Glaciology — Federal Grants

Freeze Induced Protein Instability Driven by Air Water Interfacial Stress

Huy Dao · The University of Louisiana at Monroe

ICE-TI: Project to Initiate the Doctorate in Electrical Engineering

Peter Romine · Navajo Technical University

CAREER: Long-term Cryopreservation of Organs by Electromagnetic Waves-Facilitated Vitrification and Rewarming

Zhiquan Shu · University of Washington

Collaborative Research: RAPID: Antarctic Groundwater-Ecosystem Connectivity Across Ice-Ocean-Land Critical Zones

Evan Solomon · University of Washington

Collaborative Research: RAPID: Antarctic Groundwater-Ecosystem Connectivity Across Ice-Ocean-Land Critical Zones

Peter Doran · Louisiana State University

Collaborative Research: RAPID: Antarctic Groundwater-Ecosystem Connectivity Across Ice-Ocean-Land Critical Zones

Jill Mikucki · University of Tennessee Knoxville

Collaborative Research: Addressing key gaps in the eruptive history, magmatic storage, and public preparedness at Askja volcano, Iceland

Alison Graettinger · University of Missouri-Kansas City

Conference: 2026 Ocean Mixing GRC/GRS: Competing Energy Cascades and Their Implications for Ocean Mixing Across a Spectrum of Environments

Leif Thomas · Gordon Research Conferences

Collaborative Research: Addressing key gaps in the eruptive history, magmatic storage, and public preparedness at Askja volcano, Iceland

Tenley Banik · Board of Trustees of Illinois State University

EPSCoR Research Fellows: @NASA: Constraining the role for earth system model uncertainty in glacier model projections

Sloan Coats · University of Hawaii

The Interactions of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and Plate Tectonic Processes

Shijie Zhong · University of Colorado at Boulder

Collaborative Research: Dating Ancient Shorelines Using Amino Acid Geochronology to Reconstruct Past High Sea Levels

Michael Erb · Appalachian State University

FCA US LLC

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) -DARE FORWARD: FCA US CONVERSION OF BELVIDERE ASSEMBLY PLANT TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE ASSEMBLY COMPLEX FOR ELECTRIFICATION, THE PROJECT ASPIRES TO RECONFIGURE THE BELVIDERE ASSEMBLY PLANT (BVAP) LOCATED IN BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS. THIS FACILITY IS TRANSITIONING FROM PRODUCING TRADITIONAL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES (ICE) VEHICLES TO MANUFACTURING CUTTING-EDGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV). THE PROJECT ENCOMPASSES SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO BVAP’S INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OF EV TRUCKS.

MERCEDES-BENZ VANS, LLC

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) - NEXT GENERATION ALL ELECTRIC VAN PRODUCTION THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO CONVERT THE COMPANY’S U.S. FACILITY FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (“ICE”) VAN PRODUCTION OPERATIONS TO MANUFACTURE NEXT-GENERATION ALL-ELECTRIC VANS.

HARLEY DAVIDSON INC

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EXPAND AND CONVERT THE EXISTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (ICE) FACILITY WITH UPGRADED EV FABRICATION, PAINT, AND ASSEMBLY EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 6,780 UNITS ANNUALLY OF EXISTING EV MODELS AND TO BEGIN MANUFACTURING FUTURE EV MODELS.

BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) - BLUE BIRD BUS ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANUFACTURING CONVERSION PROJECT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO CONVERT A PRIOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (“ICE”) VEHICLE MANUFACTURING LOCATION TO A NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) AND OTHER POWERED “TYPE-D” SCHOOL BUSES.

CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC

CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC (CONSTELLIUM) PLANS TO DEMONSTRATE ITS SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY, A SINGLE ALUMINUM REMELT SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPERATING ACROSS A RANGE OF LOW-NOX REDUCED-CO2 EMISSION NATURAL GAS TO CARBON-FREE HYDROGEN AS FUEL, BECOMING A FIRST-OF-KIND ZERO CARBON ALUMINUM CASTING PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES. CONSTELLIUM WILL REPLACE 3 DIRECT CHILL (DC) CASTING COMPLEXES WITH TWO SINGLE CASTING SMARTMELT COMPLEXES THAT WILL FULLY RETIRE THE LEGACY OPERATIONS AND ALLOW THE PLANT TO MOVE TO HANDS-FREE CASTING. UPON COMMISSIONING WITH NATURAL GAS, THE SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY WILL REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS BY APPROXIMATELY 30%. INTEGRATING HYDROGEN FUEL WITH THE SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY COULD REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS EVEN FURTHER. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SCALE DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES. CONSTELLIUM PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY AT OTHER SITES IN THE UNITED STATES AND GLOBALLY (8 TOTAL) AND WILL EXPLORE LICENSING OF SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY TO THIRD PARTIES. THE COMPANY CONSIDERS THIS A LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT TO SHOWCASE SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP PROMOTE ADOPTION OF HYDROGEN FUELED TECHNOLOGIES IN INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. CONSTELLIUM IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE NEW LOW-CARBON ALUMINUM PRODUCTS AND SECURE NEW PURCHASE AGREEMENTS ACROSS ITS CORE CUSTOMER BASE AND AMONG NEW PROSPECTIVE BUYERS. THE RAVENSWOOD PLANT SERVES A BROAD RANGE OF INDUSTRIES WITH PROPRIETARY ALLOY ALUMINUM SHEET, PLATE, AND COILED ALUMINUM PRODUCTS. PRIMARY MARKETS INCLUDE AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, TRANSPORTATION, MARINE, AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. IN ADDITION TO DECARBONIZATION IMPACTS, CONSTELLIUM EXPECTS THIS PROJECT TO DRIVE SECONDARY BENEFITS SUCH AS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING WORKER SAFETY; REDUCING EMISSIONS IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY AT-RISK COMMUNITY; IMPROVING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF A MANUFACTURING PLANT LOCATED IN A COMMUNITY AT RISK DUE TO HISTORIC DE-INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE ONGOING FOSSIL-FUEL TRANSITION OF WV; MODERNIZING A PLANT ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUM FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE APPLICATIONS; PROVIDING ADVANCED WORKFORCE TRAINING TO A LEGACY MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE THAT INCLUDES WORKERS IN LABOR-UNIONS; AND ESTABLISHING CRITICAL INDUSTRIAL OFF-TAKE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EMERGING REGIONAL CARBON-FREE (BLUE) HYDROGEN ECONOMY.

MOBIS NORTH AMERICA LLC

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) DOMESTIC MOBIS NORTH AMERICA - OHIO (MNA-OH) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE (PHEV) AND MUSE BATTERY SYSTEM ASSEMBLIES (BSA) CONVERSION THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO CONVERT THE EXISTING PLANT FROM AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (ICE) ONLY COMPLETE CHASSIS ASSEMBLY PLANT INTO A PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE (PHEV) PLANT, CAPABLE OF ASSEMBLING UP TO 98,000 UNITS ANNUALLY WITH AN ESTIMATED 53,900 UNITS OF PHEVS; AND CONVERSION OF A NEW PLANT TO MANUFACTURE BATTERY SYSTEM ASSEMBLIES (“BSA(S)” OR “BATTERY PACKS”), FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF UP TO 231,000 BSAS ANNUALLY WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO 2026 MODEL YEAR PHEVS.

AEROSHIELD MATERIALS INC

THIS COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ENTITLED, “HIGH-CLARITY MONOLITHIC SILICA AEROGEL SHEETS FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT INSULATED GLASS UNITS AND GLAZINGS” IS AWARDED TO AEROSHIELD MATERIALS, INC. UNDER ARPA-E FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0003100 (SCALEUP 2023) AND CONTROL NUMBER 3100-1519. AEROSHIELD MATERIALS, INC. PROPOSES PILOT MANUFACTURING OF A NOVEL DOUBLE-PANE INSULATED GLASS UNIT (IGU) THAT UTILIZES ULTRA-CLEAR SILICA AEROGEL, A LIGHT-WEIGHT NANOPOROUS MATERIAL KNOWN FOR ITS SUPER-INSULATING PROPERTIES. THESE HIGH-EFFICIENCY IGUS WILL ENABLE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, MEETING CURRENT AND FUTURE ENERGY STAR TARGETS WHILE USING LESS GLASS THAN TRIPLE-PANES.