Rochester Institute of Technology

Time for a Change: Assessing the Performance of Energy-efficient Phase Change Materials for Passive Temperature Control of Objects in Uncontrolled Environments [in Direct Response to the Ongoing Climate Crisis, This Study Will Explore the Performance of Phase Change Materials (PCMS) as a Sustainable Preventive Conservation Measure for Passive Temperature Control of Micro-climates in Partially-controlled or Uncontrolled Collection Environments. PCMS Are Inherently Energy Efficient Materials That Can Be Exploited for Thermal Energy Storage and Regulation. Their Energy Storage Capacity Is a Transient Process, Suited for Applications Where Repeated Temperature Cycles Occur. a Series of Laboratory Tests Designed to Simulate Short-term Temperature Changes and Periodic Diurnal Temperature Loads Experienced in Partially-controlled and Uncontrolled Environments, Will Explore Different Micro-climate Applications for PCMS, Namely Vitrines and Sealed Frame Packages for Objects on Open Display, and Storage Enclosures. Furthermore, a Cost-effectiveness and Risk Analysis Will Be Undertaken to Develop Guidelines for Adoption by Collections Care Professionals.]

Committed

$341,983

Paid to

UEI J6TWTRKC1X14

1 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623

National Endowment for the Humanities

Place

NY, UNITED STATES

Performance

Mar 1, 2025 → Aug 31, 2027

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National Endowment for the Humanities

Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access to

Rochester Institute of Technology

Committed

$341,983

Paid to

Rochester Institute of Technology

UEI J6TWTRKC1X14

1 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623

National Endowment for the Humanities

Place

NY, UNITED STATES

Performance

Mar 1, 2025 → Aug 31, 2027

How to read these numbers

One award, start to finish: Everything here is this single award's whole record — signed, amended, paid — not a fiscal-year slice. The by-year charts elsewhere split an award across the years it was committed; this page keeps it whole.
Committed vs. ceiling: Committed is what the government has legally promised on this award so far. Contracts can also carry a ceiling — the maximum if every option is exercised. Unspent ceiling is headroom, not money owed.
Paid out: The cash actually disbursed against this award. The gap from committed is the disbursement pipeline: promised, not yet cashed.
The ledger: Each transaction is a signing event — an action that created or changed the award, dated the day it was signed — not a payment. Negative amounts are real: money de-committed at closeout or renegotiation.
The money bar: One bar, the award’s whole arithmetic: paid out, then committed, not yet paid, then .

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