Project Grant 1842482

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, titled "2023 QUADRENNIAL REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE (NNI)," provides $725,000 in funding to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a comprehensive review of the nation's nanotechnology research and development (R&D) infrastructure and its impact. The study aims to identify trends, opportunities, and barriers in the field of nanotechnology, as well as evaluate the metrics used to track and...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $299,109 cooperative agreement to Sri International to develop a Quantum Technology Manufacturing Roadmap. Funded through the Arrangements for Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure program, this project will engage stakeholders to identify pre-competitive technology gaps and supply chain needs in quantum fields. Sri International will facilitate outreach meetings and produce reports documenting their methodology, critical gaps, and...

The National Science Foundation awarded American Nanotechnologies Inc. a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a platform for printable chemical sensors. The one-year project ending November 30th, 2022 will support the creation of technology enabling the printing of chemical sensors for applications such as environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics. The NSF Engineering program aims to strengthen engineering...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Nanores LLC aims to develop a compact, multi-color super-resolution imaging system capable of visualizing biological tissues at nanoscale precision. The project seeks to overcome the limitations of existing imaging technologies by incorporating advanced features such as adaptive optics and spinning disk technology to enable high-resolution 3D imaging up to 250...

This $189,811 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides support for the planning, organizing, and managing of the annual 2024 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Grantees Conference. The conference, to be held on December 9-10, 2024 in Alexandria, Virginia, serves as a program review and research networking event that highlights ongoing research and educational activities in NSF's nanotechnology science and...

This $1,634,839 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to revolutionize live-cell imaging by harnessing nanodiamond quantum sensing technology. The project, titled "QUSEC-TAQS: Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing for Four-Dimensional Live-Cell Imaging", will develop highly sensitive nanodiamond quantum sensors to study fundamental biological mechanisms with unprecedented detail. By integrating nanodiamond quantum sensing...

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...

This $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop a novel, non-destructive, in-line inspection technology to improve the quality and efficiency of semiconductor manufacturing. The project focuses on building and testing an advanced inspection tool that leverages quantum sensing techniques to quickly and accurately identify hidden...

This $270,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support a collaborative research project between the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) to investigate the molten salt synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles. The research team, led by Yuanbing Mao of IIT and Tao Li of NIU, will use advanced in situ X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques at Argonne National...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $519,700 project grant to the Georgia TECH Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, to acquire a powder atomic layer deposition/chemical vapor deposition reactor for next generation nanomanufacturing. The grant was awarded on August 15, 2021 under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...