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  • UbiQD Eyes Solar Energy Applications for Quantum Dot Technology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UbiQD Eyes Solar Energy Applications for Quantum Dot Technology

    The National Science Foundation has awarded UbiQD a 12-month, $225,000 grant to advance research and development on luminescent solar-concentrating glass windows with quantum dot coatings under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program. The Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy originally helped create the solar energy technology, and UbiQD included the technology’s proof-of-concept […] More

  • Esri-Leica Partnership to Award Grants for Gov't Field Mobility Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri-Leica Partnership to Award Grants for Gov’t Field Mobility Projects

    Esri and Leica Geosystems have collaborated to offer $143,250 worth of grants in goods and services to 10 U.S. government entities that submit project proposals on mobile technologies for field data collection. The Smart Communities Innovation Challenge calls for projects that demonstrate the value of integrating geographic information system and GPS technologies to support field mobility workflows, Esri said Monday. The two companies aim to […] More

  • NIST Awards Tech R&D Grants to 19 Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Awards Tech R&D Grants to 19 Small Businesses

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen 19 small businesses to receive grants worth a combined $3.3 million to research and develop a wide range of technology platforms. NIST chose the companies based on their submitted R&D proposals that seek to address advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, biomanufacturing, cyber-physical, technology transfer and advanced sensing for manufacturing challenges, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. DOC noted grantees […] More

  • Exide Receives DoD Grant to Expand Submarine Batteries Production at Fort Smith - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exide Receives DoD Grant to Expand Submarine Batteries Production at Fort Smith

    Exide Technologies has signed a five-year, $30.7 million cost-sharing agreement with the U.S. government under the Defense Production Act Title III program to automate and modernize submarine batteries manufacturing processes at a company facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Under the agreement, the company will receive $18.7 million in DPA grant funds and invest $12 million to adopt new systems designed to […] More

  • Purdue Receives Research Grant on Firefighting Foam Chemical's Effect on Amphibians - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Purdue Receives Research Grant on Firefighting Foam Chemical’s Effect on Amphibians

    The Defense Department has granted a team of Purdue University researchers $2.5 million to fund their research on the effects of perfluoroalkyl, a chemical used in common commercial products and firefighting foams, on amphibians. The study aims to find the impact of different levels of perfluoroalkyl substance exposure throughout an amphibian’s lifespan, Purdue said Wednesday. Marisol […] More

  • SolveBio to Continue Variant Explorer System Development Through NIH Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SolveBio to Continue Variant Explorer System Development Through NIH Grant

    The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded SolveBio a phase one Small Business Innovation Research Grant to continue development work on a genetic variation analysis and visualization system. SolveBio said Tuesday it built Variant Explorer as a cloud-based data integration and visualization system designed to help medical professionals such as clinical geneticists, molecular pathologists and scientists conduct clinical interpretation of […] More

  • NASA MUREP Selects Two Universities for STEM Education Program Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA MUREP Selects Two Universities for STEM Education Program Grant

    Lawson State Community College and New York City College of Technology will both receive a $500,000 grant from NASA‘s Minority University Research and Education Project to help strengthen science, technology, engineering and math programs in schools. LSCC in Alabama and NYCCT in Brooklyn both took part in MUREP Other Opportunities solicitation to present an innovative […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL to Use Virtual Reality for Prosthetics Education of Wounded Warriors’ Children - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL to Use Virtual Reality for Prosthetics Education of Wounded Warriors’ Children

    The Office of Naval Research has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory a $375,000 grant to teach the children of wounded soldiers about prosthetics with the use of virtual reality. APL will also provide hands-on demonstrations for elementary, middle and high school students to help draw their interest in science, technology, engineering and math subjects under the […] More

  • Vanaja Ragavan: Aviana Receives NASA Grant for Biosensor Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vanaja Ragavan: Aviana Receives NASA Grant for Biosensor Tech Development

    Aviana Molecular Technologies has been selected to build sensors for installation in NASA‘s extra-terrestrial mission vehicles as well as repurpose the devices as biosensors. NASA awarded a grant to the startup diagnostic company in conjunction with the University of Central Florida for the sensor development project as part of the agency’s Small Business Technology Transfer initiative, Aviana said Monday. The […] More

  • Freight Farms-Clemson University Team to Help NASA Develop Off-Grid Crop Production System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Freight Farms-Clemson University Team to Help NASA Develop Off-Grid Crop Production System

    NASA has awarded Boston-based agriculture technology company Freight Farms a Small Business Technology Transfer grant to explore methods for the development of a self-sustaining crop production unit. Freight Farms said Tuesday it will collaborate with Clemson University in an effort to help NASA develop a crop production system for the agency’s future manned deep-space missions. Jon Friedman, co-founder and president of Freight […] More

  • Lockheed Enters Investment Partnership on STEM Curriculum for Denver Public Schools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Enters Investment Partnership on STEM Curriculum for Denver Public Schools

    Lockheed Martin has invested $800,000 in partnership with Project Lead The Way and the Denver Public Schools Foundation to support the implementation of science, technology, engineering and math-based curriculum across public schools in Denver, Colorado. The company said Friday the investment will support Project Lead The Way’s STEM program at approximately 100 elementary, middle and high schools under […] More

  • United Health Foundation Issues Grant for Support to Soldiers, Military Spouses; Kate Hatten Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    United Health Foundation Issues Grant for Support to Soldiers, Military Spouses; Kate Hatten Comments

    The United Health Foundation has issued a three-year, $800,000 grant to support service members, veterans and military families in Colorado Springs in an effort to address the needs of the military and veteran community. UHF said Friday the grant is intended to provide military personnel and their spouses access to information and services through military, veteran and […] More