The FY2023 INFUSE awardees have been announced by DOE. This is the only round of awards that will be given this FY. The official announcement can be found here. A list of projects with abstracts is in the Library. Thank you to all of those show submitted applications – the largest number of applications of any previous INFUSE round.
The next Request for Applications is expected to come out in January 2024.
| Development of Tritium Sensors for Enabling Low-Carbon Technologies for FUSION (DETECT – FUSION) | Baker Hughes | Christopher Freeman | University-Penn State |
| A low AC loss, fast ramp HTS solenoid prototype for compact Spherical Tokamak | Bruker OST | Yibing Huang | PPPL |
| Electrochemical Evaluation of Hydrogen Concentration and Diffusivity in FLiBe | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Caroline Sorensen | University-UC Berkeley |
| Deuterium retention in boron dust | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Adam Kuang | PPPL |
| Informing ARC divertor design and plasma facing material selection through integrated modeling | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Lauren Garrison | University-UCLA |
| Design of proton diagnostics operating at high repetition rate to advance proton fast ignition | Focused Energy Inc. | Andrea Hannasch | PPPL |
| Opportunities for Fusion Coil System in a Compact Spherical Tokamak using Low Cost, High Field Superconductors Made in USA | Gauss Fusion Inc. | Lawrence Masur | PPPL |
| Design and simulation of innovative p-11B targets for IFE | HB11 Energy USA LLC | Thomas Mehlhorn | University-Rochester |
| Nonlinear kinetic simulation study of non-equilibrium and merging FRCs | Helion Energy | Anthony Pancotti | PPPL |
| A Multiphysics Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamic Li-Pb Flow in a Blanket Module with SiCf/SiC as Structural Material | Kyoto Fusioneering America Ltd. | Bibake Uppal | PPPL |
| Evaluating Lithium-Lead Mixtures for Increased Tritium Breeding in Fusion Energy Blanket Systems: Exploring the Impact of Composition and Temperature | Kyoto Fusioneering America Ltd. | Chris Dorn | ORNL |
| Evaluating Lithium Compatibility for Electrode Materials Used in an Electrolysis-Based Tritium Extraction Process | Kyoto Fusioneering America Ltd. | Chris Dorn | SRNL |
| Developing a renewable first wall with boron pebbles. | Princeton Stellarators, Inc. | Santhosh Kumar | University-UCSD |
| ORNL Portable Diagnostic Package for Evaluating Mirror Performance | Realta Fusion | Kieran Furlong | ORNL |
| Efficient Tritium Extraction from Liquid Lithium | Stellarex, Inc. | Michael Zarnstorff | SRNL |
| Integrated kinetic modeling of a biased expander using Aleph code | TAE Technologies | Ales Necas | SNL |
| In-situ measurements of hydrogen-titanium plasma-material interactions for model validation | TAE Technologies | Jon Drobny | University-UIUC |
| Post irradiation examination of nickel doped fusion steels irradiated in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) | Tokamak Energy Inc | Mark Koepke | ORNL |