This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research to understand the mechanisms of segregation during capillary flow of molten metallic alloys in microgravity conditions. The $108,237 award, with a period of performance from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2027, will fund a series of experiments on the International Space Station as well as ground-based modeling efforts to develop...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $320,000 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028 to conduct research on crystal growth and particle self-assembly during directional solidification in microgravity conditions aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The research aims to reveal the mechanisms behind structure formation in materials by comparing the resulting...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems aims to assess the effect of microgravity on growth and properties of metal-organic framework (MOF) crystals. With a total funding amount of $247,500 and an award period from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025, the grant will support collaborative research between the University of California, Berkeley and the International Space Station (ISS) to grow three...
This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) provides $400,000.00 in funding to Tufts University to support electromagnetic levitation flight research for ternary alloy rapid solidification. The award has a performance period from Apr 26, 2024 to Apr 25, 2026. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in the area of materials science, specifically...
This $1,481,906 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to discover and develop new multi-principal-element hexagonal-close-packed structural alloys using advanced computational materials science and additive manufacturing methods. The University of California, Berkeley is the awardee, with the State of California Controllers Office serving as the parent organization.
The project aims to rapidly...
This $275,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award was granted to Mattiq Inc., a transformative materials design and discovery company, to support research on the impacts of microgravity on catalyst crystallization and performance.
The project aims to utilize an ultrahigh-throughput catalyst synthesis and screening technology to directly compare a broad range of...
This $420,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research between Northeastern University and undisclosed partners on directional solidification and particle self-assembly in microgravity conditions. The research aims to understand the mechanisms of crystal growth and particle interactions when solutions or solution-particle mixtures are frozen in the absence of gravity, in order to inform the design of new...
This $600,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to leverage light-matter interactions and leverage the low-gravity environment of space to create new functional sensors.
The research aims to investigate the effects of microgravity on the processing of nanocomposites, with a focus on manufacturing ceramic, lunar, and planetary regolith nanoparticles in polymer matrices. The project will measure changes in...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $566,234 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The grant supports research investigating a novel approach for synthesizing high-entropy transition metal borides using microwave-induced plasma. This non-conventional process is expected to offer advantages over traditional...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $827,774.00, was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012). The grant was awarded to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on May 1, 2024, with a period of performance through April 30, 2026.
The purpose of this grant is to explore the impact of surface properties on cryogenic boiling and quenching at reduced gravity through high-fidelity measurements....