Project Grant R44GM122107

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $480,000 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to improve the separation of complex biological samples by exploring the use of mixed-mode gradient stationary phases for liquid chromatography (LC). This 3-year project, funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to develop new approaches to strategically modify particle-packed silica columns with functionalized...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training program provides $306,860 to Mixedlcmedia LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to develop and evaluate a prototype ultra-low flow liquid chromatography platform based on their proprietary porous layer open-tubular (PLOT) and monolithic nanocolumn technologies. The goal is to create a commercialization-ready LC system that enables deep proteomic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET), under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, provides $250,000 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to develop and demonstrate an electrified catalytic process for converting CO2 into sustainable liquid hydrocarbon fuels. The project aims to use rapid heating and cooling cycles within a reactor to drive the CO2 conversion reaction,...

Liquid Ion Solutions LLC received a $253,865 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop third generation, high performance water-lean solvents for carbon capture. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of...

Media & Process Technology Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) to demonstrate the technical feasibility and energy savings potential of a non-evaporative substrate drying process using supercritical carbon dioxide extraction combined with ceramic membrane ultrafiltration. The two-year award, issued on September 9, 2022, will support development of a process to dewater wet substrates without...

Liquid Ion Solutions LLC received a $254,749 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to fund the "QUANTIFICATION OF ANCILLARY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL WATER-LEAN SOLVENT TECHNOLOGY" project through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,497.00 to CF Technologies, Inc. to conduct research and development on chromatographic separation of rare earth elements. CF Technologies, a for-profit manufacturer and small disadvantaged business, specializes in CO2 extraction, fractionation, separation and chromatography. Through this one-year grant awarded on July 10, 2023, the company will research and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program provides $306,195 to Liquen Technologies, Inc. to develop a new calibration method for air pollution sensors using supercritical fluid carbon dioxide (CO2) cartridges. The goal is to create a portable, cost-effective system to deliver calibration gases and particles at trace-level concentrations for both research-grade instruments and...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program provides $3,784,848 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to demonstrate a 5kW prototype system for renewable propane production using dynamic CO2 electrolysis. The multi-institutional collaboration also includes GTI Energy, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Propane Education and Research Council, and SHV Energy. The project aims to achieve 97%...

This Project Grant award of $305,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a supersonic inertial separation technology for carbon capture. The technology aims to simultaneously freeze water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial exhaust streams, enabling the separation and capture of these components for downstream commercial use. The intellectual merit of the project lies in the design,...