The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Chicago a $480,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant funds research on "Frontiers of Coarse-Graining" to advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences through increasing the store of scientific knowledge. Specifically, the University of Chicago will utilize the...
The University of Chicago was awarded a $238,603 project grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research at the intersection of conformal field theory, cryo-electron microscopy, and neural networks from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of major problems. Through this funding, the University...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $187,000 Project Grant to the University of Chicago from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds collaborative research on new challenges in the derivation and dynamics of quantum systems. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote progress in mathematics and the physical sciences to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. This award supports the...
The University of Chicago received a $480,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to fund research titled "LADDER OLIGOMERS AND POLYMERS: SELF-ASSEMBLIES AND OPTO-ELECTRIC PROPERTIES" through April 30, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's 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...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $526,536 to the University of Chicago for research on novel quantum phenomena and quantum chemistry. The funded work focuses on two main areas: (1) investigating "quantum super-chemistry" involving chemical reactions at ultra-low temperatures, and (2) studying the transition between two-body pairing via the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $2,021,603 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Chicago for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds the development of a dynamic picoprobe for multi-modal, multi-dimensional hyperspectral imaging of soft/hard matter and interfaces in environmental media. Specifically, the University of Chicago will design and fabricate phase plates and diffractive optics for...
The University of Chicago received a $360,114 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on October 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: LIVING BIOTIC-ABIOTIC MATERIALS WITH TEMPORALLY PROGRAMMABLE ACTUATION" through September 30, 2025. The award is being administered under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $387,874 Project Grant to the University of Chicago to develop new theoretical and computational tools for efficiently estimating long-time molecular thermodynamics and kinetics. Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, Andrew Ferguson of the University of Chicago will establish novel simulation approaches enabled by machine learning and new mathematical theorems to simulate biomolecules...
The University of Chicago was awarded a $500,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to develop multifunctional metal-organic frameworks for cooperative catalysis. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2021 with a completion date of July 31, 2024. The funding supports research under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major...
The University of Chicago received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research to support collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: DESIGNER 3D MESOSCALE MATERIALS SYNTHESIZED IN THE SELF-ASSEMBLY FOUNDRY." The award period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. The grant supports research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these...