Project Grant 2107753
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $824,997 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds research into the role of monomer sequence and polymer topology in polymer assembly from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2027. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's mission to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge in mathematics and physical sciences,...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded University of California, Santa Barbara a $495,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new cyclopentadiene-based materials with self-healing and depolymerizing properties using metal-free and inexpensive "click" chemistry approaches. Professor Read de Alaniz and students will construct polymers capable of these properties leveraging Diels-Alder chemistry, and develop an...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $199,702 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for the "CAREER: FUNDAMENTALS OF CONFORMATIONAL AND SURFACE WATER DYNAMICS IN SUPRAMOLECULAR NANOFIBERS" research project. Through this 16-month grant, Professor Julia Ortony at UCSD is studying the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules, which possess both water-loving and fat-loving properties, to create self-assembled nanostructures. The research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded a $426,000 Project Grant (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences program) to the University of California, San Francisco effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, led by Professor William DeGrado at UCSF in partnership with Professors Michael Therien and David Beratan at Duke University, focuses on developing de novo protein constructs for...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California, Merced. The grant, titled "LEAPS-MPS: EXPANDING THE PEPTIDE ASSEMBLY LANDSCAPE USING MULTIVALENT PEPTIDE MACROCYCLES WITH DESIGNABLE INTERMOLECULAR INTERFACES", supports research led by Professor Merg and his students aimed at developing new approaches for designing and constructing peptide-based nanomaterials....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $967,237 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 15, 2026, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental research on the mesoscale biophysics of arginine-glycine-glycine (RGG) motif interactions with ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules. This research...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a collaborative research effort led by Emory University and the University of Illinois Chicago to design and develop peptide-based filamentous nanomaterials. The $300,000 award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will leverage computational methods to systematically explore the energetics and structural designability of...
- This $750,000 Project Grant, awarded July 1, 2026, through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports integrated experimental and theoretical research conducted by Professors Vicki Grassian and Rommie Amaro at the University of California, San Diego. The award funds investigation into the chemistry, structure, properties, and reactivity of biological macromolecules—including nucleic acids and viruses—in...
- This National Science Foundation project grant award of $487,779 provides funding from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 to support research on the synthesis, assembly, and properties of dehydroalanine-containing block copolypeptides. Professor Timothy J. Deming of the University of California, Los Angeles will prepare and study the aqueous self-assembly of synthetic copolypeptide amphiphiles containing dehydroamino acids. The goal is to understand how the extended conformation of hydrophobic...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $531,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara for research titled "Assembly and Peptide Cross Talk in Amyloid Systems." The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program area by investigating amyloid assembly and interactions at the molecular level. Specifically, the university will study how peptides come together to form amyloid structures and communicate with one another, with the goal of enhancing scientific knowledge of these protein aggregation systems. As the prime awardee, UC Santa Barbara will leverage its expertise in chemistry and biophysics to carry out the proposed research. Findings could provide insight relevant to protein misfolding diseases.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $177.0k | 7/5/22 | ||
| Not listed | $354.0k | 5/25/21 |