Project Grant 2102239
- Oklahoma State University received a $241,726 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. The award is supporting collaborative research on visible-light-augmented reverse water gas shift reaction on hybrid plasmonic photocatalysts from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. This Project Grant is being funded through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to improve quality of life and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded $550,000 to West Virginia University Research Corporation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support Professor Fabien Goulay's research on vinoxy radical chemistry in gas-phase oxidation mechanisms. The project, effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, will deliver kinetic and mechanistic data on vinoxy-type radicals and their formation reactions with...
- This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $180,000 Project Grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEW ANODIC CATALYSTS FOR WATER OXYGEN EVOLUTION USING HYBRID SOLID-STATE MATERIALS" to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This 3-year grant, effective August 1, 2023, will fund research to develop new carbon-supported catalytic materials for efficient electrochemical water oxidation. The goal...
- This $462,226 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry will support Professor Rory Waterman of the University of Vermont in studying more efficient ways to form chemical bonds using metal compounds activated by light, a process called photocatalysis. The key objectives are to investigate a new photocatalysis phenomenon discovered in Prof. Waterman's group, develop photocatalytic approaches to forming carbon-element bonds (e.g. phosphorus,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $599,434 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder, under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to investigate the use of corrosion products to mediate electrochemical hydrogenation reactions, which could enable more controlled and efficient electrochemical systems for producing biofuels and biodegradable plastics from...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), is providing $486,160.00 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to design electrochemical photoreactors using single and ensemble multijunction silicon particles. The project will develop the fundamental principles to fabricate these microscopic silicon particles, stabilize them in water, and enable them to efficiently perform photoelectrochemistry - the process of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a collaborative research project grant of $344,016 to the Colorado School of Mines, with performance commencing September 15, 2025 and completion scheduled for August 31, 2028. Under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this project delivers fundamental research examining catalytic mechanisms on crowded metal catalyst surfaces, specifically...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $999,999 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Houston System to conduct research on plasma-assisted catalysis for clean energy technologies. This interdisciplinary effort spanning materials science, electrical engineering, machine learning, and data analytics aims to advance the fundamental understanding of plasma-assisted chemical reactions and develop new methods for catalyst discovery and reactor design....
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $150,179 Project Grant to the University of South Alabama under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research into designing innovative heterostructure photocatalysts for environmentally-friendly energy production. Dr. Arjun Dahal and his research group will study fabrication methods and growth mechanisms of heterostructures incorporating two-dimensional zinc oxide and tungsten disulfide. They will characterize the...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $236,903 under a Project Grant to West Virginia University Research Corporation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: VISIBLE-LIGHT-AUGMENTED REVERSE WATER GAS SHIFT REACTION ON HYBRID PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS" from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The funding was provided through the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA #47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research. Specifically, the award will support the awardee's research into using visible light to augment reverse water gas shift reaction on hybrid plasmonic photocatalysts. The three year project period and funding amount indicate this is a collaborative research effort to develop new technologies in this area.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $236.9k | 6/1/21 |