non-profit organization, to support the development of women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. This award is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040). The funding will support the "LEAP WOMEN AFRICA" accelerator program to train and mentor 50 startups running impact-driven tech and tech-enabled businesses in Nigeria, with training and mentorship...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,657,404 Cooperative Agreement to 39 Alpha Research, a non-profit organization based in Tempe, Arizona. The 24-month project, titled "ENABLING THE DISCOVERY OF H2 PRODUCING SYSTEMS WITH LARGE-SCALE CHEMICAL CARTOGRAPHY," is part of ARPA-E's Exploratory Topic G: Production of Geologic Hydrogen through Stimulated Mineralogical Processes (STIMULATION) program. The project aims to develop...

Creare LLC was awarded a $769,822 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a novel air contractor design for direct removal of carbon dioxide from ambient air under Topic P of funding opportunity announcement DE-FOA-0001954. The project will create low pressure drop contactors for direct air capture using amine-based sorbent coated plates. Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will provide the sorbent coated plates as a...

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $279,467 Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to Shaping Our Appalachian Region Inc. (SOAR), a non-profit organization in Kentucky. The grant supports a range of initiatives focused on community capacity building, economic development, and workforce training across West Virginia's Appalachian region. Key products and services to be delivered include entrepreneurship education, digital inclusion outreach,...