The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $387,231 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). This 3-year grant supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on experimental and computational materials research. The REU program will provide interdisciplinary research experiences for undergraduate students in physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, and engineering. The REU...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $431,993 project grant to the University of Virginia under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2025 related to lattice instability and room temperature hyper-diffusion in metastable phase-transforming alloys. The University of Virginia will investigate major problems confronting the Nation by promoting progress in mathematical and physical sciences through increasing...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Division of Materials Research, has awarded a $388,404 Project Grant to Georgetown University to operate an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on materials physics research. Over a 3-year period from September 2024 to August 2027, the program will provide 9 undergraduates from diverse backgrounds and institutions with a 10-week summer research experience. Students will engage in experimental, computational, and...
The University of Florida was awarded a three-year, $322,660 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site focusing on experimental and computational methods for materials discovery. The grant will support 10-week research internships for undergraduate students, integrating them into faculty research groups working on projects involving discovery of new materials, advanced...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,756 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA), doing business as the University of Virginia. The grant supports fundamental research on applying ideas from mathematical logic to the study of manifolds, which are central objects in mathematics and physics. The research aims to develop new tools for investigating manifolds and...
The University of Utah was awarded a $364,500 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on May 15, 2022 to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site titled "Experimental and Computational Modeling of Materials and Biomolecular Systems." The grant will fund the REU Site program through April 30, 2025. As part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote...
North Carolina State University will use a $468,938 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to operate an Research Experiences for Undergraduates site focused on materials research with data science from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025. Through this REU Site: Materials Research with Data Science grant, the university will engage undergraduate students in applied research projects at the intersection of materials science and data...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $465,895 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to support a 10-week summer research program for 10 undergraduate students. The REU Site: Center for Early Research Experiences in Functional Materials program provides mentored research opportunities and professional development for students with little to no prior research experience. Participants will...
The National Science Foundation awarded Syracuse University a $354,683 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for an interactive biomaterials research experience for undergraduates (REU) site. The grant will fund the REU site from September 2021 through August 2024, supporting undergraduate students in conducting research involving interactive biomaterials. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research (UCF) was awarded a $427,964 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to host a 10-week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on novel materials for energy applications. The program will provide substantive research experiences for 10 undergraduate students in areas such as catalysis, photovoltaics, quantum materials, and...