Project Grant S10RR029233

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $500,000 project grant (CFDA 81.049 - Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on May 31, 2024. The funding supports the "Development of Compact, High-Current Cyclotrons for Medical Isotope Production" over a 2-year period ending on May 31, 2026. This grant aims to advance the development of specialized cyclotron technology that can efficiently produce medical...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $375,665 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to install an integrated radiosynthesis system for the production of non-commercially available PET radiotracers for preclinical imaging applications. The system will allow for the automated production of PET radiotracers labeled with fluorine-18, supporting the synthesis of both established and novel radiotracers. The...

Muons Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop Affordable, Efficient Injection Locked Magnetrons for Superconducting Cavities. The project aims to deliver new magnetron technology to support the Office of Science's mission of transforming our understanding of nature and advancing U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, Muons Inc. will work to design injection locked...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), will support a research project led by The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The $2,295,000 award, with a performance period from September 19, 2025 to September 18, 2028, aims to map the needs and demonstrate the pathway to leverage high current proton driver technology and the potential use of superconducting cyclotron technology...

The University of Arizona, through a $1,042,976 Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810), will deliver several key geologic mapping products and datasets over a 2-year period from September 2025 to September 2027. The awarded activities include: Producing geologic maps and Level 3 GEMS-compliant geodatabases for three 7.5-minute quadrangles in west-central Arizona: Malpais Mesa, Date Creek Ranch, and O'Neill Pass....

This $1,391,522 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a Super Argus PET/CT 6R small-animal imaging system for the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York. The new scanner will replace the institute's aging Inveon PET/CT system, which is approaching end-of-life support from the manufacturer. The Super Argus PET/CT 6R will provide superior spatial resolution,...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $1,441,440.00 in funding to the University of Arizona (doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents) for a project titled "QUANTUM-AIDED LABEL-FREE IN-SITU SUPER-RESOLUTION BIOIMAGING". The award term runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The grant supports the development of advanced quantum-aided bioimaging techniques to enable...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides funding of $344,205 to Arizona State University (ASU) to develop and commission two groundbreaking compact X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) sources at ASU's Compact XFEL Facility. Over a 3-year period from March 2025 to February 2028, undergraduate students from diverse disciplines will gain hands-on experience in the design, construction, and operation of these...

This $941,362 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) supports a 2-year project by the University of Arizona to advance geological mapping efforts in Arizona. The key activities and deliverables include: Producing 1:24,000 scale geologic maps and GEMS-compliant geodatabases for three 7.5-minute quadrangles in west-central Arizona. Compiling geochronologic data for the entire state of Arizona and publishing an...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $22,532,805.00 in funding to Arizona State University to execute planning activities and complete a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a regional direct air capture (DAC) hub in the Southwest United States. The hub is intended to have an initial capacity of at least 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year,...