Western Washington University received a $366,533 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on June 15, 2021 to develop novel plasmonic nanotransducers for solution-based molecular imprinted sensing. The grant is part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) and will support the university's work through May 31, 2024. As part of this NSF funding, Western Washington University will advance nanotechnology-based sensing through the...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research at Western Washington University on the design and development of novel, degradable, supramolecular polymeric materials. The $121,753 award, granted on June 1, 2025, aims to leverage guanidinium charge-assisted hydrogen bonds to create a new class of reprocessable and environmentally-friendly materials with plastic-like...
The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded Western Washington University a $190,337 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support analysis and geometry of free boundaries research from August 2021 through July 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program goal to strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through promoting progress in mathematics and physical sciences,...
This $198,458 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Western Washington University (WWU) to synthesize asymmetric "tadpole" particles and explore their impacts on topological defects and controllable motion in liquid crystal media. The goal is to advance fundamental knowledge of how particle asymmetry affects the ordered structure and dynamics of liquid crystals, with potential applications in...
Washington State University received a $561,738 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to develop dense extended hydrocarbon framework materials and 3D polymers. This award, made under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research from July 2021 through June 2024 aimed at advancing the progress of materials science and strengthening the national scientific enterprise. Specifically, the funding will support WSU's work to increase...
Western Washington University received a three-year, $342,131 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on June 1, 2021 to support research titled "RUI: A Variational Enhanced Sampling Approach to Enzyme Kinetics and Protein Dynamics in Condensed Phases." The award will fund research under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise....
Western Washington University received a $504,609 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on August 1, 2021 to fund research titled "RUI:CAS: METAL PHOSPHIDES ON NANOSTRUCTURED INDIUM OXIDE - NEW PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR CO2 HYDROGENATION." The award will support research into developing new photocatalysts using metal phosphides on nanostructured indium oxide to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into useful products through July 31, 2024. The grant is...
The University of Washington was awarded a $465,556 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2024 to advance mechanistic discovery for materials synthesis across scales using atomically precise cluster building blocks. The work will leverage nanoscale building blocks to synthesize new materials from the atomic to the macroscale. Insights...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $173,150 Project Grant to Western Washington University (WWU) under the NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC). This advanced materials characterization instrument will support a wide range of materials research and teaching across disciplines at WWU, including polymer science and engineering, materials chemistry, biochemistry, biomaterials, and environmental science. The DSC will...
Western Washington University was awarded a $174,921 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the "CRII: CPS: RUI: COGNIZANT LEARNING FOR AUTONOMOUS CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS" project from February 15, 2022 through January 31, 2024. The project aims to advance the development and use of research cyberinfrastructure to...