Morgan State University received a $399,708 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2024. The award is part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Under the award, Morgan State University will acquire an x-ray diffractometer for materials structural characterization and research...
Morgan State University was awarded a $573,018 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) for the period of July 15, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant will support research titled "Excellence in Research: Ultrasensitive Electromagnetic Field Detectors Based on Quantum Defects in 3C Silicon Carbide and Cubic Boron Nitride." The Integrative Activities program aims to enhance the competitiveness of the nation's research...
The $209,101 National Science Foundation award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds a collaborative research project between North Carolina State University and the University of Miami from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The project aims to develop a new class of synthetic dyes with photoactivatable fluorescence for bioimaging applications through the synthesis, characterization, and single-molecule spectroscopic analysis of four series of...
This Project Grant award of $281,948 from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports foundational and applied research by Morgan State University, a historically Black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant will fund research and development efforts across scientific and technical domains relevant to national security, including quantum computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced materials, and defense technologies. Morgan...
New York University was awarded a three-year, $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop molecular probes for vibrational imaging of cellular targets: ions and reactive species. The grant aims to advance progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Specifically, NYU will use the funding to create new molecular probes for visualizing...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support Professor Tuhina Banerjee and her team at Missouri State University in developing a series of light-responsive nanoscale enzyme mimics for colorimetric applications. The $249,567 award will fund research to provide fundamental understanding of the physicochemical properties, structure-activity relationships, and reaction kinetics mechanisms of these...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $626,831 Project Grant under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to conduct collaborative research on the molecular mechanisms behind how certain bacteria use light-sensing proteins called phytochromes to regulate essential developmental processes. The project aims to use advanced structural biology techniques like cryo-electron microscopy and time-resolved X-ray crystallography to study...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Defense (CFDA 12.431 - Basic Scientific Research) provides $1,300,000.00 to Morgan State University to acquire a Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) reactor. The goal is to support the university's research on ultrawide bandgap III-nitride materials for applications in power, RF, and optoelectronics. The award has a performance period from January 24, 2025 to January 23, 2028. As a Historically Black College and University (HBCU),...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $437,749 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The grant supports a research project to investigate a new class of luminescent protein materials and their potential applications in imaging, sensing, and biological tracking. The project aims to characterize the chemical and physical properties of known luminescent protein-metal compounds, and leverage...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to conduct molecular simulations of biological active matter from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The award is being used to support research under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the university will leverage...