Project Grant 2053541
- This $650,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Professor Lai-Sheng Wang and his team at Brown University to investigate the electronic structure and chemical bonding of cryogenically-cooled boron and metal-boride nanoclusters. The research aims to provide fundamental insights into boron chemistry and chemical bonding, with the potential for discovering novel...
- Brown University was awarded a three-year, $270,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research on carbene-containing ligands on copper and copper nitride nanocubes to develop stable and selective electrolysis catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals, this research aims to advance scientific...
- This $300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program will enable Brown University to conduct research on controlling and visualizing the interactions of electrons in atomically-thin materials with sub-nanometer-to-nanometer accuracy. The project aims to leverage Brown's expertise in molecular design and 2D device fabrication, along with the advanced scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) facility at Brookhaven National...
- This $1,128,657.00 Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Brown University to study emergent magnetic orders in frustrated magnets across multiple length and energy scales. The research team will utilize synchrotron X-ray scattering techniques at national laboratories to characterize the magnetic configurations and fluctuations in nanoscale frustrated magnets. This work aims to develop critical...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Brown University a $400,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative terahertz spectroscopy of clathrates from June 15, 2021 to May 31, 2024. Brown University will utilize the funding to conduct research on terahertz spectroscopy techniques to analyze gas hydrate clathrates. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise...
- Rice University received a $476,448 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on November 1, 2021 for the project "Functionalization, Supramolecular Encapsulation, and Order in Boron-Nitride Nanostructures." The project aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences through increasing understanding of major problems as part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, Rice University...
- Brown University was awarded a $277,225 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on August 1, 2021 to complete work by July 31, 2024. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Specifically, Brown University will conduct research relating to renormalization group flows, embedding theorems,...
- Brown University received a $431,665 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The award, made on July 1, 2021 for a period of performance through June 30, 2024, will support the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LOVOCCS: THE LOCAL VOLUME COMPLETE CLUSTER SURVEY. This survey aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing the store of...
- Brown University received a $217,808 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for research titled "Collaborative Research: Chemically Induced Stresses and Degradation Mechanisms in Ceramic Materials for Li Ion Batteries." This two-year award, which began on February 1, 2021, will support the university's examination of degradation mechanisms in ceramic materials used in lithium-ion batteries. The grant aims to...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $502,799 in funding to Brown University from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. Under this award, Professors Daniel Mittleman of Brown University and Michael Ruggiero of the University of Rochester will conduct collaborative research to investigate guest-host molecule interactions in porous materials like metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and clathrates. The...
Brown University was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support research probing the structures and chemical bonding of size-selected boron and metal-boride nanoclusters from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The award is being administered under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Funds will support Brown University's investigation of the properties and reactivity of boron and metal-boride nanoclusters of controlled sizes, providing insight into nanoscale chemical bonding and structure-property relationships with potential implications across chemistry and materials science.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $700.0k | 4/19/21 |