THIS GRANT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENTITLED, ''ACTIVE, VIRTUAL AND RESISTIVE TRANSFORMERS FOR TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION (T&D) SYSTEMS, AND RESOURCES (AVATAR)'' IS AWARDED TO UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG UNDER ARPA-E FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0003164 (SPARKS) AND CONTROL NUMBER 3164-1754. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO TRANSFORM THE TRADITIONAL POWER GRIDS TO AN ULTIMATE RESILIENT AND MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY GRID. THEY PROPOSE TO USE FRACTIONALLY RATED POWER CONVERTERS TO TRANSFORM THE POWER GRID FROM REACTIVE TO RESISTIVE SYSTEMS, THUS ELIMINATING ALL THE TRANSIENT, RESONANCE, INSTABILITY, CONGESTION, AND LOOP POWER FLOW/POWER UNBALANCE ISSUES. MOD 0001 - UPDATING COMPLETION DATE. DATE WAS INPUTTED INCORRECTLY AND IS NOW CORRECTED TO 1/8/2027