The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) received a three-year $667,687 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research on isoprene secondary organic aerosol formation. Through June 2026, UNC-Chapel Hill investigators will refine protocols to analyze isoprene secondary organic aerosols, characterize gas-phase oxidation products of re-volatilized multiphase chemical products, and confirm early-generation...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $474,387 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on March 1, 2021 to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Organosulfate Multiphase Chemistry and Physicochemical Properties--Oxidation and Sulfate Recycling in Aerosols and Cloud Droplets." This research, to be completed by February 29, 2024, will investigate organosulfate multiphase chemistry and...
This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $195,299 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research characterizing the cloud formation properties of secondary organic aerosol formed from aqueous multiphase chemical processes. The research will be conducted from October 2021 through September 2024 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research into the integrated Earth system...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support research titled "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Hybrid Perovskite Amino-Deliquescence and Efflorescence." The three-year award, made on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2024, will fund research into the thermodynamic and kinetic processes involved when hybrid perovskite materials deliquesce and effloresce in the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $877,929 supports the acquisition of a high-resolution ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometer at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. This cutting-edge instrument will enhance a wide range of ongoing atmospheric chemistry and other research projects at UNC, as well as provide new training and educational opportunities for graduate,...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will conduct collaborative research on combined waves and currents over multi-scale topography from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024 through a $313,734 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. Under the grant, UNC-Chapel Hill will investigate boundary layer dynamics and parameterization to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system, as outlined in the objectives of the NSF's Geosciences program...
This $616,131 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the development of observation-based metrics to evaluate global atmospheric chemistry models at the University of California, Irvine through January 2025. As part of its Geosciences program, which supports basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, the NSF aims to strengthen the scientific enterprise's understanding of the integrated Earth system. Under this award, the university will design, test, and document a...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $480,000 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant supports the "COOPERATIVITY DRIVEN COMMUNICATION THROUGH NONCOVALENT NETWORKS IN BIOMIMETIC SYSTEMS" project under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will conduct research exploring cooperativity and noncovalent interactions in...
This $250,766 National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award to the University of South Carolina will support a research project entitled "CAREER: CONSTRAINING ATMOSPHERIC NITRATE PRECURSORS AND CHEMISTRY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES (US)." The project aims to improve predictions of atmospheric nitrate formation by combining isotope observations from national monitoring sites with advanced atmospheric chemistry models. This will help quantify...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will use a $480,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on raft step-growth polymerization from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise. The university will perform research to increase understanding of major polymerization...