The California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc. was awarded a $475,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funding will support the development of new plasmonic electrochemical microscopy centered techniques to advance single entity analysis. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen...
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $249,840 Project Grant to Professor Michael Enright and students at San Francisco State University. This LEAPS-MPS (Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways) program grant supports research focused on the design and development of efficient nanoscale catalysts capable of driving new photoredox processes. The project aims to quantify rates of exciton separation, hole quenching, and back electron...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $473,251 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research into developing new electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. Professor Pingyun Feng and her research group will synthesize and characterize metal chalcogenide frameworks incorporating transition metal (oxy)hydroxide nanoparticles to function as efficient and sustainable...
San Francisco State University was awarded a $245,681 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences' Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the project "LEAPS-MPS: STATISTICAL LEARNING ON NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING OF T/B CELL RECEPTOR REPERTOIRE DATA" from August 15, 2022 through July 31, 2024. Under this award, the University will apply statistical learning techniques to next generation sequencing data of T and B cell...
This five-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, totaling $1,106,777, supports research into electrocatalytic bilayer interfaces for controlled proton transport and tandem catalysis under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The University of Nevada, Reno will utilize the funding to advance scientific understanding of major problems in electrocatalysis through development of proton-conducting membrane interfaces that enable...
Colorado State University was awarded a $490,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant supports research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance understanding of dynamic speciation and complex reaction pathways to inform the rational synthesis of ternary semiconductor nanoparticles. Funding will allow CSU researchers to gain molecular-level insights that can...
The University of California, Santa Barbara will receive $500,000 from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The funding will support the project "Harnessing the Reactivity of Sulfur: From Novel S-Atom Transfer Reagents to Sulfide-Protected Nanoclusters," which aims to advance the understanding of sulfur chemistry through development of new sulfur-transfer...
Arizona State University was awarded a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of July 15, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant funds research to probe the vibrational states of surface sites on catalytic nanoparticles with atomic resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy. This work will advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences...
San Diego State University Foundation was awarded a $495,940 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research to develop fluorescent nucleosides and oligonucleotides with new capabilities from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The funding will allow researchers at San Diego State University to advance the store of scientific knowledge and enhance...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $770,000 in funding from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to study the fundamental properties of singly dispersed metal-atom catalysts. The project, led by researchers at the University of Central Florida, University of California Riverside, and Brewton Parker College, aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of factors that control catalyst activity and...