← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Blue Origin Washington, Llc
$745,832
Total funding
3
Grants
Funding over time
peak $745.8K · FY2022–25$1M$750K$500K$250K$0
'22
'23
'24
'25
Funding mix
By agency
NASA$745,832 · 2
DOE$0 · 1
By mechanism
—$745,832 · 3
Investigators at Blue Origin Washington, 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
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
PROXIMITY OPERATIONS SENSORS DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT$650,000
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THIS PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO SECTION A.4.1.2 OF THE MSFC DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CAN ENTITLED TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS. SPECIFICALLY WE PROPOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN MSFC S MOON-TO-MARS PLANETARY$95,832
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
CONTROL# 3117-1529
BLUE ORIGIN, LLC
DE-FOA-0003117 REVOLUTIONIZING ORE TO STEEL TO IMPACT EMISSIONS (ROSIE)
OUROBOROS: A NOVEL REACTOR FOR ZERO EMISSION ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION OF IRON
OUROBOROS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES HIGH-PURITY FERRO-SILICATE PIG IRON FROM LOW-QUALITY IRON ORES USING MOLTEN OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS (MOE) WITH ZERO DIRECT PROCESS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. THE OUROBOROS SYSTEM IS SELF-CONTAINED AND SCALABLE BY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. INITIAL SMALL-SCALE SYSTEMS CAN BE DEPLOYED ON VEHICLES THE SIZE OF EXISTING MINING TRUCKS THAT EXCAVATE, BENEFICIATE, AND EXTRACT IRON PRODUCT IN MINE-TAILINGS FACILITIES USING ONLY RAW FEEDSTOCKS AND ELECTRICAL POWER PROVIDED BY BODY-MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS AND BATTERIES. AS THE TECHNOLOGY MATURES, INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PLANTS IN CENTRALIZED LOCATIONS CAN INCREASE PRODUCTION RATES AND CAPTURE A LARGER TOTAL MARKET SHARE. TO DEVELOP OUROBOROS, BLUE ORIGIN LEVERAGES ITS EXISTING LUNAR TECHNOLOGY THAT CONVERTS LUNAR REGOLITH INTO FUNCTIONING SOLAR PANELS. WITH A NOVEL MOE DESIGN THAT SOLVES KEY MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY CHALLENGES, THE OUROBOROS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FAST-TRACK THE IRON MINING INDUSTRY TOWARD CARBON NEUTRALITY.
NEW AWARD$0
· FY2025 · Department of Energy