Department of Energy will award 82 grants totaling $99 million to 69 small businesses in 26 states.
Request for Proposal calls for a system to be deployed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Phase I grants will allow small businesses to research technical feasibility of new innovations that advance the mission of the Office of Science.

Nominations for the 2015 Ernest Orlando Lawrence and Enrico Fermi Awards are being accepted until June 15, 2015.