National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency established in 1950 and based in Alexandria, Virginia. It is dedicated to supporting research and education in science and engineering across a wide range of disciplines. The NSF provides significant non-dilutive funding, up to $1.5 million, to startups and small businesses through its America's Seed Fund initiative, which is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program mandated by Congress. With an operating budget of approximately $7.8 billion, the NSF is committed to advancing fundamental research and education, thus fostering innovation and technological development in the United States.

James Donlon

Program Director

Debasis Majumdar

Program Director

Graciela Narcho

Staff Associate

Sethuraman Panchanathan

Director

Past deals in Nuclear Energy

Muon Vision

Grant in 2024
Muon Vision specializes in enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and industrial operations through advanced subsurface visualization technology. The company has developed a sophisticated x-ray visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging techniques to assess the bulk density of geophysical assets. This technology enables the detection of issues within large material masses and monitors fluid migration in pore spaces over time. By providing geologists and mining companies with insights into the composition and distribution of materials, Muon Vision facilitates improved decision-making and operational effectiveness in various industrial processes, including leaching heaps and mine tailings dams.

Muon Vision

Grant in 2022
Muon Vision specializes in enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and industrial operations through advanced subsurface visualization technology. The company has developed a sophisticated x-ray visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging techniques to assess the bulk density of geophysical assets. This technology enables the detection of issues within large material masses and monitors fluid migration in pore spaces over time. By providing geologists and mining companies with insights into the composition and distribution of materials, Muon Vision facilitates improved decision-making and operational effectiveness in various industrial processes, including leaching heaps and mine tailings dams.

Howe Industries

Grant in 2021
Howe Industries specializes in developing innovative technologies for both space and terrestrial applications, leveraging expertise in nuclear technologies, thermal systems, and space propulsion. The company focuses on advancing space exploration through the creation of space-based power systems, which encompass radioisotope-fueled and reactor-based systems. These technologies aim to enhance capabilities for future missions, helping clients reach new destinations in space while also addressing challenges such as debris deorbiting and designing rovers for extreme environments like the surface of Mercury. Howe Industries is committed to propelling the human race further into space through its cutting-edge solutions.

Molten Salt Solutions

Grant in 2021
Molten Salt Solutions is a technology firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, established in 2018. The company focuses on advancing nuclear power technology by developing a platform that facilitates molten salt synthesis and purification. This innovative approach aims to produce large quantities of isotopically-enriched materials essential for both advanced fission and fusion nuclear power. Molten Salt Solutions' technology addresses critical requirements for energy security and reducing carbon emissions, thereby supporting businesses in the rapid development and deployment of isotope enrichment applications.

Muon Vision

Grant in 2020
Muon Vision specializes in enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and industrial operations through advanced subsurface visualization technology. The company has developed a sophisticated x-ray visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging techniques to assess the bulk density of geophysical assets. This technology enables the detection of issues within large material masses and monitors fluid migration in pore spaces over time. By providing geologists and mining companies with insights into the composition and distribution of materials, Muon Vision facilitates improved decision-making and operational effectiveness in various industrial processes, including leaching heaps and mine tailings dams.

Scalar Magnetics

Grant in 2020
Scalar Magnetics develops nuclear magnetic resonance-based chemical analysis technologies. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Becq

Grant in 2020
Becq is a radiation shielding company leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to design materials for the nuclear industry. Their radiation shielding product lines offer superior radiation stopping power and can be optimised based on neutron and gamma sources, design temperature, desired dose rate, and geometric or weight constraints.

Howe Industries

Grant in 2019
Howe Industries specializes in developing innovative technologies for both space and terrestrial applications, leveraging expertise in nuclear technologies, thermal systems, and space propulsion. The company focuses on advancing space exploration through the creation of space-based power systems, which encompass radioisotope-fueled and reactor-based systems. These technologies aim to enhance capabilities for future missions, helping clients reach new destinations in space while also addressing challenges such as debris deorbiting and designing rovers for extreme environments like the surface of Mercury. Howe Industries is committed to propelling the human race further into space through its cutting-edge solutions.

Radiation Detection Solutions

Grant in 2019
Radiation Detection Solutions develops the solid-state tissue-equivalent detector, or SSTED, a radiation detection system. The company was founded in 2011 with its headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Becq

Grant in 2019
Becq is a radiation shielding company leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to design materials for the nuclear industry. Their radiation shielding product lines offer superior radiation stopping power and can be optimised based on neutron and gamma sources, design temperature, desired dose rate, and geometric or weight constraints.

Silverside Detectors

Grant in 2014
Silverside Detectors is a technology company that develops nuclear radiation detection technologies to protect cities and citizens from nuclear terrorism. It designs and develops adaptable radiation detectors. These detectors can be installed in urban and transit infrastructure for nuclear detection. The company develops inexpensive thermal neutron detectors that can be a building block for large-area networked scanning and other future solutions for nuclear threat reduction.

NanoConversion Technologies

Grant in 2013
NanoConversion Technologies has developed an efficient, low-cost device to convert heat to electricity: the C-TEC concentration-mode thermoelectric converter. The C-TEC has no moving parts, and can use any source of heat to make electrical power. Systems based on the C-TEC can generate electricity for remote and portable power applications using propane, diesel fuel, natural gas, waste heat or concentrated solar power. C-TEC systems operate silently with no maintenance, delivering efficient power with lower emissions than internal combustion engines

NanoConversion Technologies

Grant in 2012
NanoConversion Technologies has developed an efficient, low-cost device to convert heat to electricity: the C-TEC concentration-mode thermoelectric converter. The C-TEC has no moving parts, and can use any source of heat to make electrical power. Systems based on the C-TEC can generate electricity for remote and portable power applications using propane, diesel fuel, natural gas, waste heat or concentrated solar power. C-TEC systems operate silently with no maintenance, delivering efficient power with lower emissions than internal combustion engines

Pearlhill Technologies

Grant in 2012
Pearlhill Technologies is a research, technology development, and commercialization company. They are involved in low-level nuclear waste management, carbon capture and CO2 utility, manufacturing fluorinated products, magnetoreception sensing and navigation, the fabrication of electronic sensors, and the use of nanomaterials in electronics.
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