The National Science Foundation awarded Dartmouth College $520,267 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Dartmouth will conduct research on hydrazone-based feedback loops to study how molecular switches can communicate and be used to control ensembles of molecules. This work aims to further fundamental understanding of engineering reaction cascades and self-assembling systems that can autonomously regulate catalysis...
The National Science Foundation awarded Dartmouth College $152,612 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Project Grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The grant funds collaborative research on the transfer printing of single-crystalline silicon nanomesh thin films. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise by increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems in mathematical and...
Trustees of Dartmouth College, doing business as Dartmouth College, received a $100,189 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds research investigating flexibility and rigidity phenomena in dynamical systems and geometry to clarify structural aspects and make dynamical systems tools more applicable in other fields. Specifically, Dartmouth...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $596,121 to the Trustees of Dartmouth College to investigate how light-sensitive molecular additives, called switchable molecules, can control the color reflected from liquid crystal surfaces. The research aims to gain insights into leveraging this capability to develop low-energy devices and applications such as smart price tags, anti-counterfeit...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences provided $374,785 to Trustees of Dartmouth College from October 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The funding supported collaborative research on non-smooth geometry, spectral theory, and data representation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This program aims to advance mathematical and physical sciences knowledge to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically,...
Dartmouth College will receive $428,020 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. The site will provide 10 undergraduate students per summer substantive hands-on research experience in materials science and engineering topics. Students will work with faculty mentors on projects that create new materials with potential applications to...
The Trustees of Dartmouth College were awarded a $241,434 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research to evaluate snowlines across the tropics and examine the geomorphic imprint of tropospheric cooling and drying during the Last Glacial Maximum. Specifically, Dartmouth College researchers will work to strengthen fundamental knowledge of integrated...
The Trustees of Dartmouth College received a two-year, $242,848 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083). The grant will support research from July 2021 through June 2023 to analyze statistically significant signatures of dark matter from astrophysical observations conducted at the Western Oregon University Meyer Memorial Athletic Stadium (WOU-MMA) facility in Boulder, Colorado. As...
This $130,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports fundamental research on hyperkaehler varieties and rational varieties conducted by the Trustees of Dartmouth College Office of Sponsored Projects Division. The research aims to study arithmetic questions related to these important families of geometric objects, with a focus on three key projects: 1) using...
Trustees of Dartmouth College received a two-year, $550,133 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs Federal Grant Program titled "Polar Programs" (CFDA #47.078). Under the award, Dartmouth College will conduct collaborative research on the watershed-scale geomorphic response to climate change in the Aklavik Range region of the Northwest Territories, Canada from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The research is intended to...