← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Starfire Industries Llc
Champaign, IL
$18,961,829
Total funding
22
Grants
Funding over time
peak $3.8M · FY2010–25$5M$3.8M$2.5M$1.3M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOE$18,101,829 · 19
NSF$860,000 · 3
By mechanism
—$18,961,829 · 22
Investigators at Starfire Industries Llc
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
CERAMIC ATF CLADDING USING REACTIVE HIPIMS SPUTTERING WITH POSITIVE KICK FOR THICK, CORROSION RESISTANT, HIGH-TEMPERATURE MULTILAYER FILMS$2,449,998
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
PORTABLE API NEUTRON GENERATOR$2,349,845
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
AMBE REPLACEMENT WITH TUNABLE NEUTRON SPECTRA$2,149,994
· FY2015 · Department of Energy
PRECISION ION ENERGY AND FLUX CONTROL FOR IN-SITU MAGNETRON DEPOSITION AND ETCHING FOR PLASMA-ASSISTED MATERIAL SYNTHESIS AT THE ATOMIC SCALE$1,354,960
· FY2020 · Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
COATINGS FOR SIC LWR FUEL CLADDINGS USING QUASI-CONFORMAL PVD AND E-CVD IMPULSE HIPIMS COATINGS DIRECT ONTO THE CMC$1,350,000
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
NEXT-GENERATION HIPIMS FOR E-CVD, PVD, ETCH, AND PRECISION IMPLANTATION CONTROL FOR PV MANUFACTURING$1,350,000
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
HIPIMS PLASMA WITH POSITIVE KICK FOR IN-SITU SRF CAVITY PLASMA COATING & CLEANING OF DEFECT-FREE, CONFORMAL NIOBIUM THIN-FILMS$1,349,997
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
HIGH-QUALITY CONDUCTIVE BELLOWS COATINGS USING CONFORMAL IONIZED PVD TO REPLACE UNRELIABLE ELECTROPLATING PROCESSES$1,326,000
· FY2020 · Department of Energy
PFC LASER-BASED SURFACE MICROTEXTURING FOR LIQUID METAL WETTING, IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER, SAFETY AND CONTROL$1,149,996
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
TEMHD-DRIVEN LIQUID LITHIUM FOR NEUTRON GENERATOR TARGETS$1,149,170
· FY2015 · Department of Energy
ATMOSPHERIC COLD PLASMA JET COATING AND SURFACE TREATMENT FOR IMPROVED ADHESIVE BONDING PERFORMANCE OF DISSIMILAR MATERIAL JOINTS SUBJECT TO HARSH EN$799,085
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
SBIR Phase II: Microwave Surface-Wave Plasma Source for Large-Area, High-Throughput, High-Quality Thin-Film Manufacturing for Solar Panels and Semiconductors$560,000
· FY2011 · TIP
SUPER KICK: EFFICIENT COMBINATION OF HIPIMS AND RF DISCHARGES FOR LARGE VOLUME PLASMA POTENTIAL AND ELECTRON TEMPERATURE CONTROL$205,000
· FY2020 · Department of Energy
LARGE-AREA TOF NEUTRON DETECTOR USING SCINTILLATING NANOGUIDE AND ULTRA-FAST MICROCHANNEL PMT$200,000
· FY2020 · Department of Energy
LARGE-AREA SUPERCONDUCTING TAPE PROCESSING USING NOVEL INVERTED CYLINDRICAL MAGNETRON PVD/ETCH/E-CVD TECHNIQUE$200,000
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
BIPOLAR PLATE MANUFACTURING AND RECONDITIONING USING NEXT-GENERATION IMPULSE HIPIMS ETCHING, SURFACE PREPARATION, AND PINHOLE-FREE DEPOSITION OF CORROSION-RESISTANT, LOW-ICR COATINGS$200,000
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
PORTABLE DETECTOR FOR FAST NEUTRON AND X-RAY DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY USING TRANSVERSE ANDERSON LOCALIZATION SCINTILLATING NANOGUIDES$181,487
· FY2020 · Department of Energy
SBIR Phase I: Microwave Surface-Wave Plasma Source for Large-Area, High-Throughput, High-Quality Thin-Film Manufacturing for Solar Panels and Semiconductors$150,000
· FY2010 · TIP
SBIR Phase I: In-Situ Soil Composition Analysis using Neutron Analysis Techniques for Precision Farming Applications$150,000
· FY2010 · TIP
PLASMA-ASSISTED NANOSTRUCTURE SYNTHESIS FOR ENERGY, HEAT-TRANSFER,$150,000
· FY2014 · Department of Energy