Project Grant 80NSSC19K1569

This Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totals $991,621 and runs from February 15, 2023 through January 31, 2025. It supports Stark Street Materials Company of Portland, Oregon in developing manufacturing feasibility for new radiation shielding fabrics using bismuth as a safer, non-toxic alternative to lead. Phase I demonstrated molding composite materials with over 85% bismuth particle filler to produce fabric with...

Advanced Materials Manufacturing, LLC received a $198,883 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop composite metal foam for microreactors. The project supports the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Through this funding, Advanced Materials Manufacturing will produce composite...

Phase III Physics LLC received a $206,440 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop a Flexible Lithium Neutron Shielding Material (FLINS) using a Novel 6Li-based Composite. The funding supports research and development of a new composite material for neutron shielding through November 20, 2023. The award is provided through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries...

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 $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...

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...

Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc. received a $199,317 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to commercialize the Micro Pocket Fission Detector (MPFD). The award will support Radiation Detection Technologies' efforts to develop and bring to market the MPFD, a handheld radiation detection device, through June 26, 2023. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $499,776 Project Grant titled "EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: 3D PRINTED RADIATION DETECTORS WITH PEROVSKITE-POLYMER COMPOSITES" to Florida A&M University (FAMU). The grant aims to develop new semiconductor-polymer composite materials as a replacement for conventional inorganic single crystal radiation detectors. The key goal is to enable large-area, low-cost, and high-resolution radiation detectors through...

Space Foundry Inc. received a $399,880 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research activities concluding on March 26, 2023. The award is being used to fund the "Plasma Printing of Graphene Composites for EMI Shielding Applications" project under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). Through this funding, Space Foundry Inc. will develop new plasma printing techniques to produce graphene-based...

The Analysis and Measurement Service Corporation was awarded a $199,705 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop methods to evaluate embedded sensor performance and reliability in transportation, cargo, and rigging (TCR) components. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Under this award, Analysis and Measurement Services will deliver products...