Cooperative Agreement 1160494

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative, multi-site Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program focused on nanoscale science and engineering (NSE). The program, hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will engage 12 in-service high school and community college faculty each year in 6-week NSE research projects at NNCI facilities....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $375,000 Project Grant to George Washington University (The) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct collaborative research on developing a cross-layer, machine learning-based, energy-efficient and resilient Network-on-Chip (NoC) design for multicore systems. The 3-year project aims to advance the understanding of the interactions between the NoC and other chip components, as well as optimize...

North Carolina State University was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on organized nanochannel materials from biomolecular magnetic organic frameworks. Over a three-year period from September 2023 through August 2026, NC State will leverage multi-scale modeling, machine learning, and experimental verification to develop technology-specific rules for designing and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $521,832 supports research to develop an "all-on-a-chip" nanomanufacturing system capable of additively printing three-dimensional features at the deep-nanometer scale. The research aims to leverage advancements in electrified droplet ejection and nanofluidics to enable the use of yoctoliter-to-zeptoliter scale droplets for high-resolution, integrated circuit-compatible additive...

This $500,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports fundamental research at Clark University to develop scalable manufacturing methods for organic semiconducting nanoparticles with applications in energy storage. Principal Investigator will investigate the interplay of aerosol formation and vapor phase chemistry to control synthetic pathways for producing highly conductive nanoparticles through aerosol-based synthesis. The research aims to achieve mechanistic understanding of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant award provides $650,000 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop energy-efficient optical brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing devices. The project aims to establish a 3D nanofabrication platform that combines DNA-programmable assembly and conventional lithographic methods to create novel optical metamaterials and integrate them into neuromorphic...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from June 2021 through May 2026 under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant funds research to develop rapid manufacturing techniques for three-dimensional nanostructures using projection two-photon lithography. This process could enable new types of nano-enabled devices by allowing for faster and more precise fabrication of nanoscale components. The research is being...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a scalable manufacturing process for three-dimensional nanostructured materials. The funding supports an I-Corps project to commercialize a lithographic nanomanufacturing technique using colloidal particles for volumetric patterning of photosensitive polymers. This bottom-up self-assembly approach aims to...

The $289,039 National Science Foundation Engineering grant funds the acquisition of a picosecond laser and electroplating system for North Carolina State University from September 2022 to August 2025. The university will use the new equipment to advance device manufacturing and materials processing capabilities in electronics, materials engineering, and biology research. Located in the university's nanofabrication facility, which is part of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network, the laser...

This $750,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will fund the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop key products and services supporting the microelectronics manufacturing industry through November 2023. MIT will establish the Microelectronics Manufacturing Sustainability Program to deliver consensus policy recommendations, technology roadmaps, and workforce training. The program aims to sustain performance scaling as...