Duke University was awarded a $160,944 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 15, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds the REU Site: Collaborative Research: Nanoscale Detectives -- Elucidating the Structure and Dynamics of Hybrid Perovskite Systems project at Duke University. The project supports undergraduate students in conducting research to better understand the structure and dynamics of hybrid perovskite...
The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a $162,000 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 15, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to elucidate the structure and dynamics of hybrid perovskite systems through a nanoscale detection approach. As part of its mission to improve engineering innovation and education, the Engineering program supports basic research to advance...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $389,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "BIFACIAL ALL PEROVSKITE TANDEM SOLAR CELLS FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE." The goal of this three-year project beginning April 15, 2021 is to develop bifacial perovskite tandem solar cells for renewable energy applications. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive $396,909 over five years from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to conduct research titled "CAREER: AN INTEGRATED STUDY OF WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTION ON LIQUID INTERFACES." The project aims to improve understanding of wave-particle interaction on liquid interfaces through integrated experimental and theoretical investigations from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027. As part of...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was awarded a $545,613 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from August 2021 through July 2024 on optical bound states and non-linearity in geometrically-modulated dielectric nanowires. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $443,634 will fund research and education activities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from October 2022 through March 2025. The award is part of the NSF Engineering Directorate's $47.041 million program to advance engineering innovation and education. Specifically, the grant will support development of quantum spintronic device building blocks using magnetically ordered materials. The university researchers will explore how...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) was awarded a $366,654 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (47.049) federal grant program. The grant will fund research in three key areas of applied mathematics: properties of model operators in condensed matter and topological physics; performance of numerical algorithms for studying wave propagation; and studying how the geometry of a domain or graph impacts...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive $518,632 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the project "CATION-CONTROLLED CATALYSIS WITH PINCER-CROWN ETHER COMPLEXES" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2025. The funding will support research exploring cation-controlled catalysis using pincer-crown ether complexes, with the goal of advancing understanding of major problems in the...
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...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) in the amount of $525,000.00 will support research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to understand the unique shallow-trap physics in metal halide perovskites. The award, effective from August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2025, will enable UNC-CH to conduct innovative, hypothesis-driven research aimed at advancing U.S. energy, economic, and national...