The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Columbia University for research titled "CAS: NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT CONTROL OF METAL CATALYZED REACTIONS AND POLYMERIZATIONS." The three-year award runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Columbia University researchers will investigate using near-infrared light to control metal-catalyzed reactions and polymerizations. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $575,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The grant supports a 3-year research project led by Professor Gerard Parkin to study the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of alkylperoxide, hydroperoxide, and fluoromethyl compounds of earth-abundant metals like magnesium, calcium, and zinc. This research aims to reduce the chemical industry's...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of South Carolina $395,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research on mechanochemistry of metallocenes from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Professors Chuanbing Tang of the University of South Carolina and Stephen L. Craig of Duke University will develop a class of metal-containing polymers that respond chemically to mechanical stress through common...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Princeton University $499,999 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. Under this Project Grant, Princeton University will study selective oxidation reactions central to pharmaceutical, fine chemical, and other chemical industry processes. Specifically, the university will design advanced catalysts with high reactivity, selectivity, and...
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 National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a three-year Project Grant totaling $600,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research by Dr. Alexander Radosevich and his team to develop new metal-phosphorus complexes as homogeneous catalysts for small molecule conversion chemistry. Specifically, the grant funding will allow Dr. Radosevich's lab to pursue experiments...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $375,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to support a collaborative research effort between the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado Boulder. The grant, awarded from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, aims to study the role of surface-bound ligands on metal catalysts in the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide, an important industrial chemical. The research team,...
Cornell University was awarded a $450,656 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support research into the hydrofunctionalization of alkenes through non-redox paired electrocatalysis from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The funding will allow Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs to advance scientific understanding of major problems in...
This $578,955 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to create "metabolic" droplets where chemical activity alters and controls material properties. The principal investigator at The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York aims to couple enzymatic activity to phase separation in vitro, with the goal of animating equilibrium materials to capture life-like properties....
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $400,000 to Arizona State University to develop heteratom dimer and cluster catalysts for chemical transformations from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. Professor Jingyue Liu will research precision-designed dual atom catalysts containing pairs of different metal atoms, such as palladium-tin and platinum-copper, localized on isolated metal oxide...