Cooperative Agreement DENA0004153

The University of Chicago received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research to support collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: DESIGNER 3D MESOSCALE MATERIALS SYNTHESIZED IN THE SELF-ASSEMBLY FOUNDRY." The award period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. The grant supports research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these...

The University of Chicago received a $428,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on May 1, 2021 to enable energy- and carbon-efficient carbon dioxide electrolysis. Funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), this two-year project will develop carbonate management techniques to transform how CO2 is utilized through electrolysis. The Office of Science's mission is to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $575,000 Project Grant award dated August 1, 2025, from the Department of Energy's Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support fundamental scientific research in metal-ligand cooperativity for base-metal alkyne electrofunctionalization. The award, with a completion date of July 31, 2026, funds basic research aimed at advancing understanding of catalytic processes and...

Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $510,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) beginning July 15, 2025 and concluding June 30, 2028. This award funds research on temperable dynamic covalent networks—advanced polymeric materials designed to achieve multiple room-temperature properties through controlled thermal tempering processes. The research integrates synthesis, polymer...

The University of Chicago was awarded a $950,736 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE SEARCH FOR LIGHT DARK MATTER WITH DAMIC" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant will support research to search for light dark matter using the DAMIC (Dark Matter In CCDs) experiment at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. The DAMIC experiment aims...

The University of Chicago received a $360,114 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on October 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: LIVING BIOTIC-ABIOTIC MATERIALS WITH TEMPORALLY PROGRAMMABLE ACTUATION" through September 30, 2025. The award is being administered under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific...

The University of Chicago was awarded a $572,926 Cooperative Agreement by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to conduct research supporting DARPA's Mechanically Interlocked Materials (MIMs) program. The effort involves the scalable synthesis of poly N-catenane and interlocked polymer networks, as described in the university's research proposal. The award began on September 28, 2023 and is scheduled for...

The University of Chicago was awarded a $299,957 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on the "Chemistry of β-Graphyne: Exfoliation, Intercalation, and Pathways to Novel Carbon Phases." The award period runs from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports fundamental scientific research across multiple disciplines to advance U.S. energy,...

The University of Chicago received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. This award supports fundamental research into novel entanglement witnesses and their applications for developing a complexity-reduced approach to quantum simulation of many-body open quantum systems. The research will be conducted at the university's Chicago,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Chicago received a Cooperative Agreement award of $825,000 from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) on July 15, 2025. The award establishes the Advanced Chip Design Enablement – 3D (ACE-3D) National Chip Design Hub, a five-year initiative (through June 30, 2030) designed to democratize access to...